5 Feb '12 WBBC Sailors take out 1st and 5th and 6th at Sunburst NatsWorser Bay had a number of entries to the Sunburst National Champs at Narrow Neck, Devenport this year. Brett Linton and daughter Alice, regained the National Champion title held by Brett and... 5 Feb '12 WBBC Sailors take out 5th and 6th and 8th at Zephyr NatsWith 47 Entries, the National champion title for the Zephyr class was a keenly fought contest. Uncharateristically, Wellington put on four days of light winds for the Zephyr sailors. Our own club... 30 Nov '11 - WBBC sailors competing at ISAF worlds in PerthWBBC Sailors: Josh Junior and Josh Porebski are in the NZ team for the ISAF worlds, 3rd - 18th December (see NZ team list below). Womens 470 (2 teams)... 21 Nov '11 WBBC Regatta results availableweb/guest/results 21 Nov '11 Karl Purdie wins Auckland Finn ChampsKarl Purdie who recently moved from the OK Dinghy to the more powerful Finn has had his first taste of success winning the Auckland Finn Championships held in rather testing conditions at... 21 Nov '11 WBBC sailors @ Laser NI champsAndrew Dellabarca 1st overall in both Laser Open and Laser Master division. Josh Junior 3rd in Laser Open division. Rob Woodward 4th overall in Laser Open and 2nd Laser Master. 16 Nov '11 Matthew Steven and Team Win National Match Racing ChampionshipHeld last weekend in Auckland the Wellington Spirit team went up against Scott Dickson from the Long Beach Yacht Club, California, in the final winning 3 -2. To quote from the Royal New Zealand... 16 Nov '11 Josh Junior and Josh Porebski at Sail Sydney and Sail MelbourneJosh Junior, sailing in the Laser class kicked off his 2011/12 season with a solid win at Sail Sydney before moving on to Sail Melbourne, an ISAF World Cup event, where he made the medal race to... 25 Oct '11 NI Opti Champs resultsFabian Beveridge 59th, Zoe Bennett 71st, Philipp Governale 72nd, Oliver Novak 83rd, Polly Wright 99th, Olivia Christie 100th and Sam Bacon 101st. 05 Oct '11 Josh Porebski wins NZ Youth Matching Racing National ChampsCongratulations to WBBC sailor Josh Porebski and his team of Stu Williams and Matthew Clough for their win in the NZ Youth Match Racing Champs. After four days of racing the finals on Sunday... | 2012 Zephyr Nationals conclude at Worser Bay(Sunday 5th Feb) Tim Snedden is the new Zephyr class national champion for 2012. 2nd Grant Beck, 3rd Steve Pyatt, 4th Murray Sargisson, 5th Greg Wright (WBBC), 6th Phil Williams (WBBC). For further results see the results page. 2012 Laser Nationals21-24th January, 2012   Day One was a sunny windless day right up until 3pm when the fresh Northly kicked in. The 120 strong fleet for the Nationals showed that the NZ Laser fleet is alive and kicking. Entries from countries such as Cook Islands, Israel, Korea, Peru, Netherlands, Australia, Switzerland, added an international flavour to the event. To read more about the happenings at the event, click through to the live blog. | 2012 Wellington Optimist ChampsWellington Optimist Championships. Saturday February 11 to Sunday February 12 2012. Venue: Worser Bay Wellington. The Organising Authority is Worser Bay Boating Club in association with Wellington Yachting Association. Junior Learn To Sail 2011-12 availableSchedule and Application forms available now - be in quick as course fill up quickly. New season membership forms availableFor more membership information and how to download the forms visit the About Us -> Membership ... WBBC 2011 Prize list availablePrize giving for juniors and seniors was held on Friday 27th May. The list is now available. Our sailors on the international stage2010 and 2011 saw a range of WBBC competitors 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. 
Josh Junior, both a member of RPNYC and WBBC is a top international sailor and recently was placed 6th in the Mens World Laser Championship. Josh's goal is to compete for NZ in the Olympic games in sailing. 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. |
