Yachting New Zealand
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Yachting New Zealand is New Zealand's national body for competitive and recreational sailing. What do we do? Yachting New Zealand represents the needs and interests of member yacht clubs & class associations. Our Vision: To inspire greatness and national pride, while embracing adventure, enterprise and a passion for the sea Our Purpose: Our purpose is to grow yachtings accessibility, its enjoyment and its triumphs, based on New Zealands nautical legacy of great achievement, innovation and adventure.
AUCKLAND CITY — Racing continued today at Sail Auckland 2011 as the ISAF Grade 1 Olympic classes regatta now hits the half way mark with some tight battles unfolding ensuring an exciting conclusion to the event over the weekend.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Sail Auckland 2011 got underway today with nine fleets racing on three courses scattered up the Hauraki Gulf north of Takapuna Beach in a westerly offshore breeze which was light and shifty at times but provided good racing across all classes.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Sail Auckland 2011 is now just two days away with over 150 sailors entered and registration opening tomorrow at Takapuna Boating Club on Auckland’s North Shore.
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Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, NZL Sailing Team’s 49er sailors, have taken a convincing victory over former World Champs in the class Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen at Sail Sydney Regatta.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Sail Auckland 2011 is shaping up to gather the best fleet of Paralympic sailors ever to be seen in New Zealand with a number of international sailors entered and planning to attend the February regatta and line up against New Zealand’s local Paralympic sailors.
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A team of New Zealand’s Olympic class campaigners have been competing in Fremantle at the Perth International Regatta where the final races were sailed yesterday and the medals presented.
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With Stephanie Hazard at the helm a New Zealand crew has taken out the Australian Women’s Match Racing Championships which finished today in Tasmania.
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With Stephanie Hazard at the helm the NZL Sailing Team’s Women’s Match Racing crew have placed third among tough competition at the 2010 Busan Women’s International Match Race Championships.
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Yachting New Zealand has two new Life Members including the first woman and youngest ever to be bestowed the honour in New Zealand.
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Sail Auckland 2011, New Zealand's ISAF Grade 1 Olympic and Invited Classes Regatta, will be sailed from Auckland's North Shore in early February next year.
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The 2010 Laser Masters World Championships, which includes seven separate age determined divisions sailing in both standard rig and radial rig Lasers, has just concluded at Hayling Island, Great Britain.
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Samantha Osborne, Raynor Smeal and Susannah Pyatt have placed second at the 2010 Buddy Melges Challenge, Lake Michigan, USA among a fleet of top international sailors.
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Andrew Murdoch steps onto the podium for the bronze medal at the 2010 Laser World Championship which has just finished at Hayling Island, Great Britain.
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2010 RS:X World Championship A World Championship medal in 2010 has eluded both Tom Ashley and Jon-Paul Tobin finishing sixth and eighth respectively at the RS:X Men’s World Championships just concluded in Kerteminde, Denmark. While both of the kiwis sailed brilliantly at times over the course of the six day regatta, in the end it was Poland that came to the fore with a gold - silver finish for team mates Poitr Myzska and Przemslaw Miarczynski.
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2010 RS:X World Championship Tom Ashley is in the hunt for a World Championship medal with the RS:X Men's title up for grabs in one final medal race to be sailed in Kerteminde, Denmark tonight.
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Racing continued overnight for the RS:X and Laser World 2010 titles where the NZL Sailing Team are battling it out with the world’s best.
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New Zealand continues to feature strongly among the leaders at the 2010 Laser World Championship on now at Hayling Island, Great Britain.
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Olympic class World Championships racing continued overnight in both Kerteminde, Denmark for the RS:X Men and Women, and at Hayling Island for the Lasers.
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Mike Bullot mastered Hayling Island’s tidal current and light breeze with ease on the opening day of the 2010 Laser World Championship.
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After day two at the RS:X World Championships Tom Ashley tops the leader board with Jon-Paul Tobin close behind in second place, having had a stellar day on the water.
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It was a long day on the water for sailors at the 2010 RS:X World Championships where racing kicked off last night in Kerteminde, Denmark.
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Four Olympic class World Championship Regattas will be sailed simultaneously at three different venues over the coming week, each featuring some of New Zealand’s hottest talent.
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2010 Skandia Sail for Gold has come to a close after six days of racing in Weymouth, England at the venue of the next Olympic Games.
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The 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta is now down to the final day with only the top ten of each fleet set to sail off in the medal races late tonight (NZT) in Weymouth England.
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The transition from qualifying to the finals series at 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth was heralded with shifty and tricky conditions on the Weymouth race track.
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Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta is now at the halfway point with three days of racing completed and three to go in Weymouth, England – the site of the next Olympic Sailing Regatta.
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A wild and windy day on the water tested the NZL Sailing Team competing at Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England.
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Star duo Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk, and Laser sailor Andrew Murdoch have had a dream start at 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England where racing got underway overnight for New Zealand’s Olympic class sailors.
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Just two days from now racing will get underway for a large, high-calibre team of New Zealand's Olympic class sailors at Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England.
