Don’t miss out on the first ever Line 7 sale in Wellington at the RPNYC. We will have on offer an assorted range of Line 7 products including Wet weather gear/spray Jackets/Compression gear/pants/shorts/tee shirts/polo shirts and caps all Line 7 branded. All garments are hugely discounted with approx. 30-50% off retail. 4 DAYS ONLY.
Author: Pedro Morgan
The 2007 Port Nicholson Regatta was timed to fall during the Wellington stopover of the Fully Crewed Round the North Island race, with some of the Auckland yachts choosing to compete in the event, Pussy Galore, Wired, Outsider and Prawn Broker (Napier). Despite the tough competition the event was won by Bayleys MRX 9003 skippered by Peter Vause. You can find Chris Coad’s entire flashback Friday gallery for the 2007 regatta here.
Until further notice, recreational vessels are not to enter the area between Kings Wharf Pile Light to 200m east of Thorndon Pile light and across to the Kaiwharawhara Stream.
The Latitude race has been rescheduled for Saturday 14 January 2017. Last year’s was a great success with 11 boats competing, and we’d love to see even more boats on the water this time.
Saturday saw club members joined by guests from the diplomatic community, other Wellington yacht clubs, supporters, friends and sponsors to celebrate Opening Day of the 134th Season. Commodore Mark Gordon outlined his vision for the club for the new season and Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown highlighted the relationship all Wellingtonians have with the harbour and its environs. Mayor Wade-Brown then concluded the ceremony with the traditional breaking of the burgee. The wet and blustery conditions on Saturday didn’t put off a large contingent of our visitors taking to the water – a big thank you to our skippers and…
Changes are being made to VHF radio channels on 1 October 2016. There is no change to emergency Channel 16, or the club’s CHannel 62, but there are changes to other coastal radio channels and the Nowcasting weather information service. See the RSM site www.retune.co.nz to see the summary of changes and order your updated version of the radio handbook. This may be a great time to complete a marine radio operators course. Wellington Ocean Sports is running a course on 5 September 2016. You can register here. More information Updated weather information and Coastguard VHF repeater channels. Download the updated Radio Handbook.…
Blink finished the Fiji race at 4:47:59 this morning, taking less than 4 days and 18 hours to complete the trip. Skipper Tony Wells and his crew of Craig Shearer (navigator), Vesna Wells, Gordie McDougall, Kim Gottard, Craig Partridge, and Luke O’Connell are looking good for strong handicap placings on both PHRF and IRC – unofficial calculations on the back of a napkin show Blink taking 3rd on PHRF and 2nd on IRC. The early part of the race saw Blink struggling to get ahead of Crusader 35 (Anthony Leighs, Elliot 35SS) and Anarchy (AJ Reid, YD37) but about half way up…
The rescheduled Veterans Race and Classics Race as well as the At Home Race were greeted by a beautiful calm sunny morning.