Rem inder the closing date for entries is 8th April, which is after all regional events have been held. The entry fee of $2300 is due for payment by this date also. Failure to pay the entry fee by the closing date may invalidate an entry. An invoice can be sent if this assists organising payment. As usual the entries are via the online Entry Form, but refer to the NOR for required & essential info, before attempting to complete the entry. As always please pay particular atten

Wellington College take out the Lower North Islands ahead of Marlborough and New Plymouth Boys. Wellington Combined Girls win the silver fleet ahead of Francis Douglas and NP Girls. Thanks to Evans Bay and TRIYA for organising a great regatta. Picture is the victorious Wellington College team.

DAY 2 Lake Hood – News from Ross, as he & Derry wearily wait for a delayed flight at 8pm Sunday.One full RR for 8 teams, then two more RRs for a gold & silver split, with a repercharge in between.Final result:- Christchurch BoysTimaru boysNelson comboSt. AndrewsChristsChch girls comboMt AspiringOtago girls Update from Wellington – It began as a beautiful day, with an early start an Evans Bay, with a 9am launching. 10-12 knots a great day for sailing. RR1 was completed end

Well done to the organisers of the regional events held so far – Central North Islands at Taupo, North of the Bridge at Algies, Auckland Cup at Kohimarama and Top of the South at Nelson. Congrats to Napier Girls, Rangitoto, Auckland Grammar and Christchurch Boys on winning their respective regattas. The Lower North Islands at Evans Bay and Lower South Islands at Lake Hood are due to be held the weekend after Easter. Photos from Nelson, thanks to Lamirana Photography (& more t

The regatta was pretty trying for the first two days (both for sailors and the officials) with an unusual easterly weather pattern for Nelson. This brought rain, cold temperatures and shifty winds with the course being set in the lee of the Port Hills beside the harbour. Thankfully the breeze came through on the Saturday (along with the sun) from our natural Northerly direction allowing the first round robin to be fully completed – a total of 91 races. The RR1 results were th

Day 1 was a great day with sunshine and steady conditions, however, the breeze was very light. Two Round Robins (split fleet) were completed and everyone was happy. An earlier start Day 2 with plenty of breeze to start 16 +/- knots steady from the NE. The Race Committee thought that they were going to easily march through another round robin and have an early prize giving and away home for a cup of tea. However, the breeze started to build and was soon touching 20 knots and a

Results from day 2, Waimea and boys top 2 Nelson teams, with Christchurch boys and Marlborough Boys facing each other first thing Day 3. Waimea currently lying in third but with none of the top 3 teams having faced each other (apart from Waimea beating Marlborough boys) all is to play for. Photos by Lamirana Photography

Day 2 at Algies dawned clear & bright, but the weather deteriorated during the morning, with sailing abandoned about midday, with just 4 races to be sailed to finish RR2. However, this year’s newbies Rangitoto College win, just ahead of Westlake Boys, then Whangarei Boys. After a delayed start due to sea and wind conditions, it was a good day today with one round robin completed (except for Race 12 which will be first up tomorrow). The teams came ashore for a late lunch, but

DAY THREE The final day started with plenty of time for ‘reflection’!!, but eventually a steady & consistent, albeit light wind, that only required a couple of minor tweaks to the course, as the remaining 16 races of round 2 were completed. Ties were created in the final races of the day, which saw Napier Girls A beat Napier Boys B to go to the top of Gold, with New Plymouth Boys in 3rd place. Cambridge were the convincing winner of silver fleet, with the last race of the day

420 college Team sailing ‘Top of the South’ regional regatta at QCYC – Picton – 30 March to 1 April A record number of college sailing teams competed in Picton Harbour last Thursday to Saturday. 14 teams from as far as Christchurch and Mt Aspiring competed in the Top of the South regionals and overall champion. The local teams were represented by Marlborough Girls, Marlborough Boys and Queen Charlotte College. The last couple of years the title has been shifting from MBC to

Great sailing again for the final day at Picton, where 54 races were held, to complete two round robins in the gold fleet and one for the silver fleet. Marlborough Boys won the event ahead of Queen Charlotte College, with Nayland College top of the silver fleet. Marlborough won the Top of the South trophy which goes to the winner of the most races between Nelson and Marlborough teams.

Kristin has won the Auckland Cup, ahead of Westlake Boys, Kings’ and Grammar. Nearly 100 races held in light winds at KYC. Well done to Paul Wotton and his Kohi team, plus the umpires and team helpers.

Day 2 – Another great day on the water at Picton Again we waited for the breeze to fill in and then enjoyed beautiful team sailing conditions all afternoon, with the occasional wind shadow effects as the ferry berthed just at the top of our course on Picton Harbour. We completed round robin one and the first 9 races of Gold and Silver fleets. Queen Charlotte College came out on top of the 14 team round robin after winning over the Marlborough Boys College with Mount Aspiring

After a slow start – a wait until 1pm yesterday before a beautiful gentle breeze came in all afternoon on Picton Harbour – managed to compete 47 races, coming off the water around 6pm. Marlborough Boys and Queen Charlotte College have won their races so far but there are plenty more races before the end of the round robin. Mt Aspiring and Motueka High School are also doing well but anything can happen as we continue the racing before dividing into gold and silver fleets. A

A few hours lost in the morning due to a lack of wind, a decision was been made to discard all races done in round robin 2. Instead top 4 teams had a round racing each other. Then the bottom 5 teams raced each other.

One full round robin completed, followed by 2 split round robins – top 5, bottom 4. Kerikeri lead, ahead of Wentworth and Westlake Boys. Newcomers Waiheke-Whangaparaoa, lead in the the silver fleet.