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A large team of New Zealand's Olympic class sailors are descending upon Weymouth, England in preparation for 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta.
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Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie have won the Silver medal at the Olympic class 470 World Championship missing out on the title to local favourites Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout.
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New Zealanders Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie are tonight in the running for the Olympic class World Championship title in the 470 class.
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Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie are one point off the lead, in second place as the 2010 Women’s 470 World Championship heads into the penultimate day of racing in the Netherlands.
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New Zealand has produced two medals – one gold and one silver - at the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships which has just concluded in Istanbul, Turkey overnight.
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With one day of competition left New Zealand's Thomas Saunders is leading the Boy's Laser Radial, while Alexandra Maloney and Sam Bullock are in second in the Open 29er fleet at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships.
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Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie have made a terrific start at the Women’s 470 World Championships, where racing started overnight off the Hague, Netherlands.
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Day two of the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships saw light winds cause delays to the start of racing for the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team in Istanbul.
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Racing is underway at the 40th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships with at least two races sailed in each of the eighth classes being contested in Istanbul, Turkey. 'The opening days racing provided a light breeze of 5 – 7 knots from the north-west and warm dry conditions once the early clouds had dispersed,’ describes the official report. After day one the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team’s best placed sailors are Thomas Saunders in the Boy’s Laser Radial and Alexandra Maloney and Sam Bullock in the Open 29er.
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In just a few hours New Zealand’s NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team sailors will be on the water for the start of competition racing at the 40th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships.
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Olympic class 49er sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have pulled off a top ten finish at the 2010 49er European Championships which concluded overnight in Gdynia, Poland.
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Less than one week from now the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships will get underway in Istanbul, Turkey. The twelve sailors that make up the 2010 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team are counting down to the prestigious regatta which attracts close to 350 sailors representing 63 nations from around the globe. Warming up in Europe right now is New Zealand’s 29er duo of Alexandra Maloney and Sam Bullock, currently competing at the 29er European Championship in Costa Brava, Spain.
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Plagued by light winds over much of the five day series, 2010 Kiel Week Regatta for Olympic classes has wrapped up in Germany overnight.
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Racing continued overnight for the penultimate day at 2010 Kiel Regatta in Germany.
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Light winds have hampered racing once more on day three of 2010 Kiel Week where three New Zealand boats are currently competing in Germany.
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Day two of Kiel Week Regatta for Olympic classes produced very light winds meaning not all classes were able to sail overnight.
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Racing is underway for the Olympic classes at Kiel Week Regatta in Germany.
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The regatta, which has just concluded in Tallinn, Estonia, attracted a world class fleet of 148 Olympic class Laser sailors.
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Two of New Zealand’s legendary women sailors have been honoured with the naming of Yachting New Zealand’s new Elliott 6 metre Women’s match racing yachts.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The Governor General, sponsors and friends of Yachting New Zealand were today introduced to members of the NZL Sailing Team at a team launch in Auckland.
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Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won the silver medal at 2010 Delta Lloyd Regatta in the Netherlands.
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New Zealand is in the medal race line up in the 49er and the Men’s RS:X for the final day of 2010 Delta Lloyd Regatta in the Netherlands – round five of the ISAF Sailing World Cup.
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Day three of 2010 Delta Lloyd Regatta sees Burling and Tuke move into the top five of the 49er fleet, and Tobin improve to seventh in the Men’s RS:X.
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Racing at 2010 Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, the Netherlands ran through until late evening after interruptions during the day when the light breeze collapsed.
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Racing started overnight in Medemblik, the Netherlands for New Zealand sailors competing at the 2010 Delta Lloyd Regatta.
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Yachting New Zealand has today announced twelve sailors selected for the 2010 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team to compete at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships.
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Sara Winther has finished fifth, and Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie have finished sixth at 2010 French Olympic Sailing Week which wrapped up overnight after six days of competition in Hyeres, France.
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With just one day of racing to go at 2010 French Olympic Sailing Week, New Zealand crews are in the top seven in both the Laser Radial and the Women's 470 events.
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Sailors were on the water well into the evening to catch up on racing lost over previous days at day four of French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres, France.
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Sailors waited for wind on day three of 2010 French Olympic Sailing Week on now in Hyeres, France.
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After a second day of light winds in Hyeres, France all fleets with kiwi representatives now have racing underway at 2010 French Olympic Sailing Week.
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Only limited racing took place on day one at French Olympic Sailing Week which started overnight in Hyeres, France.
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Sixteen kiwi sailors are in Hyeres, France to represent New Zealand at 2010 Semaine Olympique Francaise Regatta for Olympic class sailors.
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It’s silver for Tom Ashley and Bronze for Michael Bullot at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2010 Regatta now over in Palma de Majorca, Spain.
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Four NZL Sailing Team representatives have made the top ten cut and will sail in tomorrow’s medal races at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2010 Regatta now reaching it’s conclusion in Palma de Majorca, Spain.
