Breeze January - February 2020 by RNZYS

BREEZE Issue No. 228 • January – February 2020

Official Publication of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron

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CONTENTS

Cover: New XP38 hoists its colours on its maiden sail in the Waitemata Harbour – Photo by Ivor Wikins. EDITORIAL Please address all editorial correspondence to the Editor, Ivor Wilkins ivorw@xtra.co.nz Phone 09 425 7791 ADVERTISING inklink@xtra.co.nz Phone 09 378-1222. DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are purely those of the authors and are not necessarily the official view of the RNZYS, nor of the publishers. PERMISSION Reproduction rights in part or in full of the contents of this publication must be applied for from the Editor. DEADLINES For March - April 2020 Issue Editorial - 14 February Advertising booking - 14 February Advertising material due - 21 February Magazine posted - 28 February Layout and Typesetting by Ocean Press Ltd Printed by Soar Printing Registered as a magazine at the GPO, Wellington. ISSN 0113-7360

From the Commodore .........................................................................................................................................................5 From the CEO ...........................................................................................................................................................................6 Cruising Report .........................................................................................................................................................................8 Sailing Office Report ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 RNZYS Events .........................................................................................................................................................................14 Come to the RNZYS for a great view of the 180th Auckland Anniversary Regatta ................... 16 Chef ’s Dish ................................................................................................................................................................................16 Wrapping up a great Rum Race year ........................................................................................................................18 RNZYS and Mastercard set sail on a three-year partnership .................................................................... 20 Song and Dance for Christmas .....................................................................................................................................22 Season’s Eating: Chef ’s Dish ............................................................................................................................................23 New Members ........................................................................................................................................................................23 RNZYS Kids’ Christmas Party ........................................................................................................................................24 Flutters and Fascinators at Melbourne Cup Party .............................................................................................26 Young guns set to fly in exciting Youth America’s Cup format for 2021 .............................................. 28 Forgotten Islands of the South Pacific: RNZYS Sub-Antarctic Expedition .......................................... 30 Kiwi sailors stepping up to do their bit for sustainability.................................................................................32 Purist’s yacht with the X-factor .....................................................................................................................................36 Winners – and some worries – at Olympic Class worlds ........................................................................... 40 Tacking and gybing down the fairways at RNZYS gold day ......................................................................... 44 Great Blake Race success .................................................................................................................................................46 Torching Base: putting a flame to the America’s Cup ......................................................................................48 Performance Programme Report ................................................................................................................................ 52 Youth Programme Report ............................................................................................................................................... 54 Classic Yacht Association Journal ..................................................................................................................................56 Marine Scene.............................................................................................................................................................................58 Directory Ads............................................................................................................................................................................60 FLAG OFFICERS Commodore Ian Cook 09 417 0060 Vice Commodore Aaron Young 021 747 470 Rear Commodore Andrew Aitken 027 579 4194 BREEZE MAGAZINE Editor Ivor Wilkins 09 425 7791 ivorw@xtra.co.nz Assistant Editor Debra Douglas 0211 856 846 chaucer@xtra.co.nz Advertising Debbie Whiting 09 378 1222 inklink@xtra.co.nz

MANAGEMENT TEAM General Manager Hayden Porter 09 360 6805 Membership Director Kim Bond 09 360 6804 Youth Coaching Reuben Corbett 09 360 6811 Greg Dair 09 360 6811 Sailing Director Laurie Jury 09 360 6809 Events Manager Catriona Stanton 09 360 6834 Quarterdeck Restaurant Reservations 09 360 6820 RNZYS Office Box 46-182, Herne Bay, Auckland 1147 09 360 6800

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FROM THE COMMODORE

Seasons’ Greetings to all members, family and friends. 2019 has been a busy year at the RNZYS as we reflect on all that has been achieved for the year. A lot of energy has been put into our 2021 sequicentenntial celebrations, ensuring we deliver a year that will be remembered long into the future. This has involved members marketing and promoting our planned events to the global yachting fraternity. We have had really good international interest and support to visit and participate in our calendar events, which happen before and after the 36th America’s Cup. Look at our website to familiarise yourself with the programme. The summer sailing programme is now in full swing with events happening every day of the week. A big “thank you” to our volunteer race management team. Without their support to Laurie, Rochelle and Megan in the sailing office we could not run all these events. As we move into the summer season of 2020-2021, we will need to bolster our sailing office team to fulfil all our calendar commitments, as it is really important we do not lose track of our business-as-usual programme.

There has been a strong increase in membership as you will see in other reports. This has led to much greater use of the club facilities by members, which has helped with our financial performance in the first half of the financial year. Hayden and Sarah have done a great job in increasing our sponsorship and corporate membership over the past 12 months and this has also had a positive impact on their use of the club’s function and hospitality facilities. Several months ago, I took up the challenge to create a new foiling monohull that would be possible to use for a Youth America’s Cup. This event, in my view, is critical to the growth opportunities in youth yachting. Expressions of interest were called for on the 12th of December and our intention is to launch the prototype boat in February 2020. If we get the expected interest, we will see match racing between the future leaders of performance yachting happening right outside our club in early 2021. The image above is the developed boat now in build. This will be an exciting legacy to help develop our performance programme further.

Turning to the Ocean Race, it is great to see that after a really long wait the event is now officially confirmed as stopping in Auckland. This will see good use of the Government investment in the Viaduct after the 2021 Cup. As you relax over the festive season away on your boat, think and plan for the RNZYS 36 Degrees Brokers Squadron Weekend at Kawau on the 14th-16th of February. It will be a great event. Have fun on the water and fly your burgee, so you can identify who your fellow club members are. I will hopefully see some of you on the water. Merry Christmas Ian Cook Commodore

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FROM THE CEO

Season’s greetings to all our members wherever you are – overseas, around New Zealand, or here in Auckland. We are certainly a diverse group of people with a broad range of interests, ages and cultures, but all with one thing in common, the RNZYS. We are now the largest sports club in New Zealand as confirmed to me recently by Sport NZ. This is quite an achievement given the size of the sport vs the likes of rugby, cricket and netball. Why? It is a sport for life not just when you are in your prime athletic condition and we are a club that offers something for any stage in life! So ensure you make the most of all the events and activities on offer for you at the club. The New Year will again kick off with the Kawau Boating Club New Year’s Day Regatta where the Commodore will race his classic yacht Ranger. Make sure you use the facilities at Kawau and join their club for the summer. We have just signed off their new fuel supplier agreement, which will mean that 24/7 supply of diesel and petrol will be available at KBC. This has taken a lot of dedication to achieve in particular from member Kim McDell, who also sits on the committee of KBC. Along with free water, RNZYS members will receive fuel discounts at KBC. More detail to come on that as things progress. Lidgard house also still has some availability, so head to rnzys.org.nz to check what is available if you are thinking of heading up that way. 2020 will obviously have a major focus on the planning for 2021, whilst balancing the extensive needs of business as usual. The Youth America’s Cup is one that we have recently confirmed and it will see a large number of

teams racing in front of the club in newlydesigned and built foiling monohulls. We will announce the major details in mid-December and the initial entry period will close end of February. This is an exciting event for the future of both youth sailing and training at the club. Commodore Ian Cook has been instrumental in driving this forward and has contributed some large resources to it through Yachting Developments, for which we are grateful. Major renovations will take place throughout the Christmas closedown period and throughout next year that will see our capacity and quality of offer improve. Most of the member donations are going towards these projects and again we are grateful to all those that contributed. The main items here are the Members’ Bar upgrades and a potential lawn area and increased footprint of the club outside the eastern entrance. A huge amount of planning goes into this, so nothing happens overnight, but the result will be a true legacy item for members. The club financials are in good shape as we cross the halfway mark of the financial year with significant gains in both revenue and profit over last year and our own targets. This will be reinvested into the facility and services on offer for members. Given we are at the end of 2019, it is perfect timing to thank the various committees that helped make this possible and also the excellent team of staff we have on board. The management team in particular have been very focused on fine tuning things this year as a practice run for 2021 and the results speak for themselves. We are hitting our goal of being ‘the leading local and international yacht club’ and will keep looking at ways to improve. Continued growth in membership, corporate memberships and sponsors also contribute to making this a reality, so please do recommend to your own networks to get involved in the club. The General Committee has given our management team great support

over the last year as well as clear direction – so if you see them also offer some thanks as it is often a thankless job. The end of October we saw another successful Blake Charity Regatta. The sailing was champagne, food amazing and all had a great night. As a result, the International Sailing fund grew by another $25,000. Due to the fund being at a very high level, the General Committee has reviewed how the fund is distributed and will continue to review each year. We will now distribute not only the interest on the principal. (Currently about $22k PA) but also half of the annual contributions. This will not only allow us to significantly increase the grants issued each year for members to attend international events, but also for the principal to keep growing. One of the ways the principal will continue to grow is through the new Gifting and Legacy Programme due to officially launch in the New Year. This programme will allow members to contribute directly to a number of projects should they choose to leave something to the club in their wills, or in advance. The information is now available on the RNZYS website for download. In November, I attended the China Cup again with Vice Commodore Aaron Young, a team from the Performance Programme and a YTP Team that Russell James (Rusty) led. While the sailing performance was a mixed bag, all members represented the club well and were great ambassadors. We have secured some training groups from China as a result of the regatta and also some good opportunities for the young pros to further their careers. So wherever you are, whatever you do this summer, enjoy it, introduce yourself to other members and fly your burgee with pride! Thank you again for a great year and looking forward to an epic 2020 and 2021 ahead. See you out there Hayden Porter CEO

