OptiWorlds Update: NZ Invitational Regatta for Kiwis



5:59 AM Thu 19 May 2011 GMT
'Final day of the 2011 Toyota New Zealand Optimist Nationals, Wakatere Boating Club' Richard Gladwell Click Here to view large photo
The 2012 Optimist Worlds Organizing Committee is planning an International Invitational Optimist Regatta to precede the start of the Optimist World Championships in Napier starting on 30 December this year. The two day regatta will run on the 28th and 29th of December and will be open to all the International sailors coming to compete in the Worlds. 'We are anticipating that at least half of the World's best Opti sailors will take the opportunity to come early and have a practice regatta against each other on the same Napier sailing waters as the World Championship will take place a ...


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