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Centenary weekend - Fri 30 Jan to Sun 1 Feb 2026
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Lock the weekend of Fri 30 January to Sunday 1 February 2026 in your calendar now as the WBBC centenary weekend is one you will not want to miss. We've got three days of fun filled celebrations in store for everyone. Here is some information about what is on each day followed by a link to where you can buy tickets for the each of functions over the weekend. Toast 100 years of sailing at Worser Bay at The Worser Way book launch Friday 30 January 5.30pm to 8.30pm We kick of the weekend's...
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North Island Optimist champs a great success
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Video by Mark Tantrum The Optimist North Island Championships held over the weekend of 15 and 16 November were a resounding success. The racing on the water was tight and and the entertainment on the shore was entertaining! Congratulations to Flora Stevens (Glendowie) and Blake Duncan (Napier) for taking out the Optimist Open Fleet Girls and Boys titles respectively, and to Frankie Barker (Napier) and Oscar Hemrosillow (Tauranga) for taking out the Optimist White Fleet Girls and Boys titles...
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The Photographer & The Driver — Two Sailors, One Camera, and a Lot of Opinions
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- I had the very good fortune (and occasional splash to the lens) of being up close and personal with the entire WBBC fleet at the Optimist North Islands this weekend. Beside me was my skipper, Luke O’Connell (aka Colt), National champ and a world-class sailor who, put the boat exactly where I needed it every time. Photographers dream of this level of boat-handling; sailors dream of not having a photographer commentating from two metres - yet here we are. Live From the “Thank Goodness We’re...
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Sailing holiday programme bookings open
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Looking for a fun and active way for your child to spend the school holidays? Worser Bay Boating Club’s Sailing Holiday Programme is the perfect introduction to sailing for children aged 8–14 years. Our Yachting New Zealand qualified coaches provide a safe, supportive, and professional learning environment where kids can build confidence on the water , learn new skills , and make friends while having fun. No previous sailing experience is required. Over the five days, kids learn the basics...
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Coaching for Efficiency – or How to Keep Calm While Shaping Chaos
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- The WBBC coaching team joined forces with our friends from Plimmerton Boating Club for a Coaching for Efficiency workshop, run by James Hardaker, NZ High Performance Dive Coach, who generously shared 22 years of wisdom (and an admirable level of patience). Thirty coaches in one room; what could possibly go wrong? Thankfully, not much. Instead, we found ourselves knee-deep in the art and craft of coaching: the 5 Ps — Professionalism, Punctuality, Preparedness, Passion, and Positivity...
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Autonomous Weather Boat for Yacht Clubs - EV SPRING
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- by Caelan Taylor EV Spring I have always wanted to build an autonomous boat but this had not been supported due to its cost and the time involved. However this got support from my Dad when I came up with the weather boat idea at the beginning of the year as the project I would tackle for Level 3 NCEA Digital Technology. The project completed for level 2 NCEA was a yacht racing start system and I wanted to do a project in 2025 that was yachting focused of which the autonomous weather boat...
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French Waterways Trip, 2025
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- By Mike Cathie Port in Charmes, Canal des Vosges Fond memories of a week’s charter on the Canal du Midi (south-western France) back in 2012 were enough to convince, she that needed to be convinced, that a more extended stint on the beautiful French inland waterways could be a good thing. The opportunity to avoid our Wellington winter and enjoy a full European summer being an added bonus. Helpful advice was sought from seasoned and enthusiastic WBBC European inland waterway boaters Joe...
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ILCA Masters return from a drift off in Italy
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Three WBBC members — Paul Thomas, Andrew Dellabarca, and Rob Woodward — joined three other New Zealand sailors to compete among a massive...
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Mind the Gap: Our Coaching Shortage is No Accident
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- For too long, we’ve pushed our teens into coaching and hoped the magic dust of Coach of the Year might somehow settle on them, like the...
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Coaching coordinator returns to kick start the season
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Coaching Coordinator Wilbur Stanley is fizzing to lead this season's coaching programme after a global coaching and sailing sabatical....
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Big season as the club celebrates turning 100
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- We’re excited to celebrate our 100th Birthday with a weekend full of special centenary events as well as a year-long programme of...
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Seaweed - A Love Story
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- We are delighted to be hosting a showing of the documentary "Seaweed - A Love Story". The documentary highlights the work of Explore Your...
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Quite the storm!
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- May 2025 got underway with a pretty big southerly storm across the country, with very high winds and swells in Wellington. Ferries were...
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Marine management area conversation begins
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Worser Bay Boating Club has kicked off a community conversation about establishing a voluntary no take zone around the club as part of a...
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Junior sailors have their madien sail on Te Rongotai
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Te Rongotai had her maiden sail as part of the Worser Bay Boating Club 'start sailing' programme on Saturday 22nd February 2025, with...
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Get amongst the fun of the Worser Bay Beach Carnival
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- We are excited to invite everybody to the Worser Bay Beach Carnival on Sunday 30 March. Kicking off at 10.00 am there will be games...
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The BIG 7 - Wild Waszp and Wicked Wing Weekend at Worser Bay Wellington
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- We are delighted to be hosting the Wellington Waszp and Wingfoil festival at Worser Bay Boating Club, which will be held over a Wild...
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Meet our Boat Shed Chat star guests
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- We've got a great line up of sailing royalty coming to this year's Boat Shed Chat. Here's a bit of info on each of them. Erica Dawson...
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Harbour Master conducts hazardous waste spillage training at Worser Bay.
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Did you know that, in line with international practice, New Zealand has a three-tiered approach to managing all aspects of marine oil...
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New crop of sailors start season in strong numbers
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- The season has got underway with our newest sailors in Optisquad and Blue Fleet showing up in strong numbers. Up to fifty sailors and...
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Stadium racing at our regatta on 16 November
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- The countdown is on for the Worser Bay Boating Club annual regatta to be held on Saturday 16 November in association with the Hurricane...
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Wellington East Girls College Pāua research continues at Worser Bay
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Wellington East Girls College are continuing their project to establish a Pāua hathcery around the rocks off Worser Bay Boating Club. In...
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Sailing Postponed Today, Thursday 24th. Trust shed will be open for any minor repairs and maintenance tasks on “Rigs and Foils!”
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Current NW 25 Knots No reprieve in today’s forecast!
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Friday Night Teams Racing, Proving Popular At WBBC.
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Eighteen Sailers paired up and raced odds and evens in perfect conditions at Worser Bay Boating Club last Friday. A massive 'Thank you'...
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Friday Night Teams Racing at WBBC.
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Teams racing is ON today ! Friday 18th October !! There is still time to sign up, or just turn up Bar will be open, Sausages will be...
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Moore Wilson's gets behind boat scholarships
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- We are proud to announce that the Boat & Beach Wise Trust, in association with Moore Wilson’s, have launched a boat scholarship programme...
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Lovely Afternoon Togo Sailing at WBBC
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Come down and cruise in the bay. Support Rib will be on the water from 3.30 - Dusk. Posted @ Midday Thursday 17 October. Please contact :...
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Junior and youth coaching and training programme kicks off
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- The Worser Bay Boating Club junior race squad and youth development squad kicked off their season with a bang this week, with three days...
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Join the exciting world of Wingfoiling at Worser Bay
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- Join the exciting world of Wingfoiling, one of the fastest-growing water sports today, at Worser Bay! Wingfoiling, also known as WiFo or...
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Calling all Blue Fleet and Optisquad sailors
- Worser Bay Boating Club
- This Saturday Morning 28th September 9.30-11.00 we are having a gathering to dust off your boat if you are in the Blue Fleet or 'have...
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