waikiore 517 Posted October 31, 2025 Share Posted October 31, 2025 For anyone that may be interested the A class cat worlds are being held at the Milford Cruising Club over the next week or two, come down have a look and a civilised drink on the deck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 276 Posted November 3, 2025 Share Posted November 3, 2025 Looks like 55 entries so far. https://www.aclassworlds.com/entry-list Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 517 Posted November 19, 2025 Author Share Posted November 19, 2025 A successful event according to the competitors with a range of conditions , the Milford club relied on volunteers and loaned RIBs but pulled it off, interestingly Yachting NZ all of 200M away had a bunch of new chase /coach boats sitting idle at their base , and not offered to help out , but that is what we have come to expect from them -after all not an Olympic class only a world champs ! For those off us paying three or four times for affiliation fees each year rather galling.... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 112 Posted November 20, 2025 Share Posted November 20, 2025 Glad to hear they pulled it off. Quite a big undertaking for a small club that doesn't run many regattas! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eruptn 111 Posted November 21, 2025 Share Posted November 21, 2025 The team doing daily updates on FB was writing novels, plus awesome photography…very well covered there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lebleaux 16 Posted November 23, 2025 Share Posted November 23, 2025 On 20/11/2025 at 11:56 AM, waikiore said: A successful event according to the competitors with a range of conditions , the Milford club relied on volunteers and loaned RIBs but pulled it off, interestingly Yachting NZ all of 200M away had a bunch of new chase /coach boats sitting idle at their base , and not offered to help out , but that is what we have come to expect from them -after all not an Olympic class only a world champs ! For those off us paying three or four times for affiliation fees each year rather galling.... Waikiore, would you please clarify, did the organisers ask YNZ for help and were turned down, or did the organiser actually have the problem solved through other arrangements. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psyche 899 Posted November 23, 2025 Share Posted November 23, 2025 On 20/11/2025 at 4:59 PM, khayyam said: Glad to hear they pulled it off. Quite a big undertaking for a small club that doesn't run many regattas! Someone paid for it, possibly out of the club kitty? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 517 Posted November 23, 2025 Author Share Posted November 23, 2025 Volunteers and sponsorship from Predict Wind and a few other local sponsors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 517 Posted November 25, 2025 Author Share Posted November 25, 2025 And in reply to lebleaux yes Milford requested and was turned down flat , still there is a new CEO now .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lebleaux 16 Posted November 26, 2025 Share Posted November 26, 2025 7 hours ago, waikiore said: And in reply to lebleaux yes Milford requested and was turned down flat , still there is a new CEO now .... Thanks for this, something for me to ponder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Y88 5241 30 Posted November 27, 2025 Share Posted November 27, 2025 Having working for a National Yachting Body (Not Yachting NZ but overseas) the coach boat assets are quite often owned and operated by a seperate identity, not the same as club services etc. I'm not sure if this is the case for YNZ. Most don't lend out boats as where do you draw the line and whom do you say no to? It can get hugely political if it goes the other way as well 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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