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Cruising and Motor Yacht Series

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Warringa and the rest of the fleet enjoy downwind sailing in the fresh southwesterlies. MV Affinity and the growing number of twohanded sailors in the Cruising Fleet. Line: Elusive III; H’Cap: 1st Nomos, 2nd Pink Cadillac, 3rd Share Delight. The November Rally started with (to borrow the ETNZ phrase) some “sheep in

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Left: Sheryl Lanigan and Mike Malcolm directing prize giving proceedings; Right: Cheerful waves from the Pink Cadillac crew. With 18-20 knots and building, there was plenty of concentration at the picture postcard start and off we went with many poled-out headsails and thrilling, but pleasant downhill sailing. Our destination of Mullet Bay on the East side of Motutapu Island meant a successful gybe in the middle of the Motuihe Channel funnel (22-25 knots) with wind against the tide creating interesting waves and yachts yawing all around. The fleet soon spread by waterline length, so Checkmate, Bird on the Wing, Activator and Platine led across the finish, followed by a second wave of Nomos, Share Delight, Pink Cadillac and Morgana. Bacharach brought up the wooden spoon, revealing a quick race for everyone who soon assembled ashore to swap stories and enjoy the vista looking out towards Rakino. Mullet Bay was delightfully calm

between dying gusts and picturesque with an incoming tide. Along with thanks to Paul Miller and his RM team onboard Akula we acknowledged recently “pinned” 40-year member Colin and Pat Reid, Fineline lll, who continue to fully participate in this series with a modern Elliott 10.50m yacht and no roller furler to aid departures and arrivals! Line: Activator; H’cap: 1st Wish You Were Here, 2nd Ocean Express, 3rd Pink Cadillac. Have a happy and safe Christmas Cruise and keep the following dates booked for cruising in the New Year: Feb 1st, Feb 22nd, March 28th. • For further information please contact: Mike Malcom 0274 746 790, Bird on the Wing, or Sheryl Lanigan 021 136 0087, Share Delight.

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From the Sailing Office

Barfoot & Thompson Ladies’ Racing: Megan Thomson on the helm with her RNZYS YTP 2.0 Racing Team. – Andrew Delves Photo. The Round Rangitoto Race was held on the 9th of November, our first race for the 20192020 36 Degrees Brokers Commodores Cup Series. Entries were down on last year with a few of the usual competitors missing, but some exciting new boats joining the fleet as well. It was a cracking day on the water with a 25-knot easterly pushing the fleet quickly around the course. I was in China at this time for my fifth experience of sailing in the China Cup. This year we had two RNZYS teams, with one a Performance Programme team helmed by Nick Egnot-Johnson. We didn’t have a great start to the event being over the startline under ‘U flag’ for the first two races. With only one drop this effectively ruined our chances of winning, but I was impressed at how the team sailed after that, notching up mostly 1st and 2nd places in a tough fleet and taking a lot of learnings for the following year. The Squadron is a busy place at the moment with racing most nights through the summer. The Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Series is as popular as ever with some great weather helping the cause. The weeknight sprints are a special type of brutal, tight and tough one-design racing. This

season we have combined the Elliott 7 Sprints and the Y88 Sprints onto the same course to help preserve some of our stretched volunteer base; but this has also highlighted a shortage of skilled crew, as many of the sailors were sailing in both series in the past few years. The Stewart 34 Sprints are as competitive as ever and keep the protest committees busy. The ladies’ racing (newly sponsored by Barfoot & Thompson) is utilizing the full MRX fleet having some great racing and the Etchells have recently seen a jump in numbers with 12 boats out for the most recent race. I have been racing on Charles Maulds’ Etchells Windward. This is my second season on the boat sailing with a RNZYS Performance Programme crew. It has taken us all this time to get our heads around how to sail these complex race yachts. Finally we have been able to string together three winning nights to lead the series. We are continuing to grow our Race Management team, recently with the focus of training new boat drivers for the RNZYS Committee and Mark Boats. We have added another six drivers to our roster to keep us going through the season, and as always are still looking for more keen volunteers to join the

Race Management team in a number of roles. If you are keen to get involved, get in touch with us in the Sailing Office. The America’s Cup Course Marshalling programme is in full swing with 200 volunteers initially selected from a pool of over 500. This has been whittled down to 156 for the actual regattas. Every course marshal must undergo a rigorous training programme delivered over the winter of 2020 to be ready in time for the America’s Cup. Our RNZYS Learn To Sail Programme is also showing continued popularity and has seen a record number of students put through courses over the winter. Future bookings for the summer are nearly double last season. Our Youth Training and Performance Programme teams continue to impress, dominating not only youth but now even open match racing rankings, recently winning the Harken Youth International in Sydney for the third year in a row with three different teams. In addition we have enjoyed the same continued success in the Musto Youth International to the envy of other clubs worldwide. Have a great summer cruising and see you back next year. Laurie Jury, Sailing Director.

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SQUADRON WEEKEND ALL MEMBERS & THEIR GUESTS ARE INVITED TO THE SQUADRONS PARTY OF THE YEAR - CIRCUS THEMED !!

Friday 14th February 2020 - 1755 36 Degrees Brokers Commodore’s Cup Night Race to Kawau (also part of Westhaven Triple Series) Saturday 15th February 2020 - 1155 36 Degrees Brokers Commodore’s Cup Round Kawau Island Saturday 15th February 2020 - 1600 36 Degrees Brokers Squadron Weekend Party

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New Years Day Regatta (KBC) .......................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. RNZYS Foiling Camp .......................................................................................................... RNZYS Foiling Camp .......................................................................................................... RNZYS Foiling Camp .......................................................................................................... RNZYS Foiling Camp .......................................................................................................... RNZYS Foiling Camp .......................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. RNZYS International Foiling Match Racing Championships ....................................... RNZYS International Foiling Match Racing Championships ....................................... RNZYS International Foiling Match Racing Championships ....................................... RNZYS International Foiling Match Racing Championships ....................................... Nespresso Elliott 7 Sprint Series 7 .................................................................................. RNZYS International Foiling Match Racing Championships ....................................... Havana Club Summer Rum Race 1 .................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. Coast NZ Etchells Sprints 1 .............................................................................................. Bay of Islands Sailing Week ................................................................................................... Bay of Islands Sailing Week ................................................................................................... Bay of Islands Sailing Week ................................................................................................... Havana Club Summer Rum Race 2 .................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta .................................................................................. Barfoot & Thompson Ladies Racing 6 & Coast NZ Etchell Sprints 2 ...................... Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Series 6 .................................................................. Nespresso Elliot 7 Sprint Series 8 .................................................................................... Havana Club Summer Rum Race 2 & BEACH BOYS PARTY ....................................

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Club Marine Insurance Cruising Rally 4 .......................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. Coast NZ Etchell Sprints 3 ................................................................................................ .................................................................................................................................................. Waitangi Day .......................................................................................................................... Havana Club Summer Rum Race 4 .................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. Coast NZ Etchells Auckland Champs.............................................................................. Barfoot & Thompson Ladies Racing 7 & Coast NZ Etchells Auckland Champs .... Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Series 7 .................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. 36 Degrees Brokers Commodores Cup - Night Race to Kawau (WTS - RNZYS) 36 Degrees Brokers Commodores Cup - Round Kawau Race................................. .................................................................................................................................................. Stewart 34 Championships 6............................................................................................. Coast NZ Etchells Sprints 4 .............................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. North Sails Young 88 Sprints 7 .......................................................................................... Havana Club Summer Rum Race 5 .................................................................................. Club Marine Insurance Cruising Rally 5 .......................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................. GIB Regatta............................................................................................................................ Barfoot & Thompson Ladies Racing 8 & Coast NZ Etchells Sprints 5..................... Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Series 8 .................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. Havana Club Summer Rum Race 6 - DISCO PARTY .................................................. 36 Degrees Brokers Commodores Cup - Te Kouma Race ........................................

