After documenting the “Classic Class Revival”, I am now looking at documenting the IOM History in New Zealand, probably in 4 parts 1990’s, 2000’s, 2010’s & maybe the 2020’s. If you any reports and photos from the early periods would be a great help. I have copies of the newsletters: NZRYA Nov 1991 to Feb … Read more
The documents for this regatta are now uploaded and entries are open. The event is scheduled for 22-23 February at the Vauxhall Yacht Club, Portobello Road, Dunedin.
Entries are now open for the 2025 Kai Iwi Lakes Regatta to be held on 22-23 March 2025 at Kai Iwi, Dargaville.
The latest IOM rankings have just been published: https://nzrya.org.nz/classes/iom/iom-ranking/latest-iom-ranking/.
Entries are now open for the South Island IOM Championships to be held at Best Island, Richmond, Nelson on 1-2 March 2025. This event is organised by the Nelson Radio Sailing Club.
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
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
