Murrays Bay Sailing Club Blog

2018 Christmas Party

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:01:02 +1300

Come and join the fun on 16th December. Please RSVP below by 12th December. REGISTER HERE

North Island Optimist Championships - Napier 26-28 November 2018

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:41:17 +1300

With 23 sailors making the trip to Napier for the regatta we had a great start to the season. We had 6 sailors where it was their first ranking regatta so a big learning experience. The forecast was mixed ahead of the regatta and it didn't disappoint with some light and very shifty...

60TH MBSC AGM 2018 – FINAL NOTICE

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 22:14:53 +1300

Murray Bays Sailing Club advises Members it will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution as follows. Meeting Date: Wednesday 8 th August 2018 Time: 7.00pm AGM starts Venue: MBSC...

Letter from the Commodore

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 21:26:25 +1300

MURRAYS BAY SAILING CLUB -- EST 1958 -- Newsletter 7th July 2018 MBSC Prizegiving 2018 Hello Members & Friends of the Club, As we all...

Panmure Lagoon Sailing Club Scores a Win in the OKI 24-Hour Race

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:32:42 +1300

Auckland, 12 April, 2018: Panmure Lagoon Sailing Club has taken delivery of an OKI multi-function printer as part of the OKI 24-Hour race competition held last month on Lake Pupuke on Auckland’s North Shore. The physical race was...

Mexican Fiesta

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:52:21 +1300

Alumni News in April

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:13:00 +1300

Hello Aluminati, The first snow has started to fall and even though the club doesn’t really “close” anymore it’s natural to start to think about what excuse we can muster for a mid winter get together inside where it is warm and dry. But other news first;...

Youth Match Racing Worlds Trials

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 21:26:13 +1300

RNZYS held a trials series over 7-8 April to select a team for the World Match Racing champs in Italy in July. Past member Nick Egnot Johnson with his crew of Zac Merton and Sam Barnett won, from another MBSC member James Wilson. James had won the round robin 8-0, but Nick came through to...

Birdman is on again

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:05:43 +1300

The huge success of the 2017 Murrays Bay Birdman has sparked a follow up - Saturday 7th April. It's a big day, definitely a must-do. Put it on your calendar. AND, get out your design skills, put the garage in lock-down, and start building! All the details, click here ....

Oceanbridge NZL Regatta 2018

Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:07:36 +1300

It's on. Murrays Bay 2-5 February 2018 Olympic and Invited Classes 13 x 420, 7 x 470, 14 x 29er, 19 x 49er & FX, 5 x Finn, 20 x Laser, 36 x Radial, 8 x Nacra 15 & Foiling 17, 12 x RS:X 200 Sailors from Korea,...

Christmas Day Care 2017

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:57:41 +1300

What to do with the sailors when you have Christmas work do's to attend, and shopping to do.......send them to Sailing Christmas Day Care ! Three awesome days - thank you Susannah Pyatt, Sara Winther, Peter Soosalu ! Day 1 - Dance Troupe and Model Yacht Building...

MB Sailors oh-so-close at Sanya Youth Worlds

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 21:19:36 +1300

The 2017 World Youth Championship wrapped up today in Sanya, China. Heading in to the day, just two sailors in the NZL team had a realistic chance of medals - Annabelle Rennie-Younger was in 5th place in the Laser Radial, just 3 points off bronze. And having moved around between 1st and 5th...

Letter from the Commodore 6/12/17

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 20:29:14 +1300

MURRAYS BAY SAILING CLUB -- EST 1958 -- Newsletter 6th December 2017 Hello Members & Friends of the Club, Well, it all happens in Nov / Dec as the...

Record turnout for SPBR!

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:58:39 +1300

A huge number of MBSC sailors competed in the Sir Peter Blake Regatta at Torbay in the weekend. It was wonderful to see so many of our Blue and Green Opti sailors enjoying the occasion. The weather turned it on with hot, sunny, light wind conditions and there was a record number of entries at...

Interislander - MBSC Top Club!

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:09:05 +1300

The Picton Interislander, the third NZIODA ranking regatta for the season is over, and most people have made their way back to Auckland. Picton is always a tricky place to sail and this year was no exception. As Queen Charlotte sailors themselves say, they have been sailing...