Major Events 10th - 14th February | Knots Racing Clinic 19th - 23rd February | Harken Youth International Match Racing Cup 26th February - 1st March | Harken World Youth Match Racing Championships

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Come to the RNZYS for a great view of the180th Anniversary Regatta RNZYS the place to be on Auckland’s 180th birthday The RNZYS Member’s Bar will be open on Auckland Anniversary Day, Monday 27 January, 2020, and provides one of the best vantage points in the city to watch the historic Auckland Anniversary Regatta. Generations of Aucklanders have fond memories of watching the Auckland Anniversary Regatta, held annually to celebrate the founding of the city in 1840. This year marks the 180th edition of this much-loved event, and the Member’s Bar will be open to all to enjoy the celebrations. With coffee and pastries served from 10am, spectators will be able to enjoy breakfast while watching the tugboats race from Captain Cook Wharf to their rounding mark just off the tower at Westhaven. Following the tugboat race, the classic launch fleet will start their race off Westhaven. The Member’s Bar will remain open all day,

offering lunch from 12 noon, followed by dinner, with unsurpassed views of the classic yacht and keeler races off Westhaven from midday onwards. Those racing in the Auckland Anniversary

Regatta are invited to join spectators at the Member’s Bar for refreshments after racing concludes for the day, until the bar closes at 8.30pm. Peter Le Scelle Photo

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Wrapping up a great Rum Racing Year

Havana Club rum racing involves keen sailing and fun after-match functions – Andrew Delves Photo. In true Spring fashion we’ve seen it all! Wet and wild, lots of breeze, not enough breeze, abandoned races and those close to a drift off. All in all, the Spring Series has been eventful. In Spring, we welcomed back the Super Cruiser division. Debbie Whiting’s Tequilla has been a regular racer in this division, which has seen recent entries from new boats to the fleet Michelle Logan’s Aeolian and Ian

Campbell’s In the Mood. We also have another new boat join us in E Divison, Niksen, Marc Michel’s Far East 28. A warm welcome to all new boats and welcome back to some of those occasionals that join us on a casual Friday basis. We would love to see more boats come out and join us in our Havana Club Rum Races (especially a few more Super Cruisers), so if you are interested and want to enter,

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RNZYS and Mastercard set sail on three-year partnership Commodore Ian Cook and Ruth Riviere of Mastercard celebrate the signing of a major new sponsorship. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, has secured a three-year partnership with Mastercard, one of the world’s most active sponsors of major sporting events. Through its partnership with RNZYS, Mastercard will support a number of events and programmes that will grow and train young sailors, as well as raise the visibility and appeal of sailing to a broader audience. Mastercard will be named as the sponsor of the Mastercard RNZYS Youth Training Programme and as the partner for the club’s Mastercard National Youth Training Weeks. It will also launch a scholarship for young sailing teams to improve access to training. Mastercard will also sponsor the 2021 Mastercard J-Class Regatta and 2021

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Mastercard Superyacht Regatta during the 150th anniversary celebration of the RNZYS. “We are very pleased to have such a globally recognised organisation such as Mastercard come on board with us in such a large capacity,” said RNZYS CEO, Hayden Porter. I am very much looking forward to having them on board with us here and am confident it will be a hugely beneficial partnership for Mastercard as well as the RNZYS and our members.” The Mastercard RNZYS Youth Training Programme has produced a long list of high achieving sailors who have had major success on the world stage at events such as the Ocean Race, America’s Cup and the World Match Racing Tour.

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“RNZYS is an organisation that has long been at the forefront of excellence in sailing in New Zealand. Mastercard is delighted to partner with them during what promises to be an outstanding few years of sailing in Auckland,” says Ruth Riviere, Country Manager, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, Mastercard. “Mastercard is excited to play a role in the many historic moments that these elite sailing events will offer the local and global sailing communities, and encourage New Zealanders to get involved with sailing.” The Mastercard National Youth Training Weeks are designed specifically for younger teams from secondary schools or yacht clubs around New Zealand who are keen to get involved in keelboat racing, and is a feeder for the Youth Training Programme itself. The Mastercard scholarship will assist a team of young sailors to take part in youth training that may not otherwise be able to for financial or other reasons. The initiative will have a positive impact on the chosen team’s sailing futures. The Mastercard J-Class Regatta and the Mastercard Superyacht Regatta will be hosted by the RNZYS and sailed on the beautiful Waitemata Harbour in the interval between the Prada Cup and the America’s Cup. As part of the special programme of events during 2021, The RNZYS Dinghy Locker Bar will become the Mastercard Dinghy Locker Bar and Mastercard cardholders will have access to the bar throughout this period, along with RNZYS members. This is sure to be a festive and fun location to spend time in. Mastercard also become an official Corporate Member of the Squadron and will be involved in many other aspects of the club for the duration of the partnership. The RNZYS welcomes the entire Mastercard team to the Squadron family, and look forward to an exciting and successful next three years. By Andrew Delves

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Song and Dance for Christmas

From the bottom of her heart, singer and entertainer Tina Cross wished everyone at the Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Christmas Luncheon a Merry Christmas, a prosperous new year and happiness. Best known for singing the winning entry in the 1979 Pacific Song Writing Contest and for being the lead vocalist of techno pop band, Koo De Tah, Tina took a packed and rocking Quarterdeck audience on a musical journey, accompanied by her backing musician, Rick Poole, of Rebel Without Applause fame. Among those who celebrated the festive season were â&#x20AC;Ś 1/ The dynamic duo Tina Cross and Rick Poole. 2/ From left, Faye Hayman, Claire Evans, Judith Grayson, Chow Nualkhair and Fizz Ahlers.

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Bubbling with joy at RNZYS Kids’ Christmas Party Message on a festive T-shirt … ‘Dear Santa, define good’. But no explanation was necessary from the man himself when he arrived at the RNZYS Children’s Christmas Party. The young guests knew exactly what ‘good‘ means. They had been practicing it all year and now it was the time to celebrate. Christmas is the most wonderful time, especially when there is a face painter, a clown, crafts and games and the animals who live at Old McDonald’s Mobile Farm to entertain – not to mention Santa bearing brightly-wrapped gifts. 1/ of 2/ 3/ 4/

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5/ It was such an exciting afternoon for Louis Wright. 6/ A sweet treat for Toby Bopole. 7/ Even goats enjoy Christmas, especially when there are treats from Liam and Finn Abbott. 8/ Having your face painted is a serious business for Oliver and Elijah Bukowski. 9/ Santa arrives, courtesy of Sealegs, to his most favourite gig of the year. 10/ Lucas Rogers uncovers the mystery of wrapping paper. Pictures by Debra Douglas

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Flutters and Fascinators at the Melbourne Cup Party The Melbourne Cup was once again Australia’s Cup, when the Aussie galloper Vow and Declare was ridden to victory in Australia’s holy grail of racing. Recently the biggest event on Flemington’s calendar had been taken over by overseas invaders, but this year punters could toast a local win, the Cup had come home. Here at the Squadron we watched as

Breeze Magazine 29 Australia defeated the world – after all we have done that ourselves – and took the opportunity to dress up and count on a lucky sweepstake draw. It was an afternoon of fabulous fashions not-in-the-field, but in the Quarterdeck, where style expert and judge Jackie O’Fee presented prizes to the best-dressed woman, man and couple. 1/ Leila Robinson and Dee Wesk. 2/ From left, Darryl Mulvey, Jude Vining, Toni Southon and Rae Collins. 3/ Jackie O’Fee introduces the line-up of contestants in the best-dressed woman category. 4/ From left, Kate Wright, Lisa Brouneus and prize winner Eva Smaill. 5/ Donna Tercel and Commodore Ian Cook. 6/ From left, Sheryl and Peter Howard with Jackie O’Fee. 7/ Abbie Watson and Nicola Tait. 8/ From left, Fiona Freeman, Brenda Dunn, prize winner Trevor Dunn and Neville Freeman. Pictures by Debra Douglas

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Young guns set to fly in an exciting Youth America’s Cup format for Auckland 2021 By Ivor Wilkins The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has launched an exciting new foiling monohull concept for a prospective Youth America’s Cup to be included in the programme for the Auckland summer of 2021. Commodore Ian Cook, who has always fostered a strong commitment to the development of youth sailing, personally undertook the challenge of coming up with a practical concept that would attract interest in competing in a Youth America’s Cup. The result was unveiled on December 12, when it was revealed a prototype is already under construction at Cook’s Yachting Developments yard in Auckland. The prototype is expected to be launched in February. “There has been a lot of interest in offering a Youth America’s Cup in Auckland,” said Cook. “We have been fielding a lot of questions from around the world about what we are planning to do. “The Youth America’s Cup events were a great feature of the 2013 and 2017 regattas in San Francisco and Bermuda and I felt it was very important that we carried that on in Auckland – particularly as the RNZYS has such a strong connection with youth sailing through the Mastercard Youth Training Programme and, more recently, the Performance Programme.”

Breeze Magazine 31 The concept is for a 9m four-person foiling monohull. The stipulation will be for a mixedgender crew of two women and two men aged between 18-25 to crew the boats. The format will be match racing only. “We did the design work in-house at Yachting Developments under the direction of Bob Graham,” said Cook. “The construction is an all carbon light displacement boat. In some respects, the concept is modelled on foiling monohulls used on lakes in Europe.” The concept drawing shows a 9m monohull with a ram bow and a bowsprit extending 2.7m. There is a large open cockpit with a ballasted dagger board, high aspect T-foil rudder and two large L-shape foils angling outboard alongside the mast. With both foils down, the wingspan is a considerable 7.164m. The sailplan features a double-spreader mast supporting soft sails. “The initial idea is to build five boats, so that we can have two match races running simultaneously with one spare boat,” Cook said. Entries will be open to yacht clubs, as opposed to national bodies, widening the opportunities for participation. On formally

registering their interest, yacht clubs will be required to lodge a deposit and there will be a schedule of payments and milestones through to the actual regatta. “Ideally, we would be looking for nine or 10 teams to make it viable,” Cook said. New Zealand has a strong record of success at Youth America’s Cup regattas. The 2013 event in San Francisco saw 10 teams competing and ended in an extraordinary result for New Zealand. A crew led by Peter Burling with Blair Tuke, Jono Spurdle, Guy Endean, Sam Meech, Jason Saunders and Andy Maloney won, while a second Kiwi team comprised entirely of RNZYS Youth Programme graduates – Will Tiller, Harry Thurston, Matt Steven, Shaun Mason, Stu Dodson and Ash Hammond – finished 2nd. In 2017 in Bermuda, 12 teams participated in the Youth event. New Zealand had a squad led by Logan Dunning-Beck and comprising Harry Hull, Micah Wilkinson, Josh Salthouse, Isaac Mchardie, Luca Brown and Matthew Kempkers, which rotated for the six positions on board the foiling AC45 catamarans. After a slow start to the regatta, the New

Zealanders bounced back into contention and looked to have the title wrapped up when a series of events further down the order reshuffled the scores in the final race, enabling the British team to squeak through. Despite the heartbreak, a second place finish was a great result. Both the San Francisco and Bermuda regattas were sponsored by Red Bull, but Commodore Cook said sponsorship arrangements for an Auckland Youth America’s Cup were yet to be finalised.

