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
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
Murray Rountree IOM Regatta 2024 Sponsored by: robnelsonboats.nz and kpmarine.co.nz Scoring: RRS Appendix A Sail Sailor Club Design 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 24 … Read more
In one of the closest IOM World Championships, Zvonko JELACIC of Croatia won by one point from Ian Vickers from New Zealand. The full results are available at https://mysailingresults.com/ds/results.php?eventid=19410. It all came down to the last race and the gap between the two of them. If Ian had been one place further ahead in the … Read more
