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.
Tom Saunders celebrated his return to the world stage with New Zealand’s second medal of the short international sailing season, claiming silver in his first major regatta since the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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AUCKLAND — Plenty of hard work and a touch of Olympic inspiration has propelled one of New Zealand's most promising double-handed crews to success at the country's premier domestic sailing event.
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Twelve sailors will represent New Zealand in nine of the 10 Olympic classes at July's Olympic test event in Marseille, just over a year out from the Paris Games.
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He's sailed around the globe, competed in many of the world's most iconic yacht races, and lifted the America's Cup four times - yet nothing has made veteran Kiwi sailor Matthew Mason prouder than witnessing his young son's rare sailing feat over the weekend.
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Tom Saunders was hurting after narrowly missing out on a medal on the final day of the ILCA 7 (Laser) world championships in Mexico but also excited about his ability to consistently be near the top at major regattas.
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New Zealand's top Olympic class sailors emerged from their first block of international competition in two years knowing they're not too far off the top.
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Five New Zealand crews will contest the medal races on the final day of racing at the French Olympic Week regatta in Hyeres tonight (NZ time), with two windfoilers in with a chance of finishing on the podium.
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New Zealand's first foray into the international sailing scene for some time has finished with three top-10 results after the final day of the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma.
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Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson used their pace downwind to good effect today to put themselves in contention in the Nacra 17 after day four of the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma.
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Orbit Corporate Travel Sailor of the Year for 2012 has been awarded to Olympic golden girls Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie, while their coach, Nathan Handley has been named 2012 Singapore Airlines Coach/Official of the Year.
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Yachting New Zealand is proud to announce that New Zealand’s premier Olympic and Paralympic Class regatta has a new name: Oceanbridge Sail Auckland.
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Peter Burling's Olympic silver medal has opened the door to an exciting opportunity to helm Team Korea's AC45 for the coming round of the America's Cup World Series set to start in San Francisco on October 2nd.
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It was another day of achievement on the water for the NZ Olympic sailors, with JP Tobin finishing his first Olympics, the 470 Men qualifying for Thursday's final medal race, and the 470 Women picking up two race victories.
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As Andrew Murdoch rounded off his 2012 Olympic Sailing campaign with a fifth place final standing, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have made certain that they will be awarded a medal later this week.
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Highlights from this fifth day of Olympic Sailing for the kiwi team include an impressive race win for Andrew Murdoch in the Men’s one person Laser fleet, and a win for the Womens Match Racing crew vs team GBR in front of the home crowd of spectators on the Nothe hill above.
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With less than two months until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Paralympics New Zealand and Yachting New Zealand are delighted to announce the selection of three sailors to the NZ Paralympic Sailing Team.
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Paul Snow Hansen and Jason Saunders have come away from day two of the ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta Skandia Sail for Gold with two race wins in the men's 470, jumping them up the overall leader board to second.
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Yachting New Zealand is pleased to announce that three more sailors have been confirmed to the London 2012 New Zealand Olympic Team.
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Jo Aleh and Olivia (Polly) Powrie have finished fourth at the 470 World Championships which ended overnight in Barcelona, Spain.
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A lack of wind on the final day of the Finn Gold Cup left the NZL Sailing Team’s Dan Slater ranked 16th at the end of the 2012 Finn World Championship in England.
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On the second to last day of full racing at their 2012 World Championships, the NZL Sailing Team's Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie confirmed their rank going into tomorrow's final two gold fleet races, and Dan Slater took three steps up the Finn Gold Cup leaderboard.
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Jo Aleh and Olivia (Polly) Powrie have moved up to second place overall after two more good races at the 2012 470 World Championships in Barcelona.
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The NZL Sailing Team's last wave of World Championship campaigns for 2012 are underway in Europe for the Finn, 470 and Laser Radial sailors.
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The NZL Sailing Team produced results to remember overnight, lead by Andy Maloney's bronze medal finish at the 2012 Laser World Championships in Germany.
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The NZL Sailing Team are in Europe with three world championship regattas underway, and three more about to begin.
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At the conclusion of their mid-year meetings, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced that kiteboarding will replace windsurfing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and that the New Zealand designed MacKay FX (now 49er FX) will be the new Olympic womens’ skiff discipline.
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Six Olympic class sailing world championship regattas will be sailed in Europe over the next two weeks, each featuring New Zealand’s hottest yachting talent.
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After the second day of racing at the 2012 Semaine Olympique Francaise Regatta, the NZL Sailing Team’s top Laser Sailors are showing their class at the front of the fleet.
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Yachting New Zealand is pleased to announce the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team for 2012.