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RNZYS 150th Anniversary Expedition Cruise

Forgotten Islands of the South Pacific – Sub Antarctic Expedition 12 - 19 December 2021 You won’t find them mentioned in a travel brochure on your high street; you won’t find them in most guidebooks, and they don’t even appear on some maps of New Zealand’s South Pacific - these are the ‘forgotten islands’. Despite their low profile, they are among the most remarkable wildlife reserves in the Southern Ocean, designated UNESCO World Heritage sites and afforded the highest protection of any nature reserves in New Zealand. Remote, uninhabited and on no regular shipping route, access is further restricted by a strict Management Plan which limits the number of people allowed ashore each year. RNZYS members and their families are invited to join an exclusive RNZYS expedition of

a lifetime to the beautiful Sub-Antarctic islands. The RNZYS 150th Committee has negotiated the exclusive charter of specialist expedition vessel Spirt of Enderby. With accommodation for just 50 passengers, this opportunity will sell out quickly. Early expressions of interest will be received by membership director Kim Bond (kbond@rnzys.org.nz), and cabins will be allocated on a first-come- first-served basis. The expedition will provide a unique opportunity to explore these restricted and controlled islands under the expert guidance of the highly qualified expedition scientists and conservation experts. Presentations by will be held in the New Year for members, however in the meantime your committee strongly recommends your registration of interest for this final event of our 150th year. A perfect Christmas present for partners, family and friends. The Sub Antarctic Islands are tiny havens for some of the most abundant and unique wildlife on the planet. They lie in the cool temperate or Sub Antarctic Zone to the south and east of New Zealand in the great Southern Ocean that encircles Antarctica. This is a windswept and at times forbidding swath of sea, surprising in its fecundity. The Sub Antarctic Islands are comprised of six groups: the Bounty Islands, the Antipodes, the Snares, the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island and Macquarie Island. Flora and fauna are densely concentrated

in the Sub Antarctic Islands: the number of indigenous plants and seabirds found in the Sub Antarctic Islands is far greater than that found on similar groups in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It is little wonder that these islands of the Sub Antarctic are all Nature Reserves and World Heritage sites. As such, the New Zealand and Australian Governments that administer them afford the Sub Antarctic Islands the highest protection. The Itinerary: Day 1: Invercargill/Bluff Day 2: The Snares North East Island Day 3: Auckland Islands -Enderby Island Day 4: Auckland Islands -Carnley Harbour Day 5 /6: Campbell Island Day 7: At sea Day 8: Port Bluff/ Invercargill.

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A truly amazing experience Chairman of the RNZYS 150th Anniversary Committee, Colin Carran experienced the subAntarctic Islands first-hand as part of his second trip to the Antarctic and Scott Base. When considering events to mark our 150th year, Colin promoted the cruise as an exclusive opportunity for members to venture into southern waters without a full-scale Antarctic expedition.

The Spirit of Enderby (Professor Khromov) is an ice-strengthened expedition vessel, built in 1984 for polar and oceanographic research. She carries just 50 passengers and was refurbished in May 2019 to provide comfortable accommodation in twin share cabins, approximately half of which have private facilities. All cabins have outside windows, or portholes. On board is a bar / library / lounge area and a lecture room. The cuisine is excellent and is prepared by top NZ and Australian chefs.

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“The wildlife, flora and fauna are truly amazing and a photographer’s dream,” Colin said. “You will get up close and personal with whales, albatross, seals, penguins and dozens of other bird species and also learn a great deal about the intrepid sailors, whalers and settlers who tried to tame this forgotten part of New Zealand.”

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Kiwi sailors stepping up to do their bit for SUSTAINABILITY By Ivor Wilkins Rising urgency surrounding the global climate crisis is increasingly engaging individual sailors and sailing events right across the spectrum to take action on environmentally sustainable practices and causes – particularly as they relate to ocean health. According to a 2016 World Economic Forum Repor t, eight million tonnes of plastic enter the world’s oceans ever y year, not to mention additional degradation through industrial and agricultural run-off and other forms of pollution. New Zealand has long prided itself on an image of pristine landscapes and waterways, but has been forced into a revision by a growing realisation that the true picture is less palatable. A long-running tourism campaign based on the 100% Pure slogan has been quietly dropped in the face of scientific evidence that falls short of that claim. The current government has articulated a raft of targets including total pest eradication to planting a billion trees, to sustainable waterways

and reduced carbon emissions from both urban and agricultural sources. In similar vein, beneath sailing’s clean, green image is the knowledge that the materials and chemicals that go into equipment manufacture, plus the carbon load from international travel are difficult to mitigate. Nevertheless, major sailing events like the Ocean Race and the America’s Cup have long associated themselves with environmental causes. The America’s Cup in San Francisco in 2013 launched the Sailors for the Sea initiative, while the Cup in Bermuda had all the competing teams sign up to a Sustainability Charter. The World Sailing announcement sanctioning the 2021 America’s Cup in Auckland lists sustainability as one of the conditions and organisers are formulating strategies to fulfil that requirement, aware that the scrutiny on all these major showcase events worldwide is becoming much sharper and less tolerant of token gestures and lipservice. Preparations for the event are already having a positive effect on the city waterfront with an accelerated programme to remove

unsightly fuel storage tanks to make way for team bases. Fuel will, of course, continue to be stored elsewhere, so it is a problem shifted rather than solved. But the Cup has at least served as a catalyst to relocate the tanks to a less vulnerable site and to address the wider issues of fuel storage into the future. Other initiatives are seeking to leverage support through the America’s Cup, such as GulfX, a project run by the Sustainable Business Network aiming to stop pollution caused by heavy metals flowing from the land into the waters of the Hauraki. “We want to stimulate a creative, innovation platform with GulfX for the ideas to come from. We are at a turning point. Awareness is really high, so we can change a whole bunch of things. That’s our mission,” said chief executive Rachel Brown. At an individual level, top sailors are increasingly aligning themselves with environmental issues. Olympic gold medallists and Emirates Team New Zealand sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have launched a charity focusing on ocean health. Called Live Ocean,

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Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, spearheading their own Live Ocean charity.

its first priority is to save New Zealand’s Antipodean albatross from threatened extinction as part of a wider commitment to invest in promising marine research, innovation, people and projects. Burling and Tuke also featured in a recent video helping gather sacks of plastic and rubbish collected around the fringes of Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour in support of the nonprofit Sea Cleaners organisation, which aims to educate people about recycling and rubbish disposal. With the help of volunteers, Sea Cleaners has recovered 8.5 million litres of rubbish, mainly plastic, from the harbour since 2002. Praising the clean-up work of the organisation, Tuke points out that it “shouldn’t end up there in the first place”, while Burling talks of how plastic “hurts our ecosystems”. Turn the Tide on Plastic and 11th Hour Racing were two initiatives focusing on environmental issues and particularly plastic during the last Volvo Ocean Race. Under the new Ocean Race umbrella, this commitment is stepped up and the first of five pre-race

summits on promoting ocean health was held in Genoa in September, with at least a further five scheduled to take place during the race. Anne-Cécile Turner, Sustainability Director of The Ocean Race, revealed that the roundthe-world race had signed up to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, making commitments to inspire others to take effective action too. “We want to lead by example and by signing the UN Climate Framework we have committed to inspire other sporting events and reach beyond the sector with a message that if we want to protect our ocean and the planet then we all need to make our operations as sustainable as possible,” Turner said. Bianca Cook, who sailed with Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastics crew, is now working towards her own Ocean Race campaign. She has purchased Caffari’s Volvo 65, which is

Bianca Cooke – promoting environmental issues

being refurbished at Yachting Developments in preparation for relaunching and starting a training and crew selection programme early next year. Meanwhile she is working hard on the sponsorship trail and is also going around the country giving talks at yacht clubs about the race, but also about the state of the oceans. She tells her audiences of how devastating it was to discover microplastics at Point Nemo, the position in the Southern Ocean that is the most isolated on earth, with the nearest land in any direction more than 1,000 miles away and the closest humans likely to be astronauts in space. She also talks of sailing through trails of rubbish past some of the most beautiful tropical islands on earth and of crashing into a floating “wheelie” rubbish bin in the South Atlantic. “These issues will definitely be high on the agenda with our campaign for the Ocean Race,” Bianca said. “It is a requirement of this edition of the race, but we would have been pushing these issues anyway.” In 2016 Conrad Colman became the first New Zealander to complete the Vendee Globe Race. He championed environmental issues by relying solely on renewable energy during the circumnavigation, a cause he intends to embrace again if he can secure sponsorship for a second attempt. These matters are not just preoccupying the younger sailing stars. Chris Dickson last year joined a voyage from California to Tahiti via the

