ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 YACHTING NEW NEW ZEALAND ZEALAND CONTENTS From the president - Greg Knowles p3-4 Yachting New Zealand environmental strategy p5 Chief executive’s report - David Abercrombie p6-7 Affiliated clubs p8-9 Class associations p10 Members p11 National sport development director - Raynor Haagh P12-13 High performance director - Ian Stewart P14-15 Coaches and race officials P16 2019/20 national champions P17 Committees P18 2019 Volvo Sailing Excellence Awards P19-20 Financial reports P21-36 Yachting New Zealand board P37 Our team P38 Our partners and sponsors P39 COVER: The CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week is the biggest regatta of its kind in New Zealand. Photos: Lissa Photography. 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT GREG KNOWLES Above: The 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships were a resounding success. Photo: Matias Cappizano. Inset: The Opua Cruising Club and CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week achieved gold status under the Sailors for the Sea clean regatta programme. Photo: Lissa Photography. As an organisation, Yachting New Zealand’s purpose is to help Marine Sports Centre and Royal Akarana Yacht Club to New Zealanders “access, enjoy and succeed on the water for deliver the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 life”. This objective hasn’t changed and we can only achieve it World Championship (and the Oceania championships) last by working collaboratively with our member clubs and class November/December. The world championships was a fantastic associations that are broadly aligned with this same purpose. event with 402 sailors, 118 coaches and 265 volunteers and Yachting New Zealand is in a sound financial position was a credit to all involved. Broadcast live on Sky TV and thanks to the support of our clubs, class associations, Sideline App, this event showcased the best New Zealand commercial sponsors, community trusts and Sport has to offer and was the largest regatta for these New Zealand. We have a strong team of very classes held outside of Europe. Local organising capable and experienced people working with committee chair Anatole Masfen, event director our clubs and class associations. To improve Peter Dawson, regatta secretary Jude Eades our organisational performance, we seek and a host of many other capable and feedback from our clubs through a variety experienced people took on the massive of means, including our regional support challenge of event delivery and did us officers, face-to-face contact, phone calls, proud. This was highlighted when the world emails, webinars, our club survey, the Club championships recently won the Event Conference and a variety of other means. We Excellence category at the New Zealand Sport are by no means perfect, but we genuinely take and Recreation Awards. on board the messages we receive. The world has changed a lot since then! It has been encouraging to see the recent International regattas have been disrupted with completion of three significant club rebuilds at the Worser Bay movement across New Zealand’s borders being largely Boating Club, Queen Charlotte Yacht Club and Pleasant Point curtailed, including for members of the NZL Sailing Team with Yacht Club, along with the opening of the Hyundai Marine the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and various world Sports Centre which has proven to be an international facility championships. However, it has also created new on a grand scale. The supporters and committed membership opportunities for New Zealand-based activities of these clubs have delivered new and upgraded facilities for and has highlighted the connections provided by our member the benefit of the sport and their wider communities. Yachting yachting and boating clubs to their communities, which are New Zealand was very pleased to support funding applications more important now than ever. for some of these projects. I am excited by the environmental strategy being rolled out We also had a team work extensively with the Hyundai which we have been sharing with our clubs (See page 5). 3 New Zealand is renowned as a clean, green and beautiful part need to move in the future: of the world. Sailors worldwide are adopting practices to help If this is something your club would like to implement, protect the marine environment and minimise any negative Raynor Haagh or your Yachting New Zealand regional effects of their sport. The Sailors for the Sea Clean Regatta support officer can provide materials for you to see how awards received by the following clubs exemplify where we this is done in practice. In my experience, there is tremendous buy-in to the clean regatta programme and it is very rewarding Wakatere Boating Club for all involved. OK Dinghy World Championships and national I have now completed my time as Yachting New Zealand championships, January 2019 - GOLD President and take this opportunity to acknowledge the Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club significant personal contributions of our board members who AIMS Games, September 2019 - SILVER willingly give their experience and time to the sport. In particular, Steve Reindler who retired from the board by rotation and Ross Torbay Sailing Club Blackman who has been appointed to the board and will assume Sir Peter Blake Regatta, December 2019 –SILVER the role as our incoming board chair. I thank David Abercrombie, Royal Akarana Yacht Club Raynor Haagh and Ian Stewart, who lead our management team, Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world for their ongoing dedication and commitment. championships, December 2019 - PLATINUM I am always mindful of the committees, managers, Opua Cruising Club volunteers, parents and coaches who help ensure our clubs Bay of Islands Sailing Week, January 2020 - GOLD and class associations deliver fantastic events and experiences. I wish you every success and Yachting New Zealand will Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Harken Youth Match Racing endeavour to assist you in providing great outcomes for your World Championships, February 2020 - GOLD people and the environment you live in. The Worser Bay Boating Club completed their rebuild this year. Photo: Worser Bay Boating Club 4 Protect and enhance the marine and coastal environment for the enjoyment of all Clean Clubs Better Together Lower Impact Embrace Communication Events Technology & Education Clubs that actively strive to A community of sailors, A strong network of Reducing the impact on the Technological advancements lower their impact on the boaties and clubs who are organisations that environment is a key are embraced by the sailing environment and are well informed and have complement each other's deliverable for all sailing and and boating community and champions for environmental access to support and work towards environmental boating events conducted in used to reduce our impact on sustainability resources to help them sustainability New Zealand the environment reduce their impact What we're going to do: What we're going to do: What we're going to do: What we're going to do: What we're going to do: Lead an annual beach clean­up Develop relationships with Lead by example, ensuring all Promote the use of modern Use online learning (Embark) day organisations whose Yachting New Zealand run environmentally friendly to educate and empower Encourage all clubs to sign up environmental work is aligned events eliminate the use of coatings that inhibit the growth people to LiteClub with Yachting New Zealand single use plastics and spread of marine pests Include content on Promote initiatives that help Attract sponsors who share an Ensure events make more Investigate the use of electric environmental sustainability in clubs run their daily operations interest in environmental efficient use of coach boats (battery powered) rescue Yachting New Zealand courses and events in a more sustainability Implement a programme with boats (RIBs) including the life Regular communications via environmentally friendly way Leverage these relationships to supporting resources that cycle and benefit of batteries Yachting New Zealand Develop a 'Clean Club' help raise awareness, change helps clubs run clean regattas over fossil fuels channels (e­newsletter, news, standard that clubs can sign up behaviour and attract funding Promote the use of renewable social media) including sharing to to further our aims energy sources for sailing and stories and relevant research, Develop an environmental Potential partners: LegaSea, boating and with helping to and promoting best practice pledge sailors and boaties will Sustainable Coastlines, Sir run our clubs and innovative initiatives abide by Peter Blake Trust, Sailors for Identify and promote the Recruit ambassadors to build Support clubs with hardstands the Sea, Project Jonah, Spirit benefits of solar technology for environmental awareness and to ensure they minimise their of New Zealand Trust, sailing and boating draw on their expertise in environmental impact Department of Conservation, furthering our environmental National Sports Organisations, sustainability efforts Melanoma New Zealand and Offer leadership education and World Sailing opportunities to young New Zealanders Outputs: Outputs: Outputs: Outputs: Outputs: Annual beach clean­up led by Partner matrix created by end Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Investigate options for Quarterly newsletter / column Yachting New Zealand starting of 2018 Regatta to be single­use­ environmentally friendly, Yachting New Zealand learn to August 2018 Create a sustainability partner plastic free from 2019 effective coatings sail material to contain a All clubs signed