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Both of the NZL Sailing Team’s medal race starters have completed their regattas to finish fifth overall at the 43rd Trofeo S.A.R Princess Sofia Mapfre Regatta.
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At the half way mark of the ISAF World Cup Regatta for Olympic classes in Spain, the qualifying rounds have been completed and the NZL Sailing Team will be in the gold fleets of all fleet racing divisions.
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2012 is the most successful year on record for New Zealanders at the World Laser Masters Championships.
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The final day of Sail Auckland 2012 was plagued by light winds and extremely shifty conditions.
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AUCKLAND — Just one day remains for Sail Auckland 2012, New Zealand’s premier Olympic and Paralympic class regatta.
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Sail Auckland 2012 is now half way completed and the results are starting to take shape for competitive finishes.
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After much anticipation, Sail Auckland 2012 has begun in near perfect conditions for 237 sailors in the Olympic, Paralympic and other invited classes.
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AUCKLAND — For the first time in its sixteen year history, Sail Auckland will be hosted at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club.
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AUCKLAND — Four days of racing have now been completed at the 470 Junior World Championships at Takapuna Boating Club on Auckland's North Shore, and two more days of full racing remain before Friday's medal races for the top ten boats in each fleet.
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NORTHLAND — Takapuna Boating Club is about to host their fourteenth world championship event: The 2012 470 Junior World Championships kick off on 26th January 2012.
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The final races of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships saw the NZL Sailing team bring home three medals.
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NZL Sailing Team will be represented in each of the final four medal races on Sunday, and all are within striking distance of the podium.
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The Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships have started to take shape, with all fleets now separated into the Gold, Silver or Bronze groupings based on qualifying results so far.
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It was a frustrating day for many sailors in Perth today, with patches of big breeze and patches of glass throughout the race courses of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
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Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt have finished their match racing regatta today with an impressive ninth place overall.
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The second wave of NZ sailors started their World Championship crusade today in stormy conditions off Fremantle, Western Australia.
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After two close medal races today at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships for men’s 470 and women’s Laser Radial, New Zealand has come out with an eighth and tenth respectively.
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After more action on the racecourse today, New Zealand is officially qualified for a spot on the start line of the 2012 Olympic Games in two classes; the Laser Radial and Women’s RS:X.
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The electrical storms of yesterday have passed and in their wake was plenty of stable breeze for the athletes competing at the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
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The Race Committee of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships abandoned racing today due to prolonged electrical storms and a forecast that did not look promising through to evening.
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The first day of fleet racing in Fremantle greeted every member of the NZL Sailing Team with a top ten finish.
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The Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships have officially opened and the first NZL sailors have set a good pace.
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New Zealand’s top tier Olympic class sailors are in the final stages of preparation for the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships and all sights are set on the podium.
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Yachting New Zealand (YNZ) feels it is timely to reiterate its position on aquaculture development.
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Yachting New Zealand is pleased to announce the 2011 Award winners and category finalists for the esteemed Yachting Excellence Awards.
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More than 200 of the world’s most talented young sailors will converge on Napier, New Zealand this December and January, for nearly a fortnight of competitive racing and shoreside activities.
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New Zealand windsurfer Jon-Paul Tobin (left) has finished just outside the medals at the Weymouth and Portland 2011 International Regatta at the Olympic venue where the first two of the medal races were sailed last night.
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New Zealand’s Andrew Murdoch will start the Laser Medal Race with the lead at the Weymouth and Portland 2011 National Regatta – but with just two points between the top three placed sailors it’s set to be an all-time battle.
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Back on the water after a scheduled rest day the Laser fleet have just clocked up another two races overnight in Weymouth, Murdoch placing 8th and 12th.
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It was another windy Weymouth day as competition continued for New Zealand’s RS:X windsurfers, 49er, Finn and Star sailors at the Weymouth and Portland 2011 International Regatta.
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Blustery conditions in Weymouth for day four of racing has meant plenty of movement on the leader-boards for the kiwis competing at the Weymouth and Portland 2011 International Regatta.
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The entire New Zealand team was on the water in Weymouth overnight as day three of the Weymouth and Portland 2011 International Regatta saw the Finn, Star and 49er get underway, while the other fleets continued competition.
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Andrew Murdoch has opened the Weymouth and Portland 2011 International Regatta with a strong start to lie second overall after day one for the Laser fleet.
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Racing started over night for kiwi windsurfers Jon-Paul Tobin and Natalia Kosinska at the Weymouth and Portland 2011 International Regatta – the official London Test Event for sailing competition one year out from the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Jon-Paul Tobin and Natalia Kosinska will be the first of the NZL Sailing Team to start racing at the Weymouth and Portland 2011 International Regatta when competition gets underway for the RS:X windsurfers this Thursday, 4th August, in the UK.
