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    05.10.2009

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    10.09.2009


    The MRXs are often available for charter for club races. At $210 per race this is a very affordable way to get out on the water. We can supply a skipper if you need one. Contact Matt Wood on 939 6702.

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Board of Governors Meeting
February 16 (18:00)

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February 20 (08:30)

CentrePort Youth Regatta
February 23 (00:00)

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News
Nelson race gets away but not before a false start
Thursday, 28 January 2010
With a building Southerly on Friday evening the race committee made the decision to postpone the start of the Nelson to Saturday Morning. Louise was happy to see the influx of members to the wardroom and quite a few sailors were also quietly thankful not to be heading out into the southerly storm, a lee shore and no light.

Day break on Saturday and the wind had not abated but the decision was made to go anyway. Thirteen boats graced the start line ready for the hard slog to out of the heads with visibility very low thanks to driving rain. As boats sailed out the heads boats they were greeted with a steady thirty five knots on the nose. Churned up seas made for bumpy ride across the South Coats but the RIP wasn’t too much of an issue.

As the boats headed across the Southerly slowly abated with most boats sailing very slow by Stevens Island. Ran Tan 2 and Non Stop stayed north of the rhumb lines and seemed to benefit as result. Sunday morning saw the fleet heading down to Nelson in a light northerly breeze. Of the thirteen starters six boats chose to withdraw.
 
OK Dinghy village under construction
Thursday, 28 January 2010



The team has been hard at work putting together the boat park for the OK Dinghy World Championship village. The seventy five yachts competing in the regatta will all be based on the wharf between Te Papa and Chaffers Marina fro the two weeks of the championships. Five containers have been strategically positioned with a marquee across the top of them to form a sheltered base at the boat park. A ramp is being built down to the beach in Chaffers Marina providing all important access to the water from the wharf. Fences, portaloos, showers and the all important coffee machine go in tomorrow, all in preparation for racing which begins with the national champs next Monday.

Check out www.okworlds2010.com to find out what is happening when.
 
Wellington Talent Development Programme sailors perform well in national championships
Thursday, 28 January 2010

Sailors from the Wellington Talent Development Programme, administered by Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club and supported by Wellington City Council and Yachting New Zealand, performed very well in three separate national championships over the weekend. Top placer getter was Anita Trudgen from Muritai Yacht Club who sailed with Sam McKenzie from Auckland at the Sunburst Nationals in Wellington and finished in first place overall. Anita and Sam sailed a consistent regatta in varying wind conditions and were well clear on points from the rest of the 42 boat fleet.
 
 
 
Next best was Josh Porebski from Worser Bay Boating Club who took out second place at the Laser Radial national championships in Timaru. Josh’s regatta got off to a shaky start when on day one his hiking straps broke causing him to limp around the race track in both of the day’s races. >From there he sailed a strong regatta including a string of first place results which saw him tied for first place going into the last race. Although he bet his main opposition in the last race they were both to far down the fleet meaning Josh had to settle for second place overall. This regatta was the first of two to decide the New Zealand representative for the ISAF youth world championships later this year.  
 
 
 
Meanwhile Josh Junior from Worser Bay Boating Club finished in third place in the hotly contested Laser Open National Championships also sailed in Timaru. With 2008 Olympic representative Andrew Murdoch and 2009 Laser World Championships silver medallist Mike Bullot in the fleet it was always going to be a tough assignment. Josh performed extremely well to finish the regatta on equal points with Mike Bullot only to be relegated to third place on a count back. This event was step one of two to select the three person New Zealand team to attend the 2010 World Laser Open Championships in England. 
 
 
 
These were the first of a string of competitions that sailors from the squad are entered in over the next six weeks. The next sailor to watch is Matthew Steven as he begins competing in the OK Dinghy Interdominion championships in Wellington on Monday while the rest of Talent Development squad prepares for a busy Trans Tasman match racing schedule through February and March.  
 
 
OK World Champions reflect on the past and present
Thursday, 21 January 2010


The past three world champions – Nick Craig (2005, 2006, 2007), Karl Purdie (2008) and Thomas Hansson-Mild (2009) are all competing in the upcoming 2010 OK Dinghy Nationals and World Championships.

Read about their thoughts on the last year's and this year’s championship here.

 
The Nelson Regatta 2010 newsletter available for download
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Click here to download the full Nelson Regatta 2010 Newsletter and Entry Form.
 
Changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing effective from 1st January.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Click here to see the changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing effective from 1st January.
These have been formatted to be printed and pasted into your rule book.
 
 
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