Dates: 12th to 16th December 2018. Check out NOR-Youth-Nats-2018 and NZ-Youth-Nationals-SIs-2018 FINAL for more information. For more information please contact Zoe Bennett (0275215955 or youth.scheme@rpnyc.org.nz).
Author: Irina Winsley
The CentrePort International Youth Match Racing Championships is set to run from 13-17 February 2019 in our fleet of Elliot 6 keelboats. See CentrePort-2019-NOR-final for detailed information. Competitor List CentrePort 2019 CentrePort Sailing Instructions 2019 If you have any questions, contact Zoe Bennett at youth.scheme@rpnyc.org.nz or 027 5215955. Results are posted on matchracingresults.com
The CentrePort Wellington was a great International Youth Match Racing event featuring up and coming international youth match racing crews. Spectacular sailing in wild weather set against the backdrop of CentrePort Wellington and downtown Wellington City.
CentrePort Youth International Match Racing regatta is starting this week. Check out: Competitor List CentrePort NOR 2018 CentrePort SIs 2018 If you’re not busy come down and watch the racing starting from Thursday (15th of February). If you can’t make it down check out results online or follow our Facebook page for regular updates.
Links to the to the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions are provided below: NOR- NZ Youth Match Racing Nationals 2017 NZ Youth Nationals Sailing Instructions 2017 For more information please contact Zoe Bennett (027 5215955 or youth.scheme@rpnyc.org.nz)
Last Sunday was the WYST’s official launch for the four new Elliot 6 Sport boats. The Youth Scheme hosted guests at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club for an ideal afternoon of food, sun and invitational races. It was awesome to see the trustees, parents and alumni getting involved with the activities. Thank you to all of the sponsors who helped us to put new boats on the water! Special thanks to those who put the long hours in applying for funding and also to Faith Taylor for christening the boats and continued support.
The CentrePort-2018-NOR-3.0 has been published for the 2018 CentrePort International Youth Match Racing. Expressions of interest are now open. Please fill in the online form here. Key Dates: Expressions of Interest close: 18 December 2017 Notification of Confirmed Entry by: 22 December 2017 Acceptance of entry and payment by: 14th January 2017 Regatta: 14-18 February 2018
The 2017 Wellington Secondary Schools Match Racing regatta will take place on the 23-24 September. Prior to the regatta, school teams will have the opportunity to train after school from 4-6pm once a week over six weeks. These sessions will commence the week beginning the 14 August. To be eligible for the regatta, each team must commit to at least three training sessions. Teams may have up to five sailors. This year we are trying to make it easier for more students to get involved through allowing composite teams from more than one school to enter. This is intended for…
Eight teams attended the regional match racing programme over the July school holidays hosted by the Wellington Youth Scheme and sailed in their Elliott 6s. Week one had two teams from Queen Charlotte Yacht Club and one team each from Otago and Nelson. The weather was OK for the first two days but turned sour for the last two days, with coach Ben Caundle having to improvise to keep the sailors entertained – which included attendance at the America’s Cup parade. Two teams from New Plymouth Yacht Club and one each from Napier and Nelson attended the second week. They might…
Recently a number of volunteers from the WYST Under 23 Squad got together with the Blind Foundation of New Zealand and Blind Sailing NZ to host a “Have a Go Day” with a group of blind and visually impaired sailors, using the Trust’s Elliot 6 metre boats. With Wellington’s autumn weather behaving itself – well pretty much – a great day’s sailing was experienced in winds of 12 – 20 knots offshore from Oriental Bay. The fact that no one can actually see the wind was a great leveler and it was very impressive how quickly the sailors adjusted to…