Algies Bay is the venue for the 2016 Secondary Schools Team Sailing Nationals. Registration, weigh-in and Briefing are to be held on Saturday 23 April, with racing starting on Sunday 24 going through to include Friday 29. (No sailing ANZAC morning Monday 25) Check the local Algies Bay website http://algiesbay.co.nz/ and http://www.matakanacoast.co.nz for accommodation, etc. 2016 Secondary Schools Nationals NOR […]

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The final day of racing got off to a slow start with some light wind and rain delaying the racing until 1000. Despite the rain, the north-easterly winds kept the chill away for the sailors and race officials, which was a nice change from the rest of the week. The slow racing tested sailors’ patience and light wind sailing abilities. […]

Racing is being postponed until 10am. Silver fleet results so far for RR3 are available under ‘Results’ & the technical glitch is being resolved for the live scoring. Check out this link from Sarn Elliott of www.aeromedia.co.nz for drone coverage on Thursday. https://mega.co.nz/#!LUhljToI!qrPRVpWSwc2aCw6-6SvXKQ8HUqqSXZCYLkhx8bqBCFc Day 4 Report Due to the lack of bronze fleet sailing on day three, four extra sets of […]

Day 4 sees the bronze fleet sailing in 8 sets of boats to help speed up the completion of their second round robin. The gold/silver fleets, in 4 sets of boats, are completing their 2nd RR, then moving slowly into the next RR, following the repechage. Thursday’s breeze was much stronger than forecasted with race officials recording in excess of 20 […]

Racing start delayed due to 25 knot winds – looking for another site on the lake. Local forecast is for winds to ease off. Wednesday’s racing got underway with a solid 10 knots, as both courses headed out to complete round robin one. The sailors were kept onshore slightly longer than predicted in order to keep them warm whilst the […]