ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19 YACHTING NEW NEW ZEALAND ZEALAND CONTENTS Sailing Energy / World Sailing From the president - Greg Knowles p3-4 Women and girls in sailing strategy p5-6 Chief executive’s report - David Abercrombie p7-8 Affiliated clubs p9 Class associations p10 Members p11-12 Chief operating officer - Andrew Clouston P13-14 High performance director - Ian Stewart P15-16 Coaches and race officials P17 2018/19 national champions P18 Committees P19 2018 Volvo Sailing Excellence Awards P20-21 Financial reports P22-36 Yachting New Zealand board P37 Our team P38 Our partners and sponsors P39 COVER PHOTOS Sailing Energy / World Sailing Brendon O’Hagan 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT GREG KNOWLES For the first time in our history, the majority of the Yachting New Zealand board are women and, because we have the right mix of The advent of foiling technology, from windsurfers and moths Dawson conducted to kitefoiling and the America’s Cup, heralds a new and exciting an excellent study, knowledge, skills and different future for sailing. Our challenge is to grab the opportunity to commissioned by perspectives, the quality of our increase participation levels. In the meantime, World Sailing are Yachting New Zealand decision making has delivering on the International Olympic Committee’s mandatory with assistance from Sport improved over time gender and event equity requirement for sailing at the 2024 New Zealand, to review the and will continue to Paris Olympics. While it will certainly be sad to see the Finn lose present sailing environment do so. its Olympic status after next year’s Tokyo Olympics, the new and help come up with a plan mixed offshore keelboat event presents a fresh pathway for to attract more female participants, future athletes and, most importantly, the changes to Olympic retain those already sailing and advance equal classes creates a greater opportunity for women and girls in opportunities. Several of our yacht clubs already have excellent sailing. This is critical for our sport to remain relevant into the initiatives in place and we are working with other clubs and future. classes to see how we might assist with establishing a more Yachting New Zealand have also recognised the need for conducive culture, along with better pathways, programmes sailing to be better for women and girls. Earlier this year, Erica and structures for women and girls in sailing. You will be seeing 3 more from us in this space and you can see Yachting appreciate this proposed increase may not be universally New Zealand’s women and girls in sailing strategy on the welcome and look forward to discussing the merits at our following page. forthcoming AGM, when we will seek guidance from We are fortunate to have such a knowledgeable, capable our members. and stable board and management team who set Yachting New We continue to investigate the possibility of establishing Zealand’s agenda and deliver outcomes. The present board a base for Yachting New Zealand, in the form of a high members have the diverse range of skills required for a national performance centre. We also have a team working extensively sports organisation moving into the 2020s, with a sound with the Hyundai Marine Sports Centre and Royal Akarana understanding of finance, legal, marketing, health Yacht Club to deliver December’s 49er, 49er FX and and safety, IT and high performance matters. Nacra 17 world championships in partnership For the first time in our history, the majority We also have a team with Hyundai New Zealand. This promises to of the Yachting New Zealand board are be the best Olympic class regatta held in women and, because we have the right working extensively with this country so come along to check out mix of knowledge, skills and different the Hyundai Marine Sports the action at the Hyundai Marine Sports perspectives, the quality of our decision Centre and Royal Akarana Centre if you can. making has improved over time and Yacht Club to deliver The leaders of our management will continue to do so. December’s 49er, 49er FX and team, David Abercrombie, Andrew As you will see from the 2019 Clouston, Ian Stewart and Dianne Logan financial statements in this annual Nacra 17 world championships continue to refine and improve the report, Yachting New Zealand has in partnership with Hyundai delivery of our services. I thank them for enjoyed a steady year. However, we New Zealand. their ongoing dedication and commitment. continue to be challenged by a general We are always mindful of the committees, decline in the amount of community trust managers, volunteers, parents and coaches who funding available to support our regional support help ensure our clubs and class associations deliver officer programme. We have, therefore, proposed fantastic events and experiences. We wish you every an increase to our member affiliation fee, sufficient to cover success and will endeavour to assist you in providing great the decline and maintain the current level of service. We outcomes for your people and the environment you live in. Photo: Live Sail Die 4 Women