Before heading off to Canada for a Ski Instructing job, last year’s Club Coach Fenn Anderson managed to squeeze in a quick training session with some of Nelson Yacht Club’s aspiring P Class sailors. Last Saturday saw a morning of … Continue reading
Check out the photos from our Tuesday evening windsurf club on the Nelson Watersports Facebook Page… Follow-the-leader, freestyle, crashes, races… Waka Ama and Yachts trying to run us down… heaps of fun! Continue reading
Hannah was out in a nice sea breeze yesterday afternoon practising hard in her P Class. With the P Class nationals fast approaching in January, we’d love to see as many people as possible getting hold of a P Class … Continue reading
We had a great little breeze for the beginners in the morning and enough in the afternoon to get a few good races in before it died off to a quiet evening. The Green Fleet had fun playing ball tag, … Continue reading
Nelson Yacht Club sailor and reigning International Paper Tiger Champion David Shaw has been chosen as a finalist in the “Sportsman of the Year” category of the Nelson Sports Awards 2012. Congratulations Dave!! Continue reading
Many thanks to everyone involved in a fantastic weekend of racing! Please click on this link for the full results. Nelson Marlborough Regional Champs Results Saturday saw a South-West change come through just as the first sailors were heading out … Continue reading
After a wash out the previous week, we offered to run some extra junior sailing on Saturday 20th October… and thank you so much to the weather for giving us perfect conditions! The morning saw our Level 1 course / … Continue reading
Our ‘Have a Go’ sailors rigging up their Optimists this morning for the final day. After howling south-westerlies for the past few days, it was a little light this morning! They fleet sailed up into the Haven and had some … Continue reading
The 3rd October was the start of our over-subscribed ‘Have a Go’ sailing course at Nelson Yacht Club… 14 newbies taking advantage of the school holidays to try sailing. The course runs for 4 hours over three days. Of course … Continue reading
We were treated to some fantastic weather for Nelson Yacht Club’s first day of sailing on Saturday 29th September. Hot sunshine, and a decent sea breeze filling in later on. Thanks to an article in the Nelson Leader, we had … Continue reading