Author: Pedro Morgan

Copies of the Almanac, notices of race and sailing instructions for the 2015-16 season. 2015-16 Almanac (The NORs and SIs in the Almanac are now out of date, please refer to the updated versions below) Summary of races Courses and marks – suitable for laminating Inshore documents Almanac extract (The NORs and SIs in the Almanac are now out of date, please refer to the updated versions below) Inshore notice of race (amended 7-Dec-2015, see NTC #13) Inshore sailing instructions (amended 5 February 2016, see NTC #16) Offshore documents Almanac extract (The NORs and SIs in the Almanac are now out of date, please…

A list of all boats entered in the 2015-16 season.

Members are invited to the RPNYC 133rd Season Opening Day celebrations.

This week 14 students from Tawa College are completing their 28 hour NCEA learn to Sail course. The course is largely based on the standard Level 1 Yachting New Zealand learn to sail course, but with some components from the level two courses such as rowing and swimming 50 metres in full wet weather gear. Upon completion the students will receive 9 level 2 unit standards. The NCEA Learn to sail course is part of the wider Wellington Oceans Sports “schools safe boating programme”, and represents a very high level of safe boating education. The students on the course will…

Gucci took 4 days from Fiji to Vanuatu. Two days of absolutely no wind, along with a broken water pump which meant no motoring. Finally the wind gods helped them out and they had two 200-mile days, with 2 reefs and the no 1.

Spring is just around the corner and places are filling fast on the courses we have running between now and Christmas. Although it’s been a fantastic winter at Wellington Ocean Sports with plenty of activity, we are looking forward to some settled warmer weather.

Today 20 years of different branding is being removed from the Wellington Ocean Sports building as our long anticipated new roof goes on. The completion of the roof will mark the start of an overall building refurbishment. The expansion of our courses, in particular the schools safe boating programme has tested the building over the last year and it needs to brought up to standard to support the delivery we wish achieve moving forward.

Race Day 3 of the Moore Wilson’s Winter Series dawned with a light southerly forecast and the promise of some tactical light weather sailing for the day.

Race Day 2 of the fully crewed Moore Wilsons Winter Series promised a little more breeze than race day 1. With a freshening forecast, the RO Ken Burt opted for a club house start which saw the fleet lining up for a short reach to the first mark followed by a great W/L course.