and Girls in Sailing Strategy Yachting New Zealand are working to enable PILLARS OF SAILING women and girls equal opportunities to participate, ENTS COAC enjoy and succeed in our sport for life. AR HE P S S C R L U The collective effort of the whole sailing community O L B I S is required to achieve this by working on these A three areas: culture, pathways and S Y programmes. S A Advancing equal N C O H opportunities I T T I A N in sailing I G C O N S E S W A S ZEA AS LAND CL S E C M U L M T A U R R G E P R O P A S T H W A Y A confident and connected Widespread awareness of the Encourage programmes that enable female sailing community opportunities for females in sailing greater participation and engagement FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS • Building connections • Greater visibility and understanding of sailing pathways • Sailor-centred approach • Inclusive leadership • Making it easier for sailors to transition between classes • Building the base through creating an • Attract and retain more quality • Raising the profile of females involved in the sport at all levels environment of development and female coaches enjoyment How we are going to get there PILLARS OF SAILING P S C P R E U A S O M L T U R E T H W A Y G R A M A confident and connected Widespread awareness of the Encourage programmes that enable female sailing community opportunities for females in sailing greater participation and engagement FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS • Building connections • Greater visibility and understanding of sailing pathways • Sailor-centred approach • Inclusive leadership • Making it easier for sailors to transition between classes • Building the base of sailors through creating an • Attract and retain more quality female coaches • Identify and celebrate female role models across the sport environment of development and enjoyment FIRST PRIORITIES FIRST PRIORITIES FIRST PRIORITIES • A women and girls in sailing forum • Create a comprehensive pathways poster • Working with sailors to help shape quality programmes • Female-only clinics • Encouraging have-a-go days for sailors to try different boats • Developing buy-in from clubs and class associations to • Fostering a welcoming and inclusive sport that • Implementing a communications and media plan implement programmes that create greater engagement does not tolerate bad behaviour • Developing and promoting opportunities for female and retention • Encouraging clubs to have a women in sailing race officials and volunteers • Yachting New Zealand to share what they learn and representative on committees promote best practice • Coach development and coaches sharing LONG-TERM INITIATIVES • Promoting double-handed classes at junior level knowledge and experiences • Promoting career opportunities within the marine industry • Supporting non-Olympic sailing opportunities LONG-TERM INITIATIVES LONG-TERM INITIATIVES beyond high school • Encourage clubs to provide options that allow • Inclusive leadership at every level less time commitment • Supporting more female leaders • Leading mentoring programmes WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE • Greater all-round participation • More girls reaching high performance level • More females working in the industry • Increased retention • Programmes that better reflect the needs of females • More female coaches, race management and leaders in the sport FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAVID ABERCROMBIE Yachting New Zealand has seen more change in the past 12 more in terms of affiliation fees to the national organisation, months than the previous eight years of my time with the but we hold a view that those funds are used to assist clubs and national sports organisation, and we’re now in the middle of the sport around New Zealand equally. The MOSS exemptions, a really crucial period in our sport. We’ve developed both an race official and coach education, reduced cost of safety environmental sustainability and a women and girls in sailing inspections, regional support officers and Volvo Sailing… Have a strategy, as well as changes in the way we deliver our Go! programme are further examples of where we believe programmes and in the staff involved. Yachting New Zealand provide enormous support back The next 12 months is the time to bed in We would love to to our affiliated clubs. those changes and deliver on these new achieve greater engage- Understanding the makeup of club membership strategies. Having a full team at Yachting ment with clubs, greater is really important but not something we have a New Zealand for the first time in 18 transparency and a higher clear handle on. We can prioritise and resource months will help immeasurably, but if level of trust and sharing. That programmes more accurately if we have a better we are going to remain relevant and means working together, understanding of club demographics such as the add value nationally then we need help sharing ideas and creating age and gender of members but, at the moment, from everyone in the sailing community, these can sometimes be hard to ascertain.