Hebtro Trophy 2013Many thanks to our sponsors below for making this years Hebtro the best ever.
| AGM on Thursday July 18Have your say and vote on things that matter. More details soon. Plan for 7pm start -... Prize giving listPrize giving was held on the 7th June. The receivers of trophies and rewards are in this ... Collecting list of maintenance tasks to be done off season.Help us get a list of things to do during the off season by filling in the form below. New start box web camTaking photos every 5 mins during daylight hours. Rowie Autumn series - every Sunday in May @ NoonWhen is Rowie’s Autumn Series? Every Sunday in May. Four races are scheduled with all races... WYA launches new web siteWellington Yachting Association has launched a new web site... Adult learn to sail course booking availableSee Learn to Sail page Sailing Programme and Duty Roster now available2012-13 Sailing Programme and Duty Roster now available Our sailors on the international stageRecent years have seen a number of WBBC sailors competing in overseas events.  William Novak represented New Zealand in July at the IODA Asian champs 2011. Results 69/84 male division.  Ken Tildesley competed for NZ at IODA Opti Euro Champs 2010. Results: 99/146 in the male division, 2nd NZ'er.  Nick Thyne competed for NZ at IODA Asian Champs 2010. Results: 36/73 in male division.  Karl Purdie won gold in World OK Dinghy class champs 2010 and was awarded Wellington 2010 Sportsman of the year. Karl has now moved to the Finn class this season and has already won the Finn National Champs and has set his sites on representing NZ at the 2016 Olympics. 
Josh Junior, both a member of RPNYC and WBBC is a top international sailor and recently convincingly placed 1st in the Sail Auckland ISAF Finn class regatta. Josh's goal is to qualfy to compete for NZ in the Olympic games in the Finn in 2016 . Josh Porebski, a member of the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team competed at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship July 8 to 17 in Istanbul Turkey. Following the Youth Worlds Josh moved on to Youth Laser Radial Worlds July 18 to 25 in Largs Scotland.
Emma and Sarah Berry went to Holland in 2010 to compete in the Open 470 Worlds.
Edmund Tam has had a number of successes on the international stage:
| 13 May '13 Gold for Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski at Garda ItalySailing in the Olympic Week Regatta at Lake Garda, Marcus RAYC) and Josh (WBBC) have taken out the 49er class with some consistent sailing that saw them gradually move up the standings during... 28 Apr '13 Josh Junior takes 3rd place in Finn class, ISAF Sailing World Cup HyeresWBBC's Josh Junior shows his world class sailing form is going from strength to strength with a well deserved 3rd place overall at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres in the Finn Class. 19 Apr '13 Our sailors in international regattasJosh Junior has started well in his campaign in the Finn Class competing against the World’s best and finishing eighth in the ISAF World Cup Series held last week at Palma Spain; a great... 4 Apr '13 WBBC Sailors great results Opti NatsThe Optimist Nationals were held at Timaru over Easter finishing on April 2 and many of the Worser Bay contestants are probably still wending their way home. Reported light winds of 5 knots or... 24 Mar '13 Wellington Junior Champs successA great two days on the water at Worser Bay, Seatoun, Wellington, with the wind up on the last day to lay down the gauntlet to our youngest sailors - who coped remarkably well. Worser Bay sailors... 11 Mar '13 WYA centreboard regatta resultsWYA Centreboard Regatta at Plimmerton Yacht Club Last Weekend. Varying conditions over the two days saw six of the seven scheduled races completed. A great turn out from WBBC and some great... 20 Feb '13 WBBC sailors at the Youth Americas Cup SeriesMatthew Steven is part of the Full Metal Jacket Racing team, skippered by William Tiller that has just completed the first qualifying series in San Francisco finishing first equal in the fleet... 20 Feb '13 Junior Regatta resultsSailed in almost perfect conditions last Saturday some great results for our Worser Bay junior skippers. Optimist Green Fleet 1st Will Wright 2nd Elliot Bacon 4th Jacinta... 12 Feb '13 Zephyr Nationals resultsFurther North at Manly Sailing Club on the Whangaparoa Peninsular the Zephyr Nationals attracted a competitive fleet of 51 boats. 14th Phil Williams 16th Rob Bryant 29th Richard Dreverman... 11 Feb '13 Finn Nationals, Takapuna, resultsThe Finn nationals were held at Takapuna Boating Club 8 -10 February: 3 rd Josh Junior (after a countback with eventual second placegetter.) 4 th Karl Purdie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