36 Breeze Magazine Marquesas and Tuamotu atolls, as part of an Eat Less Plastic mission. As somebody who has devoted his life to making boats go as fast as possible, this was a distinct change of pace on a 53ft heavily laden heavy displacement motorsailor, which “pitched, rolled and yawed all at the same time and in about equal measure”. The mission was led by New Zealand actor, stuntman and environmentalist Phil Somerville (credits include Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Iron Man 3, Zero Dark Thirty and The Island) and included at different times a cast of sailors, scientists and supporters. Every day at sea, they deployed a manta trawl on a 2nm run, which scooped material from the ocean surface. “In 10 out of every 11 trawls, we averaged

four pieces of plastic visible to the naked eye,” Dickson reported. What they could not see with the naked eye was microplastic, but the material was packaged and labelled every day for more detailed microscopic analysis ashore. “I was shocked at what we found,” he said. “Here we were sailing in this crystal clear turquoise ocean, several kilometres deep in places, in some of the most empty parts of the planet. I went into it believing there was no way we were going to find any plastic out in this pristine environment. I came out a convert. “This is not a problem for the future. This is right here, right now. It is very real.” Environmental concerns have also influenced Dickson’s life ashore, where he owns a number of farms. He has launched a number of eco initiatives like planting 50,000 trees, wetland

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Sustainability Policy House Chairman Gillian Williams said the RNZYS is in the process of forming a Sustainability Committee chaired by Sheryl Lanigan and administered by Sarah Dance. This follows the formal adoption by the General Committee of a Sustainability Policy in May, as follows: As sailors and members of RNZYS, our passion revolves around the water. We maintain a unique relationship between our sport, the club and the environment and feel strongly about the state of the seas and oceans. The RNZYS is working towards improved ways to protect and conserve our marine environment. Pollution and global warming are key concerns. We will initiate practices that demonstrate our commitment and encourage ongoing efforts by members and staff of the RNZYS to reduce our impact on the environment. The principles of this Environmental Sustainability Policy are: We will reduce the use of products that create waste. We will re-use, recycle or purchase from sustainable sources. We will dispose of waste in the most environmentally-friendly way practicable. We will be vigilant in ensuring that there is no litter around our facilities or the waterways we use. We will promote environmentally friendly and sustainable practices to our membership. We will set targets and measure our progress. This Environmental Sustainability Policy applies across all of the club’s activities, including: food and beverage; Westhaven facilities; Kawau facilities; sailing (club and major regattas); all club operations.

Serena Woodall of the RNZYS MasterCard Youth Training Programme won the Young Leader Award at the recent Yachting New Zealand Awards for her contribution to sustainability.

recovery projects, fencing cattle away from waterways and, most personally satisfying of them all, creating a 40m fish ladder to enable fish and eels to by-pass a dam and move upstream to traditional spawning grounds. “You would never know it is man-made and it’s definitely working. We are seeing baby eels up at the top of the stream again.” Going further back, of course, Sir Peter Blake ended a 30-year career of round-theworld and America’s Cup campaigning by embarking on an environmental crusade with the establishment of Blakexpeditions. Its focus on water quality was embodied in the slogan “Good water, good life. Poor water, poor life. No water, no life.” After taking his rugged Seamaster expedition yacht on a successful voyage to Antarctica – during which he addressed a United Nations climate conference by radio – he was murdered by pirates at the conclusion of a voyage up the Amazon River. If high-profile events like the America’s Cup provide a positive vehicle for raising public awareness of issues like pollution and climate change, they can also expect to attract critical attention from the green lobby. The British team’s sponsorship by Ineos, for example, has already met with some hostility and there are reports that an anti-fracking group led by British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood is planning a protest campaign in Auckland.

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Purist’s Yacht with the X-factor The two most recent yachts Frans de Court has owned provide clues to the choice of his new 38-footer from Denmark. Coming out of a Young 88 and the 1970s One Tonner, Young Nick, Frans’s inclinations favour performance over super-luxurious or voluminous accommodations. In search of his first brand new production yacht, he was impressed by the quality and performance credentials of the XP38 from the X-Yachts stable in Denmark. Founded by brothers Lars and Niels Jeppesen, X-Yachts has a long racing heritage and production models carrying the brand have won numerous titles, including the ThreeQuarter Ton worlds and the prestigious One Ton Cup. The yard now produces a range of yachts allowing customers to make selections to suit their orientation along the cruiser-racer to racer-cruiser spectrum. Yachts under the XP designation are clearly inclined to the P for Performance side of things, while keeping an eye on IRC and ORC rating considerations. XP yachts are built using post-cured epoxy with carbon reinforcement in both the hull and keel structure. The vacuum infusion process allows for precise control of overall weight and material ratios compared to wet lay-up processes. The hull structure features a foam core with extensive use of carbon in the structural hull liner and keel frames, where it offers the same strength and impact protection as a steel keel girder system, but with a weight saving of

The taut, clean lines of the XP38 underscore a well-considered performance yacht that showed good balance and response through the typically gusty spring conditions on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour.

around 400kgs. The result is a very stiff hull. Frans notes with satisfaction that even with the hydraulic backstay fully cranked, you can still open and close all the internal doors. The weight saving inherent in the engineering and in the overall philosophy result in a package a ton lighter than the cruising version. Considerable effort has also gone into improving righting moment and reducing drag, to the extent that all through-hull fittings are recessed and faired into the hull. The keel features a cast-iron fin and lead T-bulb encapsulated in a vacuum-infused GRP female moulded casing. The high-aspect ratio sailplan is supported on a double spreader tapered aluminium mast with discontinuous rod rigging and hydraulic backstay. A carbon mast is an optional extra. A fixed carbon bowsprit incorporates an anchor roller and allows for gennakers and code zeros in the sail wardrobe. Frans opted

to have North New Zealand build his sails and added a conventional spinnaker setting on a carbon pole in the specification. The hull shape maximises waterline length, and features narrow waterline beam and quite firm bilges to make for a powerful shape. Although the look is contemporary, the lines are smooth and flowing with a notable absence of distortions., no hard chines or superwide transoms. The result is a slightly more traditional layout in the cockpit and below, with less internal volume than some rival offerings. The cockpit provides for all the modern features – fold-down transom/boarding platform, easy access between the two steering pedestals, foot braces, removable table and ample stowage. The moderate aft beam removes the need for twin rudders and the single, high aspect rudder appeared to provide plenty of grip at

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all heel angles. Generous coamings provide good protection in the cockpit, which is wellequipped with Harken winches and gear. Down below, it is comfortable and stylish, with quality fittings and finishes, plenty of storage and drawer space, Corian bench tops in the galley, a triple burner stainless steel cooker and hot and cold pressure water. Frans is almost apologetic about all this unacccustomed domestic amenity,. “I am not really used to so much luxury in a boat,” he says. “I could have opted for even more, like a microwave for example, but there is always plenty of time to cook on a boat. It is part of the fun.” Frans has opted for the two cabin layout, with the main cabin forward and a generous double aft on the port quarter with the shower and head on the starboard quarter A three cabin option is also available. Again, the interior has a sense of restraint

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The contemporary interior features quality fabrics and finishes with plenty of storage and drawers. about it, with the contemporary blonded timber joinery blending with a hint of tradition from the teak and holly cabin sole. It is all perfectly in keeping with the performance character of the yacht. It is a long way from a stripped-out racer, but at the same time discipline and logic has been applied to whole approach – why go to the trouble of carbon-composite engineering and low drag design and detailing, only to load excessive weight and bulk into the interior. For Frans, this tilt towards the performance side of the spectrum is well considered and totally in tune with his style of yachting. His primary focus is on local racing. “I have a good crew and we like to do the Club Marine Wednesday night series with the Squadron and also the Richmond Yacht Club series on alternate Wednesdays. We also do the Winter Series, the Commodore’s Cup, the Coastal Classic and so on. “I must confess, I am not much of an overnighter. I prefer to be in a nice bay at night with a glass of red wine, but, having said that, I would like to do a Noumea race or an Auckland to Fiji race at some stage.” In the summer, Frans and his wife do short

cruising excursions, while he and his brother also take a couple of weeks away on the boat together, which they enjoy. This aspect was well tested when Frans travelled to Denmark to take delivery of his yacht in May. He was accompanied by a friend and they were joined in Denmark by two Dutch yachtsmen, current and previous XP38 owners. Frans had arranged for North New Zealand to send a mainsail, genoa and gennaker to Denmark and the four men cruised for a week,

delivering the yacht to Holland, from where it was shipped to Auckland. “It was a nice trip. We had quite a lot of motoring in very light wind, but there was also some good sailing. We had not met the two Dutch crew before, but we were all very comfortable. We had two good cooks in the group, so we were well looked after. “We had decided to install our B&G electronics package when we got to Auckland, so we taped an iPhone to the cockpit bulkhead and navigated with that,” he laughs.

Overhead view shows the clean, unidstorted lines and moderate beam.

