Classic Yacht Association Journal

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Performance Programme team in training for Youth Foiling World Cup

The new RNZYS 69f Racing Team made up of Niall Malone, Serena Woodall, Oliver Lloyd, and

Ollie Gilmour along with the Team Manager Sam Hume has been busy preparing for next year’s Youth Foiling Gold Cup.

Covid has hindered the team’s ability to train here in New Zealand. Lockdown restrictions made sailing inaccessible for a long time. However, recently while following guidelines around mask-wearing and not mixing bubbles, the team has been able to train in the Flying Phantoms and Moths.

“We are all working hard to develop our foiling skills.” The team has made modifications to one of the Flying Phantoms to allow them to sail the boat three up.

Sailing the foiling boat with more than just two people is important in their training to sail in the 69f class.

The new traffic light system will allow the team to train more and with ease. Skipper Niall Malone quotes: “It’s been so great to be back on the water training. The team is working well together and I can’t wait to start racing at the beginning of February.”

Along with the sailing side, they have all started ramping up their fitness programmes. A lot of early lockdown purchases for basic gym equipment were made in preparation. The team says that maximising the time on the rowing machine and weight training has been a critical part of their prepation.

The team members are all working full time now to help fund the campaign as much as possible, but are still seeking support in form of sponsorship or financial aid. If you would like to take your brand or company to an international stage, you can get in touch with them through the website at rnzys69fracing.com, or directly to niallmalone@xtra.co.nz.

The team will be representing the club on an international stage for most of next year and it would be great to have a wide range of local support. The 69f class is quickly attracting the attention of some of the biggest names in sailing and publicity behind the class is huge.

MASTERCARD YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMME

By Oliver Lloyd

Early into the most recent lockdown, an opportunity was presented to Ollie Gilmour and myself to compete in the Youth Foiling Gold Cup.

Ollie and I are meant to be finishing our second year of Mastercard Youth Training Programme. Unfortunately, we have been locked down from sailing for a lot of the time in the programme with the majority of events being cancelled.

This will be the first time in two years YTP sailors have been able to go overseas. We will be competing with the new Performance Programme team RNZYS 69F Racing helmed by Performance Programme sailor Niall Malone.

The YFGC requires all teams to be mixed. Accordingly, Serena Woodall another current Performance Programme sailor will be joining the team. Sam Hume will also join us. Although he is too old to sail, he will be helping us while competing in a coaching type role.

The YFGC is a fairly new circuit that has its competitors competing in the new 69f class. The foiling monohulls incorporate all the latest technology in sailing and were the model boat for the AC9f that would have been used in the Youth America’s Cup.

The event is run throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Some locations are yet to be confirmed, but so far we are confirmed to travel to Miami, Lake Garda, and Rhode Island, USA.

With events every couple of months, the complications of managed isolation along with unnecessary travel expenses mean we will base ourselves in Palma Mallorca for the year.

Here we will live as a team and hopefully pick up work to help fund the campaign. Mallorca is the sailing hub of the Mediterranean and will also provide more opportunities for us to sail in between events.

Covid has also hindered our ability to train here in New Zealand. Lockdown restrictions made sailing inaccessible for a long time. However, recently, while following guidelines around mask-wearing and not mixing bubbles, we have been able to train in the Flying Phantoms and Moths, while working hard to develop our foiling skills.

Along with the sailing side, we have all started taking our fitness a lot more seriously. A lot of early lockdown purchases for basic gym equipment were made in preparation. Maximising the time on the rowing machine and weight training have been a critical part of our training as well.

Ollie Gilmour (right) and Oliver Lloyd (below left).