Today the wind conditions re-enforced that racing is a waiting game!  The wind was very slow in arriving and whilst we got on the water at the planned time this morning racing was delayed till late in the morning. The wind didn’t stay for long and continued to evade us even with the clouds that loomed in the distance these […]

DAY TWO REPORT:The wind wasn’t too flash today with the AP flag up until after 11 and the end of the day called early at 3.45pm due to dying wind. All fleets have managed to get through their repechage races and now it’s down to racing.  With limited opportunity for great sailing conditions it made it hard to achieve lots of racing […]

Monday 23 April – note new link for results http://www.starweb.co.nz/teamnz/page222.aspx 11.30am Day 2 – gold silver just going afloat. Report from Day 1 Good winds with some stronger gusts saw all of the fleets reefed on Sunday, this decision did mean we got teams racing and not just survival and capsize practice. Gold and Silver morning started slowly with all teams […]

We have 32 teams entered for this year’s regatta. A few reminders for the lead up & before the holidays start. Registration and weigh-in Saturday 21 April 1400 – 1730 at the Mahurangi East Community Centre, Hamatana Road, Snells Beach. Briefing will also be at the Community Centre, the doors will open just before 6pm. As per the NOR, there will be daily briefings at 8:15am […]

Well done to the organisers of the regional events held so far – Central North Islands at Taupo, North of the Bridge at Algies, Auckland Cup at Kohimarama and Top of the South at Nelson. Congrats to Napier Girls, Rangitoto, Auckland Grammar and Christchurch Boys on winning their respective regattas. The Lower North Islands at Evans Bay and Lower South […]

The 2018 Secondary Schools Team Sailing Championship, will be held 21st – 27thApril, at Algies Bay. YNZ has recently granted New Zealand representative team status to the winning team at Nationals should they attend the Interdominion Championships. Note that the closing date for entries is 28th March, which is just before Easter and before some regional events have been held. Entries […]

Due to rising costs and in an effort to keep the event affordable, it has been decided that the 2018 Secondary Schools Team Sailing National Championships will be held at Algies Bay, from Saturday 21 April to Friday 27 April. (Registration and Briefing on Saturday afternoon, with sailing from Sunday). The NOR should be available early in Term 4. For […]

The 2018 Secondary Schools Team Sailing Championships will be held at Taupo, (registration Sat 21, with sailing Sun 22 – Fri 27 April, ANZAC Day falls in the middle again). An Umpires’ course is expected to be held Fri 20 & Sat 21, as usual. In brief, Nelson felt that there was not sufficient time to make the most of […]

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Well that’s it folks!  Another year of team sailing completed.  It’s all over, bar the after match-party and the formal dinner.  It all came down to the last couple of races, with some very close racing finishing the week. Crazy team sailing stats were: 36 teams, approx. 250 students, more than 50 coaches, umpires and race management.  42 – 420’s […]