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A safe haven during the delivery from Denmark to Holland. Right: Cellphone navigation. In keeping with his philosophy of a comfortable anchorage and a glass of red wine at night, they day-hopped in fine weather,, exploring the string of islands on the north coast of Holland and the Ijsselmeer, the inland bay that stretches for 1,100km2 to Amsterdam.. It provided an excellent shakedown cruise and left Frans eager to be reunited with his yacht in time for the Auckland summer. Once the red sand of the Suez Canal had been

hosed off, the full sail wardrobe delivered and the electronics hooked up, the first sail on home waters saw eXpatria romping down the Waitemata and showing every sign of justifying its P for Performance tag. Using a motoring analogy, this would be the equivalent of a sport version of a quality European marque, with all the hallmarks of its pedigree â&#x20AC;&#x201C; plus the twin-turbo zip. By Ivor Wilkins

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ETNZ’s Te Aihe flies past a 49er in the lead-up to the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 worlds in Auckland – Matias Capizzano photo.

Winners – and some worries – at Olympic class Worlds By Ivor Wilkins When Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC75 foiled past a group of 49ers practising for the 2019 world championships in Auckland, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke’s two worlds briefly collided. While their 49er rivals, both international and local, were putting in the final hours of tuning and technique, the Olympic gold medallists were clocking up more training and development time on Te Aihe, in preparation for the America’s Cup defence in 2021. If the pair are burdened by the twin Olympic and America’s Cup responsibilities facing them, they show no signs of it. They have form to demonstrate they can take the daunting workload in their stride. In 2016, they won the Olympic gold medal in the 49er and then played key roles in winning the America’s Cup in Bermuda in 2017. Back at the start of that journey, Burling was only 23 and was in the middle of an engineering degree at the same time. With almost preternatural calm, he seemed bemused when asked if his dance card was a bit crowded. “It is just a question of being organised,” he said before he and Tuke advanced on a

49er blitzkrieg that left Olympic medallist and America’s Cup veteran Rod Davis amazed. “On the way to winning Gold at Rio, they won 21 major regattas on a trot, including four world championships,” he noted in admiration. Backed by the experience of the past five years, Burling remains equally unfazed by what lies ahead. “The timeframes are similar. We have sailed the 49er for so long now and to a quite a high level. “They are obviously vastly different boats, but a lot of the 49er-related stuff does cross over quite well to what we have to do at the America’s Cup when you have to go out racing and try to win the trophy. “Leading into this regatta, it has obviously been an incredibly busy period launching the big boat as well, but it is exactly what we have been planning for.” Conceding it is sometimes “a bit of a juggling act”, he shrugged and asked, “What would you rather be doing? We get to push the boundaries in the Cup world and then also jump back into the Olympic class.” In the end, the pair proved adept jugglers when they secured their fifth world title on a blustery and drama-filled final day of the

Auckland regatta. They had to overcome a DNF after the tiller extension snapped and then had to recover from Burling falling off the boat in the crucial final medal race, charging through from the back of the fleet to shut out their German rivals. Having the regatta on home waters and with New Zealand Olympic selection still an open question, Burling and Tuke obviously had big targets on their backs both from international rivals and local young guns pushing to unseat them. “It is great to have everybody down here on our home patch, “ Burling said. “We usually spend so much time overseas. “There is some pretty good competition from the overseas crews and we are lucky in New Zealand to have so many Kiwis going really well. It has been good to train with a good local group when all these overseas guys are not here.” Sizing up the challenge, Burling said, “The quality of sailing in this class has always been very tight. It keeps progressing. If you make a mistake, you get found out immediately. “You have to just do the best you can and keep learning and improving. So many nations

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44 Breeze Magazine are trying to push the boundaries super hard. “If you are not doing the same, you drop off the back pretty quickly.” The worlds brought together more than 400 competitors from 20 countries and including 18 Olympic champions to compete in the 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 classes. Before the first race had started, two local wins had already been posted. For several months leading up to the regatta a large number of northern hemisphere sailors fled their winters to come and train in Auckland. Based out of the newly-developed Royal Akarana facility at Okahu Bay, they were hugely impressed with what New Zealand has to offer. “New Zealand was really a place we needed to get to,” said 49er class manager Ben Remocker. “It is the home of international yacht racing.” It seems likely that, particularly as the 49er and Nacra classes tend to be the “movers and shakers”, they will spread the word that the facilities, sailing waters, mix of conditions and strong local sailing groups make for ideal winter training and hopefully more will migrate south in future.

The success of the worlds themselves on and off the water will also strengthen the case for similar-scale Olympic and dinghy class championships in Auckland going forward. The other big winner even before a shot was fired was Mackay Boats, one of two licensed Olympic 49er suppliers in the world. The small company north of Auckland has a strong record. With 420s and 470s in its resume as well, Mackay boats have amassed 30 Olympic medals and 140 world championship medals. At both the London and Rio Olympics, its 470s and 49ers won seven medals, with 75% of the 49ers in the Rio medal race wearing the company logo. The yard delivered 30 new 49ers for the worlds in Auckland. “The best thing about having the regatta here is that we have an opportunity to get to know some of our customers,” said general manager John Clinton, who has a strong background in sail and rig design, coaching and campaigning in everything from America’s Cup to the Olympics. “We only actually attend one or two overseas regattas a year, so to have them all here in our backyard is a great opportunity to get to know more of them and get some feedback.

“We can learn about what they expect from us and what matters to them. “In a one-design class, they all want to go fast. That is a given. It is the detail that counts, ensuring the fittings are the best, that the build is precise, the foils are as smooth and clean as they can be, that we supply the best ropes, going through the best blocks. “The boats all come out of the same moulds, but we need to establish a culture where everything is done to perfection, that the guys doing the lay-up do it perfectly every time. “The biggest thing the competitors want is consistency. They want to know the boat they get is exactly the same as the boat Burling and Tuke get. If it is not, they won’t come back.” While Clinton is understandably proud of the company’s success, he is concerned that in the wider context something has been lost in the way small boat sailing has become concentrated in production one-design classes. “I know that sounds ironic coming from me as the manufacturer of these types of boats, but it concerns me that this trend has turned it into a rich person’s sport. “Nowadays, you have to buy professionally

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Breeze Magazine 45 manufactured equipment and it is all about professional coaching and training, all of which is expensive. It means the kids coming into the sport typically come from wealthy families.” Generally, those kids go into professions, as opposed to earlier times when youngsters with a passion for sailing would frequently become sailmakers or boatbuilders, ensuring a strong integration between the marine industry and the sport. “The days of guys turning up to regattas in their rusty cars, towing boats they built themselves and going out racing in woolly jumpers have gone.” This is not a case of nostalgia for the “good old days”. Clinton says something important has been lost in the process and particularly for New Zealand. Kiwi sailing success was built at least in part on a competitive edge that came from its innovative, practical backyard craftsmen, who figured out what made boats go fast – and built it all themselves. A new generation is having to find another way. Mackay Boats’ John Clinton in the world championship dinghy park.

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Tacking and gybing down the fairways at RNZYS golf day The 2019 Annual Squadron Golf Day was an absolute hit, and was re-energised by the change of location to the scenic Gulf Harbour Country Club. Seventeen teams of four, made up of Squadron members, sponsors and corporate members, teed off on a gloriously sunny day on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. The course is one of New Zealand’s best, and all the golfers couldn’t be blamed for letting the spectacular views distract them from their stroke play. Not only that, there was plenty of hospitality to be distracted by, including vodka cocktails on the stunning 16th tee, a BBQ hosted by Oceanbridge between the 9th and 10th holes, as well as a drinks cart topping up the hydration as the players made their way around. Despite all that, there was still some very good golf played on the day. This was the first year we have had a team-based format (based on the best 3/4 stableford scores of each team), and the prize went to Team Carrera who notched up an impressive 138 points. Jens Bol, also from Team Carrera, won the men’s stableford prize with 46 points. Sarah Gair from 36 Degrees Brokers claimed the women’s trophy for the second year running, and Simon Hayden finished with the best gross score with a solid two over par 74. Thank you to all who took part in the day – and for those of you who weren’t there, make sure you don’t miss out next year!

1/ Team Carerra winners From left, Dave Thompson, Simon Hayden, Sang Cho and Jens Bol. 2/ Tony Sandwant and Rob Hargrave 3/ Frazer Bond, Gulf Harbour pro, with his mum, Kim Bond from the RNZYS. 4/ James Neil and Jake Wilkinson from Ovlov. 5/ Blair McNaughton and ladies’ winner Sarah Gair from 36 Degrees Brokers. 6/ Steve Wright from Oceanbridge. Pictures by Debbie Whiting

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Above: The winning crew aboard Leda (l-r): RNZYS Committee Member Peter Boardman, Capt Dave Fairweather Assistant Chief of Navy, Lt. Commander Casey MacMillan RNZN, skipper Peter Baddley, guest Kelly & crew.

