Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc) newsitems

• • Social Sail information for entrants and Christmas party

    • 24 Nov 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • This year we are going Mexican! This will be a fun sail along the same lines as the last few years where you have to figure out the clues and head to where the clue takes you.
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• • Yamaha Spring Series Race Three

    • 14 Nov 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Wellington experienced typical spring conditions yesterday for the third race in the Yamaha Spring Series which saw wind gusts over 35 knots and a decent chop on the harbour.
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• • Robert Julian Scott

    • 11 Nov 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Robert Julian Scott was a British-born engineer who spent most of his life and career in Christchurch.
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• • Chaffers Marina – Race Day Pick Up and Drop Off

    • 26 Oct 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Please see the information from Chaffers Marina for the pick up and drop off procedures. If you have any questions please contact our friends at Chaffers Marina.Chaffers Marina SA 27 10 2020
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• • Fitzroy Bay Race 2020

    • 18 Oct 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Putting in mildly, the conditions were pretty uncomfortable for the nine boats and 65 souls that headed out of the Wellington Heads to complete the 30 mile course to Baring Head and Sinclair Head.
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• • EBYMBC Open Day 2020

    • 11 Oct 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Thirteen RPNYC boats headed around to Evans Bay for the EBYMBC Opening Day and Interclub series.
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• • RPNYC Opening Day 2020

    • 20 Sep 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • COVID-19 restrictions may have put a damper on the traditional RPNYC opening ceremony but it didn’t stop some fantastic racing.
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• • An apparition at Nelson

    • 8 Sep 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Below is another story from the early 1970s from Paul Hastings.
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• • Interislander’s plan to move to Kings Wharf

    • 2 Sep 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Radio NZ news item, 2 September 2020We were really disappointed to learn of KiwiRail’s desire to relocate its Interislander service to Kings Wharf, despite the Future Ports Forum recommending that KiwiRail and Bluebridge both operate from a new terminal at Kaiwharawhara.
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• • Upcoming local Wellington Youth Sailing Trust vents

    • 19 Aug 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Stu Williams Memorial Regatta.
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• • Update from the Wellington Youth Sailing Trust

    • 19 Aug 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • The Development Squad had successful “have a go” days resulting in more sailors becoming apart of the programme.
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• • Volunteer of the year 2019/2020: Bob McVeagh

    • 18 Aug 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • The Volunteer of the Year Award is awarded to the many dedicated RPNYC volunteers that without each and every one of these dedicated members, our club activities would not survive.
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• • Mark sponsors

    • 17 Aug 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • As we all know, boats need marks to go around.
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• • Commodores Trophy and Race 4 Winter Series

    • 9 Aug 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Wellington finally provided some wind to allow racing for the Commodore’s Trophy and Race 4 of the winter series to get underway.
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• • An incident at Moaning Minnie

    • 5 Aug 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Anybody worth their salt knows a broach, and I wouldn’t really be writing this up if it wasn’t for the excellent sequence of photographs of the event.
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• • Sailing Reflections and Forecasts

    • 1 Jul 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Reflections from the VC So we went sailing! Firstly, in reflecting on sailing at the club over the last year I wanted to highlight some of the things which we did differently; some of the struggles; some of the successes and some of what we intend going forward.
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• • Should have taken the chopper

    • 1 Jul 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Back in the 1970s, in an effort to spice up the offshore series a bit, the Club chartered a helicopter to drop a mark inside the Wairau River in Cloudy Bay, just south of Port Underwood, for the fleet to sail around.
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• • Welcoming your new Sailing Secratary – Amanda Daysh

    • 30 Jun 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • We have had our AGM and one Officer position was remaining to be filled.
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• • Annual Report 2019-2020

    • 22 Jun 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • The annual report for 2019-2020 has been published. RPNYC 137th Annual Report and Statement of Accounts  
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• • The Moore family

    • 21 Jun 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • There are at least two families named Moore who have a long association with boating in Wellington.
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• • Alexander Turnbull 2-Handed Winter Series Race 1

    • 13 Jun 2020
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    • The instructions were clear.
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• • May 2020 Board update

    • 2 Jun 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Hello Members, Things are slowly getting back to normal.
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• • Special Race (24-May-2020) – Words from the Sage!

