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- 22-25 Jan - The Catalyst 2021 NZ Laser Nationals - Worser Bay BC
- 20 & 21 Feb - Tauranga Regatta - TYPBC
The NZ Laser Association supports racing Laser sailors and regattas at home and overseas. Come and join us.
Laser available at Takapuna BC
Sun 12 Jul 2020 6:28pmTakapuna Boating Club, have a Laser available to use.
It is based outside the club, and has most parts except a Sail, and Tiller, and a few ropes (from memory)
All that is required is for the user to become a full member of the club, and to look after it (fix any damage)
It is on road trailer, not a beach trolley.
If interested contact Takapuna Boating Club or Rohan Lord - Rohan.Lord@tegel.co.nz
Post Covid Success
Sun 7 Jun 2020 9:23pm
Following on from my earlier items on supporting club sailing I just wanted to say congratulations and thanks to all of you who are back doing it….supporting club sailing.
In spite of the mercury hardly getting to 15 degrees, our coldest weekend so far this winter, it was fantastic to hear that Tamaki YC had a fleet of almost 30 Lasers racing on Saturday. Joining the usual masters and youth sailors were Olympic squad sailors Sam Meech and George Gautrey, and a big contingent from charter Lasers Royal Akarana YC.
On Sunday it was Pupuke that was abuzz with Opti's, P's, Starlings, Zephyrs and a great fleet of almost 20 Lasers, with current National champ Luke Cashmore and fellow U21 Harrison Baker the most consistent, but with the Masters fleet making them work hard for their results.
So lets keep it happening, continue to support your club sailing and encourage everyone else to join the fun.
Nick
Chairman's May 2020 Update
Wed 27 May 2020 7:24am
Hi Everyone,
Well we've all learn a new language and made it to what we all now know as level 2, so we can try and ignore the disasters that is the rest of the world and go sailing. So here are a few updates and thoughts….
As I said in my last website post SUPPORT CLUB SAILING. We may not have the opportunity to travel much for a while but all the more strength to club sailing. For those in the north winter racing at Tamaki and Pupuke is getting underway over the next fortnight and I am sure that there are many other clubs where there will be some racing starting over the next few weeks so make the effort, get out there and join in. If anyone is interested in the class sponsored coaching at your club later in the year please contact us and we will try and set it up for you.
Next seasons programme is being finalised. As well as supporting club sailing look forward to a full programme of inter club regattas and YNZ training programmes. Anyone is welcome to let us know of any event you would like considered for the program but certainly it will feature the usual popular events including the NI's in Napier and SI's in November, Nationals at Worser Bay in January and Auckland Champs and Masters at Tamaki at the end of the season.
On the world scene ILCA has 6 new builders appointed and working through the pre production approval process and we expect to see them starting to sell boats and equipment very soon. This will be a fundamental change for the class and is bound to take a while to settle down but expect to see marketing from new builders starting to appear over the next few months. With the new builders now coming on stream ILCA is able to extend its focus and commence the second part of the World Sailing required FRAND changes, introduction of new supplier. This process will allow new sailmakers, spar suppliers and foil suppliers to produce ILCA equipment and should further improve the competitiveness of the class parts market in the future. All of this will be strictly controlled by ILCA's technical team to ensure that the strict one design principles on which the class is based are maintained.
Also on the world scene, some of you who were planning trips to World Championships will be well aware that all the remaining planned 2020 Laser World Championships have had to be cancelled due to the virus. ILCA has in place a full schedule of championships planned for 2021, so we can only hope that a vaccine is developed and international travel restarted for those of us who fancy a world trip before then.
If anyone wants more info on any Laser issues please feel free to get in touch but in the meantime stay safe, enjoy time on the water and I look forward to seeing all of you at regattas next season.
Nick Page
NZLA Chairman
NZLA Chairman
Laser Sailing and Covid 19
Wed 22 Apr 2020 7:29am
Hi Everyone
Firstly I would like to sympathise with anyone directly affected by the virus. We are all affected by the fallout but it is clearly awful for anyone directly affected.
So where to from here
The Government has been clear that sailing is not permitted under Level 4 or Level 3 so we all have at leat 3 weeks to wait to get back on the water. It is equally clear that none of us will be travelling offshore to sail for a while. We have cancelled all the main NZ regattas for the rest of the season in recognition of the countries effort to get rid of the virus.
So what do we do about sailing?
SUPPORT CLUB SAILING. Please, as soon as we are allowed get back on the water, support club sailing and encourage everyone else you know to do the same. Covid 19 is a kick in the guts to sailing and to the structure of sailing that we have all got to know in recent years as well as to the country overall. Our response should be to get back to grass roots, enjoy the opportunity it offers and support your clubs and enjoy local sailing. It does not matter whether your target for this year was the Olympics, a World Championship, a National Championship or completing in a club race. We all need to get together and participate. We need to enjoy what we have, club sailing. So over the winter find your local sailing opportunity, take part and encourage everyone else to do the same.
At this stage we are planning for a full domestic program 2020/21; NI Champs, SI champs, Nationals and all the usual local interclub regattas so, barring a hiccup in eliminating Covid 19 from NZ, next season should look pretty normal here at home. Only time will tell if there are any international opportunities but in he meantime don't be shy. SUPPORT CLUB SAILING. Don't just train with a few mates, get out there in a few weeks when we can and lets see everyone on the water supporting club Laser sailing in NZ.
Thanks
Nick Page
The Watershed has moved
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ILCA Announces List of 7 New Builder Applicants
Tue 28 Jan 2020 8:51am
As a result of antitrust actions brought in Europe, and in order to comply with EU Regulations, World Sailing now requires that any interested party that meets the necessary technical qualifications and regulatory requirements must be able to manufacture and sell the boats named as equipment for the Olympic Games. For ILCA, this World Sailing policy has required some changes in how builders are determined and approved to manufacturer class-legal equipment.
World Sailing’s Olympic Equipment Policy requires that the Olympic sailing classes have a process in place by which “any interested party who meets the necessary technical qualifications and regulatory requirements must be able to manufacture and sell Olympic equipment.” Further, the manufacturer selection process must be defined on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory basis.
To implement World Sailing’s policy, ILCA has now established the necessary procedures for bringing on new builders. The primary focus throughout this process is to maintain and ensure the one-design principle that is the foundation of our class – that all boats are built to the same strict standards regardless of the manufacturer.
ILCA is pleased to announce that, under the terms of the new builder approval procedure, seven manufacturers will now be offered provisional licenses to move forward in the builder application process. The provisional approvals come after the formal builder applications were reviewed by the evaluation panel appointed by ILCA, which is comprised of both class technical representatives and independent industry experts.
The manufacturers approved to move forward in the application process are (in alphabetical order):
- Devoti Sailing s.r.o. (Poland)
- Element 6 Evolution Co Ltd (Thailand)
- Nautivela srl (Italy)
- Ovington Boats Ltd (United Kingdom)
- Qindao Zou Inter Marine Co., Ltd (China)
- Rio tecna srl (Argentina)
- Zim Sailing (United States)
Each builder applicant is now subject to a further technical review to ensure compliance with the established class one-design principles. The new manufacturers will now be required to obtain certified molds and tooling from ILCA and produce a number of pre-production boats to verify the ability to manufacturer boats to the strict specifications and tolerances of the building manual and the class rules. Under the terms of the Olympic Equipment Policy, there are other applicants in the approval process at this time that may also receive provisional approval. ILCA will provide further updates as this process moves forward.
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