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The RNZYS Charity Regatta Great Blake Race is one of the biggest events on the Squadronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual calendar, and once again this year it was a great success for all who attended, and for the charities it supports. Starting off with an afternoon Mark Foy race, the conditions couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been any better with a 20 knot southerly breeze pushing the boats of all makes, sizes and vintages around the harbour course. More than 400 guests were safely delivered back to the Squadron, where they enjoyed an evening of South American-themed food, cold beers, wine and cocktails, live music, live auction, and plenty of fun well into the night. There were some outstanding auction items up for grabs which had keen bidders keenly raising their hands and digging into their wallets, all for two great causes. In the end, more than $25,000 was raised for the RNZYS International Sailing Fund, and $15,000 for BLAKE, a great result for all involved. A huge thank you to all supporters of this event. Words and Photos by Andrew Delves

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Torching Base Putting a flame to the America’s Cup

Words by Ivor Wilkins Photos by Cooper Hopman Over the course of its 168-year history, the America’s Cup trophy has inspired enough myths and legends, peopled by a rich cast of characters, to establish its own Nordic-type saga. The trophy itself also preserves on and within its ornate and polished topography important facets of the event’s history. Engraved on its outer surfaces and on additional bases created for the purpose are records of all the matches sailed in its name. Less known are the archives of misfortune and change hidden within its dark recesses. Under the second and current stewardship of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, the Cup has undergone some modification. This has involved an 18-month process, which saw parts of the trophy returned to Garrards of London, the silversmiths who originally created it in 1848. Two matters required attention: The bottom and newest base had run out of real estate. Added after the 2003 victory by Alinghi, the base did not have enough space to record Emirates Team New Zealand’s 2017

victory in Bermuda. This was partly because the 2013 cliffhanger between ETNZ and Oracle Team USA required an unprecedented 17 matches to achieve a result, each of which, by tradition, had to be recorded on the trophy. Compounding the real estate problem, however, was that Alinghi and Oracle both recorded their victories in larger typefaces than previous entries. The RNZYS contracted Garrards to melt down the base and build a new one, re-engraving the results with the traditional smaller typeface, thus allowing for three, possibly four more cycles of Cup matches to be recorded. The silver recovered from melting the original base would be incorporated inside the trophy. The second part of the agreement was to melt down the sections of the trophy that had to be cut out when Garrards restored the trophy after it was attacked with a sledge hammer in New Zealand in 1997. After the restoration, these damaged sections, which retained traces of the original engravings, remained in London, only to appear several years later advertised for sale on a website as collector’s items. Eventually, by court

order, the pieces were returned to the Oracle Racing Team, which were the Cup Trustees at the time. However, after ETNZ won in Bermuda and the Cup returned to the RNZYS, it was discovered that the damaged pieces were missing once again. After enquiries, Oracle Team USA relocated them and couriered them to Auckland. To ensure these prodigal sections did not go astray again, it was decided they would be melted down and fashioned into a plaque and permanently mounted inside the trophy, complete with an engraving to record their unique part in its story. General Committee Member Richard Wingfield negotiated the agreement with Garrards and travelled to London to handdeliver the base pieces and the damaged sections for the work to commence. The London silversmiths duly built and engraved a replacement base and also melted the damaged pieces from 1997 into a plaque. But when it came to melting down the 2003 bottom tier, they baulked. Instead, they suggested it be stored in their vault in perpetuity. “We felt it was most important to keep all

Breeze Magazine 51 Right: The larger font is clearly visible on the base tier in the background. This was the one melted down. Below right: the silver from the melted base was fashioned into three cylinders which are contained within the new replacement base. the constituent pieces of the trophy together,” said Wingfield. “A lot of effort had gone into recovering the damaged sections of the trophy and reuniting them and we felt that for future generations all the elements should remain an integral part of it. This was always part of the agreement.” In the end, the agreement with Garrards was amended and the redundant base was returned to Auckland, where Worrall Jewellers undertook to melt it down and fashion a new piece that could be installed inside the trophy. David Worrall explained that there are health and safety considerations in melting sterling silver because of the toxic cadmium content. “You have to be careful, but as long as you observe all the necessary precautions with respirators and extractors, it can be done safely. It all went very smoothly.” Worrall’s relationship with the Cup goes back to the first time it was in New Zealand from 1995 to 2003. “We looked after it, keeping it polished and pristine. It is very special and we regard it as a privilege to continue doing it.” With this latest project, the silver recovered from the melting down the 2003 base was refashioned into three cylinders, each of which were polished to a satin finish and engraved with a notation describing where they came from. These are accommodated inside the new lower tier. “It involved quite a lot of design work. It certainly was not just a five-minute job,” said Worrall, conceding it involved a lot of effort for something that will spend most of its time hidden within the Cup. “But, it is nice to know this work was done in New Zealand and that it was done right out of respect for everything it represents,” he said. These new stories contained within the confines of the trophy not only add to the longrunning intrigue that surrounds the historic piece, they also add 3kg to its weight. In its original 1848 form, the Garrards ewer weighed in at 134 ouces (3.8kg). At 18kg in its current incarnation, the Cup now requires considerably more muscle to hoist it aloft.

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Investors in bank deposits have been living with lower returns for some years now, but many are finding it hard to manage the latest reduction and are looking for alternative investments. We are starting to see media advertising pointing to higher returns being achievable from other asset classes. Higher returns may be possible, but nothing comes for free and there are risks involved that prudent investors will consider before jumping in. There is an old adage – if it sounds too good to be true it often is! Investment funds such as those offered by Milford have experienced portfolio managers who manage risks that include investment return risk, market risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, equity risk, liquidity risk and currency risk. For DIY investors, you can help yourself determine what alternative investments may be suitable for your needs by asking some practical questions: What is your investment timeframe? Lower risk investments such as cash or term deposits with banks don’t tend to move up and down in value day to day. Investment timeframes are often directly linked

to a term deposit fixed maturity date e.g. one year. Investments funds and directly held bonds and shares are priced daily and move up and down in value. For these types of investments, and depending on the mix of assets involved, we encourage three, five year and even longer periods that investors should consider as a minimum recommended investment timeframe. What is your risk tolerance? I call this the sleep-at-night question. It is important to understand your tolerance for risk and ability to accept volatility. What would be your reaction to your investment going down in value by 10%, or 20%? What does this mean in dollar terms? 20% of $100,000 is $20,000. That’s a real number and whilst a reduction in value may only be temporary, people who react badly to this may make a knee jerk decision to exit their investment. This will crystallise the loss and make it very difficult to achieve the returns that would otherwise be expected by “staying the course”. Therefore, it is important to select investments that line-up with your own tolerance for risk. What is your need for liquidity? How easily can you access money if needed, take regular withdrawals or wind-up the investment. Term deposits are usually locked in for the designated term, or penalties apply for early withdrawal. Property investments can take considerable time to realise. It is important to check on any notice periods that exist in order to make withdrawals from an investment. Milford offers a range of funds that address the questions of investment timeframe, risk tolerance and liquidity:

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A large contingent of the Performance Programme headed to China at the beginning of November for the 13th edition of the China Cup International Regatta, a regular annual event for Squadron sailors. One group in the squad formed an all-RNZYS PP team helmed by Nick Egnot-Johnson, whilst Celia Willison and Niall Malone joined a crew mainly made up of Chinese sailors and a couple of Squadron members. The regatta is sailed on 40-foot Beneteau’s and can be very tricky with the often-light breezes. The PP team had an unfortunate start to the regatta being over the start line in their first two races, which cost an automatic disqualification and 20 points. From there it was going to be very tough to get back into contention, but the team bounced back well to win the next race and notch up three 2nd’s in the remaining races to finish 7th overall. The HARKEN Youth International held at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Sydney was held in late November, with the RNZYS sending three teams including the RNZYS PP Black Fern Racing Team helmed by Niall Malone. Malone is a bowman at heart, but has decided to try his luck on the stick, so that he can represent Ireland (and the RNZYS) at various events, including the HARKEN 2020 Youth World Match Racing Championship at the RNZYS in February. Malone started the regatta well, but dropped off the pace towards the end to finish 9th overall. He was involved in some very tight races and is learning fast. The regatta was won by Alastair Gifford and his RNZYS YTP team, so still a victory for the Squadron! The following week saw the MUSTO Youth International Match Race held at the CYCA, where we had three RNZYS PP teams in attendance – including Nick Egnot-Johnson’s Knots Racing, Malone’s Black Fern Racing and Jordan Stevenson’s Vento Racing Team. The regatta was a grade one event, a big deal for a youth event, mainly due the high calibre of teams involved.