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NZL Sailing Team Tom Ashley (RS:X), Andrew Murdoch (Laser) and Michael Bullot (Laser) are all placed in the top five of their class with just two days to go at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2010 Regatta on now in Palma de Majorca, Spain.
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After two days of light winds the bay of Palma turned on winds gusting up to 30 knots on day three of Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2010 Regatta in Palma de Majorca, Spain.
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Shifty and difficult conditions challenged sailors competing on day two at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2010 Regatta in Palma de Majorca, Spain.
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Racing is underway for members of the NZL Sailing Team competing at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2010 Regatta in Palma de Majorca, Spain, the opener on the 2010 Olympic class European circuit.
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The New Zealand Women’s Match-Racing team of Samantha Osborne, Raynor Smeal and Keryn Henderson (pictured left) have finished in second place at the 2010 Harken Women’s International Match Racing Regatta in Sydney, Australia.
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Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta has concluded for 2010, with New Zealand’s 49er crew taking the bullet, leading from start to finish in the 49er Medal Race sailed this morning.
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Peter Burling and Blair Tuke will sail in the 49er Medal Race at Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta 2010 on the last day of the regatta tomorrow.
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Racing continued at Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta 2010 today with the kiwi crews now looking in solid standing to round out the regatta with good results.
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Members of the NZL Sailing Team at 2010 Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta returned mixed results today.
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The women’s match-racing crew, competing in Group C of the round robin racing, completed seven races on what was their first day of competition after cancellations yesterday.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Chris Steele (NZL) has won the Splash World Sailing Championships raced this week off Takapuna in Auckland, New Zealand.
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AUCKLAND — There are only two races left to be sailed in the Splash World Sailing Championship at Takapuna Beach in Auckland, New Zealand, and local sailors are occupying the top three spots in provisional results published this afternoon.
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AUCKLAND — The mood of the weather gods did an about face for Day Three of the Splash World Sailing Championship sailed off Takapuna Beach in Auckland, New Zealand, with light and variable conditions seeing a new group of sailors take over the top spots.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Day Two of the Splash World Sailing Championship sailed off picturesque Takapuna Beach in Auckland, New Zealand, delivered more exciting conditions for the fleet of 73 youth sailors.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Three races were sailed on Day One of the Splash World Sailing Championship held off Takapuna Beach in Auckland, New Zealand, in a brisk 18-22 knots of breeze.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The Splash World Sailing Championship for international youth sailors is being raced this week off beautiful Takapuna Beach in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Double Olympic medallist Rex Samuel Sellers has been recognised in the New Years Honours List for his services to New Zealand Yachting.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — On Saturday 2 January, nearly 80 young sailors from 11 countries will take over Takapuna Beach with multi-coloured sailing dinghies and seek to prove on the racecourse that they have what it takes to be the best in the world.
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After two days of racing and halfway through the Sail Sydney regatta, the New Zealand contingent racing in Sydney are showing excellent potential for strong podium finishes.
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Brad Jackson and Stu Bannatyne, watch captains on Ericsson 4, the outstanding winner of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, have been jointly named Singapore Airlines Sailor of the Year, at the 2009 Yachting New Zealand Excellence Awards.
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Yachting New Zealand is delighted to announce a new partnership with SLAM Advanced Technology Sportswear which will see the New Zealand Sailing Team performing to their peak and looking their best in SLAMs high performance garments.
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The year’s yachting achievements will be celebrated in November at the 2009 Yachting Excellence Awards and Yachting New Zealand is delighted to announce the finalist nominees for the 2009.
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Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie have collected the silver medal at 2009 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta winning last night’s medal race.
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Emirates Team New Zealand has extended its lead in the final regatta of the Audi MedCup 2009 series.
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Two New Zealand teams have finished on the podium at the Buddy Melges Women’s Match Racing Regatta in Sheboygan, USA.
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Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie have finished 6th competing in their first 470 World Championship at the regatta just concluded in Denmark.
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Michael Bullot has won the silver medal at the 2009 Olympic class Laser World Championships just concluded in Halifax, Canada.
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Michael Bullot has continued to climb up the standings at the 2009 Laser World Championships to now lie 3rd overall with just one day of racing remaining.
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There’s been no racing at the Laser World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia for two days now, where ten kiwi sailors are competing. On Sunday sailors and organisers packed up the regatta site in preparation for a brush with Hurricane Bill.
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Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie have climbed to 7th place after day two at the Olympic class Women’s 470 World Championships on now in Denmark.
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Now three days in, with just four races sailed, and a hurricane predicted, the 2009 Laser World Championships is providing the ten member New Zealand team with some unique challenges.
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Race Day 1 of the Portimao MedCup TP52 regatta was mixed for Emirates Team New Zealand.
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NAPIER — Napier will host the 2011 Optimist World Championships following a successful bid by the New Zealand International Optimist Dinghy Association (NZIODA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Declan Burn from Picton is the new Splash World Champion, securing the world title at the regatta just concluded in Pwllheli, Wales.
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