    • 26 May 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Well what a fantastic day to be back racing.
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• • Alexander Turnbull

    • 24 May 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Alexander Turnbull is most well known as a businessman whose collection of books and manuscripts form the foundation of the Turnbull Library and National Library of New Zealand.
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• • Zhik New Zealand eSailing trials

    • 13 May 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • RPNYC will be running selection trials for the Zhik New Zealand esailing trails on 17 May at 9pm.
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• • AGM 2020

    • 5 May 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • RPNYC AGM 2020 At the moment this is going to be on the 24 of June.
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• • Malcolm Baxter… thankyou

    • 20 Apr 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Earlier this year one of our most regular Caniwi drivers decided that the time had come to retire from race management and so the team had to say farewell to Malcolm Baxter.
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• • Blink’s RNI campaign, by Tony Wells

    • 29 Mar 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Tony Wells (left) and Craig Shearer prepare to depart for leg 1 The Finish Leg 4, Napier to Auckland, dawn of Day 2.
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• • COVID-19 update

    • 19 Mar 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Over the past couple of days, our friends at the Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club and Lowry Bay Yacht Club have scaled back their activity in response to the COVID-19 situation.
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• • 2020 Port Nicholson Regatta – You Were Here!

    • 8 Mar 2020
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • What a sensational Port Nicholson Regatta! With over 170 Sailors and 30 boats on the water, including over half a dozen visiting boats with 4 Sports Boats from Auckland, RPNYC delivered an event members can be proud of! The Port Nicholson Regatta opened with the Lawson’s Dry Hills Charity Cup Race on Thursday, followed by a convivial Regatta Dinner and presentations to Britannia Sea Scouts, Wellington Free Ambulance, and Live Ocean. It provided opportunity to acknowledge the fantastic support from our sponsors who help make things better and easier: Yamaha, Crombie Lockwood, Lawson’s Dry Hills, Mt Gay, Steinlager, North Sails, Burnsco, Pivotal Print, Barton Marine, Havana, Mevo, Chaffers Marina, and Whittaker’s. The event delivered three days of intensive and rewarding regatta racing in perfect weather. Impeccable race management led by John and Linda Parrish, was ably supported by our support crews and assistants. Notably Marg McVeagh, Janine Small, Julie Bate, Carole Inkster, Phil Taylor, Mel Zytecka and Ashley Owers who were out on the water for the duration of the event. Not forgetting Kim McMorran of course, for our brand new marks. After the relentless start sequence to get 44 races away in 4 divisions over three days (plus the 8 starts in the Lawson’s Dry Hills Charity Cup Race), there was silverware to award. Ross Telford Memorial Trophy (Regatta Champion) – Zimmerframe Racing Team II Div A – PHRF Shield – Kaimai Flyer Div A – General Handicap – St Laurence Div B – PHRF Shield – Zimmerframe Racing Team II Div B – General Handicap – Prime Mover Div C – General Handicap – White Cavalier Div C – PHRF Shield – Saucy Sausage Young 88 Roger Land Trophy – Whistler III Young 88 Owner / Helm – Whistler III Charity Cup – Airship Check out the website for links to the amazing photos taken by Mel Zytecka over the three days (while laying marks!). Look out for a debrief and review of the 2020 Port Nicholson Regatta in the next few weeks as we set up for 2021 Port Nicholson Regatta in 18-21 February 2021 – we’ll need some more help, if John Parrish’s challenge to the regatta fleet of bring a boat is met! Port Nicholson Regatta Director Ashley Owers extends a huge Thank You to everyone who contributed to make the 2020 Port Nicholson Regatta a success.
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