Left to right: Jordan Stevenson, Jake Erson, George Angus, Seb Lardies and Mitch Jackson celebrate after winning the Musto International. Stevenson and his crew sailed well all week and had a tough run to make the final. Firstly he was up against the talented Australian Finn Tapper in the quarterfinal, which he impressively won 3-0. Next up was another Aussie, Tom Grimes, in the semi-final, which proved slightly more difficult. However, he came out on top with a 3-1 victory. It was then onto the final against Welshman Matt Whitfield, who had just defeated Nick Egnot-Johnson 3-2 in an epic semi-final encounter (Knots Racing went on to finish 3rd overall). Stevenson wasn’t going to let up and went on to win a shortened final 2-1 to take home the victory. He now joins the ranks of six other RNZYS skippers to have won the trophy, leaving the RNZYS only one win behind the host club’s record of eight ‘Joy Ride’ trophy victories. This was also the third year in a row that an RNZYS Team has won this event, after Leonard Takahashi in 2017 and Frankie Dair in 2018. Not only did Stevenson win his first ever grade one event, he also did it on his birthday – not a bad present! Next up for the PP is the RNZYS Foiling Match Racing Championships at the RNZYS from the 13th-17th January, which we will report on in the next issue. By Andrew Delves

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Team Ally L-R: Sebastian Lardies, Alastair Gifford, Chester Duffet, Henry Angus, Hunter Gardyne. We have two teams who have just recently returned home from competing in the Harken International Youth Match Racing Championships held at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, a short drive north of Sydney. Alastair Gifford, Chester Duffett, Hunter Gardyne, Seb Lardies and Henry Angus continued the YTP dominance of the regatta to win it for the third year in a row with a completely different team. This was no mean feat given the team had to overcome Matt Whitfield in the final, who is ranked 20th in the world; plus we were out for the count 2-0 down at one point, but went on to take it out 3-2. Congratulations team. Robbie McCutcheon, Brad Salthouse, Oakley Marsh, Ash Edwards and Max McLachlan claimed a credible 5th place and

were knocking on the door of the semi-finals. I would just like to take this opportunity to thank all members of our wonderful club who have contacted me in recent months about sailing opportunities for our youth in a whole range of different sailing disciplines. It really is appreciated and I assure you these opportunities are being put in front of our sailors. In truth, we simply have not been able to keep up with demand in terms of producing enough skilled sailors to take up all these awesome opportunities. However, we will continue to up-skill as many as we can and keep putting these opportunities in front of them. If anyone knows of any sailors keen to get

involved, we will be open for applications to join our Mastercard Youth Training Programme from early February. In the coming months we have a rather hectic schedule: The NZ Youth Match Racing Nationals held by the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club are being held December 12-16. We have just selected Megan Thomson, Ashton Guy, Brad Salthouse and Henry Angus to represent us. Good luck team! Early February we have Oakley Marsh, Tom Maidment, Harper Johnston, Henry Wilson and Holly McNeill heading over to Sydney to compete in the Hardy Cup. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure they will do us proud. Hot on the heels of the Hardy Cup,

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Team Robbie L-R: Oakley Marsh, Ash Edwards, Max McLachlan, Brad Salthouse, Robbie McCutcheon. we have a team going to the Centreport Youth International hosted by the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club in Wellington. Seb Lardies, Serena Woodall, Zoe Dawson and Tom Maidment will be representing us there. This team will have to adjust not only to a new venue, but a different kind of boat as well, which should be a great challenge. Wellington has a sporty version of our old Elliott 6s. Serena and Zoe both have experience in the boats so they should be able to help get the team up to speed quickly. Immediately after the Centreport regatta, we have two teams taking part in the Harken Youth International Match Racing Cup held here at the RNZYS.This is going to be a massive event this year as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immediately prior to the Youth Match Racing World Championships, which we are hosting. Did I mention things are about to get hectic? Well our Harken Youth International is also the NZ qualifier to determine which teams get the opportunity to compete in the Harken World Youth Match Racing Championships. Crews helmed by Nick Egnot-Johnson, Jordan

Stevenson, a team from Wellington and two Youth Training Programme teams will be battling it out for two available spots. Robbie McCutcheon and Oakley Marsh will be on the wiggle sticks for the YTP teams and the crews are currently being confirmed. YTP is now taking a break as the boats are up in Kawau for the Mastercard Youth Training Weeks. However, you should still see all the teams listed above out training hard as they prepare to put their best foot forward for their respective regattas. Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters for another fantastic year of enabling all these sailors to get out there and learn. Reuben Corbett Training Manager

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Issue 128 – February 2020

Teal lines up at the start of the SSANZ Lewmar 50 race. Photo courtesy of LiveSailDie.

Health warning: Two-handed passage racing could be seriously addictive By Tony Stevenson With an encouraging forecast of SW15-18knt predicted, the Tino Rawa Trust Lidgard Teal lined up on the startline for the final SSANZ Lewmar 50 two-handed Race 3 (38 miler). It was an amazing sight with the 148 yacht fleet, from classics to speedsters, either alongside or within view. For our division, a start at Northern leading, code

zero set, Michelle Khan on the helm and yours truly on the foredeck, Teal enjoyed a wonderful slide down the Tamaki Strait very reminiscent of past races to Patio Bay. With a wing and wing across to Shag Island and turning to the finish, it was glorious winter sailing. As predicted, conditions became fresh at the bottom of Waiheke rounding Thumb Point with the final beat to

the finish line at Islington Bay. A stiff 20-25knots on the nose had us putting a reef in and opting for a series of longer tacks into Onetangi and Oneroa seeking calmer waters and less breeze. With only two crew to the pumps, tactics and sail changes were made with caution and the phrase ‘have a cup of tea’ before taking action has never been truer. Encouraging feedback

from the SSANZ organisers is to have our own classic SSANZ division next year if we can gather more entries. Both Teal and Little Jim are returning with Tucana and Corona keen to start. The three-race series will be sympathetic to our classic fleet with these 40 and 60 mile two-handed challenges being very addictive.

Bringing the Bailey Classic Te Uira back to life again Words by Robyn Pearce Some of our members were lucky enough to hear Andrew Brock and Jeremy Clowes at a recent club night, sharing their story of the restoration of another piece of New Zealand maritime history – in Tasmania. In 1896, Bailey brothers Charles and Walter, boatbuilding rivals of the Logan brothers, were commissioned to build a five-rater cutterrigged yacht for Gideon Palmer of Melbourne. This was the first Auckland-built big yacht to be built for export to Australia since Robert

Te Uira under reconstruction at Cynet Wooden Boats. Logan’s Akarana of late 1888. Her dimensions: Length overall, 46 feet; length on water line, 30 feet; beam, 9 feet 6 inches. Although she is a smaller vessel, Te Uira’s cosmetic description on completion is very similar to Waitangi today. She came out of the shed with a black hull, a roomy cabin with 5ft 6 in of head room and fitted with

native timber paneling and crimson velvet cushions. On arrival in Melbourne, Te Uira quickly carved a winning reputation. By 1898, she had scored several victories over Fife-designed clipper Sayonara in the latter’s early seasons. (A number of our club members have crewed on Sayonara during various CYAA Melbourne Cup Week

Regattas.) Most of Te Uira’s racing was with the St. Kilda and Brighton clubs, where she was champion yacht for many seasons until WW1. Like most boats of venerable years, she’s had a variety of owners and several conversions of rigging and structure. All lovers of classic New Zealand yachts will rejoice that, since December 2015, she has been in the loving and capable hands of Cygnet Wooden Boats in Tasmania. They are restoring her to her original beauty. Watch the progress of these talented boatbuilders at www.facebook.com/Uira. yacht. They post regular videos and updates. The challenge is enormous. Te Uira is more complex than most, due to her unique triple diagonal construction. We rejoice in their commitment to original quality and excellent workmanship. Bonus video: Check out our website at www.classicyacht. org.nz to see a special video prepared by our friends at Off Centre Harbor featuring NZ classics, including Te Uira.

Picturesque Party-time at Patio Bay

Champagne sailing for Viking to Patio Bay. Roger Mills photo.

Pacific won Best Presented Launch prize. Alan Houghton photo.

CLASSIC YACHT ASSOCIATION CONTACTS – GENERAL ENQUIRIES: Joyce Talbot, admin@classicyacht.org.nz CLUB CAPTAIN YACHTS: Andy Ball, yachtcaptain@classicyacht.org.nz CLUB CAPTAIN LAUNCHES: Simon Ventura, launchcaptain@classicyacht.org.nz

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Doyle Sails NZ win prestigious award for Best Medium Business

All-new Excess 11 catamaran to debut in 2020 The Excess Catamaran family is expanding with the upcoming debut of the Excess 11 at next year’s Düsseldorf “Boot 2020” in January. After the successful launch of the 12 and 15 models at this year Cannes Yachting Festival, the 11 is all ready for her debut. The Excess 11 is the smallest of the range, offering generous comfort and space with thrilling sailing ability. Designed for on board living and long passages, the 11 is a cruising catamaran fit for adventure.

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Dusseldorf debut for Moody 41 Deck Saloon

Dusseldorf Boat Show (January 18th - 26th) is just around the corner and this year Hanse premieres the all new Moody 41 Deck Saloon. This unique yacht offers true single level living with modern 360-degree panorama glazing. The tall rig and high-performance sail plan

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Doyle Sails New Zealand were named ‘Best Medium Business’ at the 2019 New Zealand Trade and Enterprise International Business Awards. After a nine month application and judging process for several hundred of New Zealand’s top export companies, 39 made it through to the finals. The ‘Best Medium business’ award recognises success for companies with annual revenue between $5 million and $40 million. The judges described Doyle Sails as “a compelling business with great results and even greater potential, with a sales approach driven by precise customer knowledge, and a relentless ambition and drive to win that resonates across the organisation”. The award also cements the great work of the leadership team of Mike Sanderson, Richard Bouzaid and David Duff since taking over the ownership of Doyle Sails International in 2017. “Growing a company, while retaining its strong core values and reputation can be a delicate balance. We’re so proud of our team, it’s great to be recognised for our contribution to New Zealand.” says CEO Mike Sanderson. “The award recognises the amazing work our whole team does, from sailmakers, to the sales team, the head office staff - every person at Doyle helps make the company a success. Being short-listed for excellence in design is further tribute to the calibre of our team”. Inventors of the revolutionary Stratis membrane technology, Doyle was also shortlisted for the excellence in design award, which highlights the best use of design to succeed in a global marketplace. www.doylesails.com

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