Sailing


News and articles relating to Sailing from around the Nelson region

Team racing series goes down to the wire

Marlborough Boys take the overall prize and NCG pip Marlborough Girls in the final race to clinch the Girls' title in the Top of the South Secondary Schools Regional Regatta.
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Stiff so'wester greets team fleet on Day 2

The Top of the South Secondary Schools Team Sailing continued in fresh conditions inside The Cut today.
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ToS Secondary Schools Team Sailing: Day1

The changeable weather kept the teams guessing in today's opening rounds of races.
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Takahashi-Fry too hot for local sailors

Murrays Bay Sailing Club's Leonard Takahashi-Fry's consistency has netted him the SI Optimist title at the Interislander Challenge series sailed at QCYC over the past three days.
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Yacht racing in Tasman

Radio controlled yacht racing comes to Tasman.
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Meffan is new talent

Young Nelson sailor Max Meffan turned in a strong performance at the recent Port Marlborough Interislander Optimist Regatta at Picton.
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Two Nelson Laser sailors in top 10

Phillipa Wood finishes sixth overall in the 4.7 class at the 2011 National Laser Championships at Torbay last week.
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Nelson sailors perform well at SI champs

The breeze freshened and the seas flattened for the second and final day of the South Island Laser Championships sailed of Nelson this weekend.
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Laser SI champs underway

The South Island Laser Championships got underway today with light northerlies and a moderate swell greeting the sailors for the first race.
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Yachting rivals share honours

A big tide and northerly wind made for some challenging conditions as the Nelson Yacht Club hosted the Nelson-Marlborough regional championships over the weekend
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