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
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
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
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
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
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
The Gulf Harbour Radio Yacht club welcomed 29 competitors from through-out the North Island to compete in the 2025 North Harbour IOM Champs. The venue in Regency Park Drive Lake offers good parking for cars and easy access to launch and retrieve the yachts. The HMS scoring system was used which required B and A heats finishing up with 13 races held … 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
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
