DF 95 North Island Championships
The documentation for the DF 95 North Island Championships to be held at Rotomanu Lake, New Plymouth on 10-11 May 2025 is now available on the NZRYA website and entries are open.
DF95 Canterbury Championships – Final Results
DF 95 2025 Canterbury Championship Scoring: RRS Appendix A Sail Sailor Club Rank Tot R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 R 6 R 7 R 8 R 9 R 10 R 11 R 12 R 13 R 14 R 15 R 16 R 17 R 18 R 19 R 20 R … Read more
2025 DF95 Nationals Documentation
The Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions, Entry Form, and Entry List for the 2025 DF95 Nationals to be held at Wattle Farm on 7-8 Jun 2025 have been released.
North Island IOM Champs held at Wattle Farm 5th & 6th April 2025 – Race Officer Report
Friday was a shocker – rain, sometimes heavy, and a strong Northerly wind. Practise sailing wasn’t popular! Bill Bradley was at the club however, despite the conditions, to complete the weigh in and registration process for 20 keen competitors. This certainly took the pressure of the measuring on Saturday morning. The forecast for Saturday was for fine weather and a mid-range A Rig SW breeze … Read more
Race Officer’s Report: 2025 DF 95 South Island Champs.
The event was well supported, with a strong contingent from Cromwell, Pegasus, Nelson and,no other than the Rocket Man, Murray McDonnell from Auckland. Sailors arrived Friday afternoon for registration and a chance to test the water. A light northerly prevailed, allowing for testing and fine tuning. Saturday morning started with little and fickle wind, so racing was delayed until 12.00pm, finally getting under … Read more
1998 An “A” Class Model Crosses Cook Strait
In the research on the history of the IOM’s in New Zealand I have come across two articles in Mark Steele’s “Where the Winds Blow” webpages on “Duck Works Magazine” web site about a radio controlled yacht crossing the Cook Strait. Mark is also well known as the editor of the “Fiji One” magazine fifteen issues from the March 1990 to July 1995. After several emails and phone … Read more
Race Officers report Kai Iwi regatta 22/23 March 2025
NSRYS in conjunction with Kerikeri RYS held a very successful regatta in primo conditions at Lake Waikere, the nor’western most of the Kai Iwi Lakes. There is lots of regatta info on the NZ IOM Community WhatsApp site. Ian Vickers and others are doing a great job of keeping up to date posts about all things IOM related. If you want to join, text Ian a request including … Read more
2025 WC12 Nationals – Race Officer’s Report
The EC12 National Championship 2025 was held at Best Island, Nelson on 8th and 9th March 2025. In all, eight boats entered. Christchurch, Nelson and Kapiti Clubs were represented. Day 1 started on the back of the southerly that had come up the country and dawned a cool, grey day. The breeze was flukey from … Read more