John Beavis has prepared a report on Classic IOM revival (https://nzrya.org.nz/classes/iom/classic-iom-class/). John highlights a problem with the way historic material has been handled and is still wanting more information to update his article.
The Sailing calendar is beginning to be filled. The DF Racing and IOM schedules are loaded and the EC12 Nationals, North Island, and South Island events are loaded. Even better, the North Harbour IOM and DF95 events have their Notice of Race and Sailing instructions uploaded and entries are open. More events are sure to … Read more
Day 1 Top sailors – Top Venue – Top Team There is little more to be said about the welcome extended to the 37 sailors who arrived at the “Best Lake” in New Zealand for the last IOM event of 2024. Best Island is the home of the Nelson Radio Sailing Club – and after … Read more
Results of the Geoff Smale Memorial Regatta held at Quarry Lake on 11 Dec 2024
30 November to 1 December There’s a resurgence of interest in the EC12 class with fourteen boats having entered this national championship. The contest this year was the strongest nationals fleet the class has seen for some time. Unfortunately one boat had to withdraw, and one could only race on Sunday. The forecast for both … Read more
The regatta was held at Best Island Pond in Richmond. The venue looked resplendent. A big thankyou to all who have put in a lot of hard work to get it looking like this. Racing started on Saturday at approximately 11.15am with a westerly course. The wind settled into a steady Northerly course for the … Read more
DF65 South Island Championship -Day2 Scoring: RRS Appendix A Sail Sailor 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 14 688 Peter O’Hanlon 1 36 1 3 2 5 3 8 8 6 4 … Read more
