15th – 17th August | Kapiti Radio Yacht Club Leading up to the IOM Oceania Event to be held at Lake Pegasus in a little over a months’ time, the 2025 IOM Nationals was seen by many to be the perfect warm-up event… big fleets, catching up with friends, and of course the perfect opportunity … Read more
Rotomanu Lake, New Plymouth – 10-11 May 2025 Event Overview The 2025 DF95 North Island Championships were held at Rotomanu Lake, New Plymouth, across the weekend of May 10-11. The event attracted 24 competitors, split into two fleets of 12, representing both local and visiting sailors. A full schedule of 16 races was completed, with … Read more
held at Wattle Farm 17th & 18th May 2025 Race Officer Report The forecast for Saturday was for fine weather and a light Northerly Breeze of 4 to 8 knots. The course was set on a slight diagonal down the pond with the top marks closer to the bank we were sailing from and the bottom marks out in the centre of the … Read more
This is not your usual Race Officer’s Report. It doesn’t start with a commentary on the weather, the number of sailors or where they came from, not even the racing. Instead, it starts by acknowledging the amazing moment on Saturday May 5th when this event, held at Lake Pegasus and hosted by the PRSC, was … Read more
This was a fun regatta arranged to give the classic fleet a warm up before the Auckland Classic IOM Champs on Matariki weekend in June. We had a good turnout of 14 boats covering 2 decades and included Dave Panting from Katikati with his SP2 – the fattest of the Fat Boys. ‘Dirty Dancing’ (Cockatoo2) … Read more
Pegasus Radio Sailing Club (PRSC) hosted 16 competitors in this event. All regions in the South Island were represented with sailors from Otago, Cromwell, Nelson and Pegasus clubs attending. Both days had fine weather conditions, however large variation in breeze. Saturday gave the Race Officer (Gareth) and boatman (Paul) numerous headaches as the light 5 … Read more
The 2025 DF65 National Championship was hosted by the Tauranga Radio Sailing Club (TRSC) over Easter weekend, April 19–20, at Tauriko Lake in Tauranga. The event brought together a strong fleet of 15 DF65 sailors from across the North Island, all eager to compete in one of New Zealand’s premier radio sailing regattas for DF65’s. … Read more
The Otago IOM Championship was held on the 22nd and 23rd of February at the Vauxhall Yacht Club on Otago Harbour. 9 entries were received, with only 7 participating. The conditions on Saturday were wet and wild starting with B rigs and then having lots of fun and good racing on C Rigs completing 12 races. The … Read more
Perfect conditions for the 2024 Geoff Smale Memorial Regatta North Shore Radio Yacht Squadron held the 10th regatta in memory of club stalwart and top New Zealand sailor Geoff Smale on Wednesday 11th December at Quarry Lake, Northcote Rd. The 5 – 10k NE breeze blowing off Lake Pupuke onto the quarry provided excellent conditions for 25 … 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