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Sam Meech, NZL Sailing Team Laser sailor, has taken out the 2011 Laser Junior World Championship which concluded over the weekend in La Rochelle, France.
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The 41st Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2011 has wrapped up in Zadar, Croatia for the twelve sailors in the 2011 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team.
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As predicted light winds once again challenged sailors on day two of the 41st Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2011, on now in Zadar, Croatia.
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Racing kicked off overnight in Zadar, Croatia on day one of the 41st Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2011 where the twelve kiwi sailors of the 2011 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team are up against their counterparts from around the world.
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The NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team has arrived in Zadar, Croatia where national teams from around the globe are gathering to contest the 41st Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2011.
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2011 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta is over and the NZL Sailing Team took one gold and two silver medals, and a total of nine in the top ten.
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The NZL Sailing Team has double gold in their sights as the 2011 Sail for Gold Regatta comes down to the final day and the kiwis still lead in the Men’s RS:X and the Women’s 470 events.
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The NZL Sailing Team tops the leader board in both the men’s windsurfing and the women’s 470, and hold second spot in the Laser as 2011 Skandia Sail for Gold reaches the business end.
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The NZL Sailing Team holds four top four places as 2011 Skandia Sail for Gold, on now in Weymouth, England hits the halfway mark with three days yet to run.
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Weymouth, UK provided for a full schedule of racing on day two of 2011 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta where the NZL Sailing Team is currently competing.
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One of the year’s key events for the NZL Sailing Team is underway in Weymouth, England where racing at 2011 Skandia Sail for Gold started overnight.
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The countdown is on for 30 of New Zealand’s Olympic campaigners preparing for competition at Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, UK.
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NZL Sailing Team 49er sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won bronze in the fifth round of the 2010-2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta just concluded in Medemblik, the Netherlands.
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Emirates Team New Zealand finished the Istanbul regatta of the extreme Saying Series just one point away from winning the title.
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New Zealand will be represented in the 49er and the Laser Radial medal races at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta set to conclude tonight in Medemblik, the Netherlands.
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Racing continued overnight in blustery, wet conditions in Medemblik, the Netherlands on day four at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta.
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Strong winds hit Medemblik, the Netherlands on day three of racing at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta where members of the NZL Sailing Team are competing this week.
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As New Zealand’s best in Olympic class sailing head to Weymouth for next month’s Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, a handful of the team are building up to the UK Regatta competing now at Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, the Netherlands.
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Sara Winther overtook two boats in the dying moments of the medal race overnight, to earn her second consecutive gold medal in the Laser Radial Class at a major European sailing regatta.
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Six New Zealand competitors have qualified amongst the top ten in their fleet, for the unforgiving and all-important medal race at French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres.
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Fortunes changed overnight after racing resumed in 4-6 knots of breeze at French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres, France.
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With qualifiers now finished, NZL Sailing Team member Sara Winther (pictured) is wearing the yellow bib in the Laser Radial Class at French Olympic Sailing Week.
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New Zealand RS:X Boardsailor Tom Ashley leads racing after Day 1 of French Olympic Sailing Week, with other NZL Sailing Team members, including Jon-Paul Tobin, and our 470 duo Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders, in the top ten after a solid start to one of the year's most important regattas.
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Two gold medals and one silver spell success for the NZL Sailing Team at the first major Olympic class European Regatta of 2011 – the ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta in Spain.
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The ISAF World Cup Regatta for Olympic classes on in Spain is now past the halfway mark with qualifying rounds complete and two days of racing left to determine the medals.
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Racing continued for the kiwi Olympic class sailors in Spain overnight sailing day two of the ISAF World Cup Regatta with very different conditions to those experienced on day one.
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Racing is underway for the NZL Sailing Team competing in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in the Mediterranean at the third of seven events in the ISAF Sailing World Cup Series where racing runs until Friday April 8th.
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A strong contingent of New Zealand’s Olympic class sailors are in Palma de Mallorca, Spain for the third of seven regattas which make up the prestigious ISAF Sailing World Cup.
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In May this year the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Council will decide the Olympic Events slate for sailing at the 2016 Olympic Games, and will consider submissions received last week on their November proposed slate before making the final decision.
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The NZL Sailing Team Star crew of Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk have finished fifth at the prestigious Bacardi Cup Miami Sailing Week Regatta 2011.
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Yachting New Zealand’s Board of Directors has this week made a submission to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) joining in the current discussion among the international yachting community around securing the future of yachting as an Olympic sport.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Just one day of racing remains at Sail Auckland 2011 off Takapuna Boating Club with the podium places set to be decided tomorrow.
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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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