Com's New Zealand newsletter for 13 November There's no shortage of news and action on the local and international sailing scene at present. The event will also be the first for the new fleet of 10 Platu 25's, racing under the auspices of the Royal Akarana Yacht Club.
Two womens crews will compete, beginning the run up to the first Womens Olympic Match Racing Event in Weymouth in We were first to break the news in Sail-World. New Zealand's Tom Ashley was one of four finalists for this Award, which is an honour in itself.
Meanwhile in the America's Cup , the game of point and counterpoint continues. We have the announcement from the Competitors' Meeting held over the weekend - which one would have thought would have gone some way to satisfying the concerns of the disaffected parties.
But no, later today we heard of Mascalzone Latino who have paid an entry fee being excluded from the meeting because they would not sign a non-disclosure statement, and BMW Oracle Racing being excluded completely for reasons that we have discussed before. However one thing is for sure, the America's Cup is the loser. After reporting on America's Cup Legal, it comes as a great relief to be able to report that Andrea and Ian Treleaven have recommenced their cruise in the West Indies in Cape Finisterre, and we have published the first of their Letters from the Indies - as we have decided to entitle the reports and images from their latest cruise.
Certainly it takes you away from the current issues of the world - for a few minutes at least. We feature the report from TV3 along with a link to the prime time newsclip, which ran on Wednesday covering her story, her relationship with her brother and sister, and the depression she suffered after winning two of her Olympic medals. The Kendalls are a remarkable family. From the ISAF Conference in Madrid comes the rather surprising news that the 29erXX is making a very serious run for the Women's Two Handed Dinghy Equipment - having been given the nod by two committees - including the Womens Committee which supported the class by a margin of votes.
