Congratulations Tom Slingsby!

The Delta Lloyd regatta marked successfully the return to international competition of Australian world champions.

Tom Slingsby has dominated the Laser fleet in the Dutch event and takes Gold after an epic medal race. Positions changed regularly with the light and shifty wind; disqualifications given by the jury for excessive kinetics added to the drama and were decisive in the overall results. Lukka Radelic collected his second disqualification and had to retire from the race. Javier Hernandez (ESP) loses the lead of the Medal race and the Silver medal on the last run after collecting his first 'yellow' flag. The Spaniard will have to settle for Bronze leaving the Silver for Matias Del Solar (CHI).

'With these conditions I had decided to play it safe. I was worried to get flagged as well,' explains Slingsby. 'I like the conditions in Medemblik. I always sail well here. It's my favourite spot.'

Read the full story at sail-world.com
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Delta-Lloyd-Regatta---Laser-and-49er-Gold-to-Australia/70161

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The dates and venues are as follows:

29th May - Black Rock Yacht Club -race at 1.30pm

19th and 20th June - Albert Sailing Club Regatta

18th July - Elwood Sailing Club -0 race at 1pm

28th and 29th August - Mordialloc Winter Regatta

26th September - McCrae Yacht Club

October 31st October - Royal Geelong Yacht Club

Laser Freshwater Champs Regatta - Pupuke Boating Club, NZ

Last weekend saw a great turn out for the Freshwater Champs at Lake Pupuke Yacht Club with around 48 boats competing in total. The biggest class was 4.7 which had 16 competitors for both Saturday and Sunday. Although it was predicted to blow 20 knots the only bullet through the lake was during the second race on Saturday where we had all four seasons within 10 minutes... rain, wind gusting 25 knots,then a rainbow and then sun with the wind dropping to around 5 knots!

There was a bit of carnage round the bottom mark with the 4.7s but they recovered quickly considering many of these competitors have never sailed in a Laser regatta before. Well done to you guys. We were proud to have Ryan Amlehn sailing 4.7 who is the New Zealand World Champion which made competition very tight especially as Jacob Miller from Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club coming fourth right behind Ryan in the 3rd race on Saturday. Not a bigger smile have you ever seen!

A sterling effort from the Hamlin sisters Holly and Olivia who were giving the boys a run for their money with Holly coming fourth overall. Sara Winther was the Radial and Ladies Radial winner with Scott Leith coming second. Neil Wooldridge dominated the full rig class.

So another great event hosted by the team from the "green shed" - Pupuke Boating Club.

Laser Dealership in Queensland now Factory backed !

PSA has now extended its Australian service operation and is building a new Service Centre in Brisbane. PSA will operate the Queensland Laser retail dealership from a new Service centre at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on Moreton Bay.

Michael Mills the founder of Australia's largest Laser dealer. NB Laser Sales in NSW is initially heading up the PSA Queensland team.

Michael said today ‘Relocating the dealership to the Brisbane waterfront with a permanent Service Centre at RQYS is a big step forward. This will allow us to bring a new level of professional service to Queensland Laser sailors.
'We are looking forward to providing a quality service for Laser sailors across all of Queensland. You can expect to see the PSA Laser Service van at major Queensland regattas, just as we do for all major international regattas.’

PSA CEO Chris Caldecoat said 'There are some very exciting things happening with PSA and Lasers. We’re anticipating some major new steps in Queensland and across Australia for the Laser brand and we felt now was an appropriate time to step up to the plate and provide a more extensive service commitment and full factory backing for Queensland Laser sailors.’

Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Sailing Manager Suellen Hurling was all smiles when this news broke. ‘We are pleased that the Laser Service Centre will be operating here. Lasers are significant at RQ - they’re our biggest fleet across all the rigs.

‘As well as a good Standard fleet, we have an extremely competitive Masters divisions and Youth divisions and the fleets are continuing to expand.

‘The two youth sailors, Madison Kennedy who will be sailing in the Laser 4.7 fleet at the Youth Olympics and Ben Franklin, who will be sailing the Laser Radial at the ISAF Youth Worlds, are both RQ members and both sail out of here.

‘We had the Laser Radial Worlds in 2004 and we are bidding for the 2012 Laser Radial and Laser Youth Worlds.

‘We see a bright future for Lasers at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.’

Michael Mills. ‘We will have new and used boats at RQ, with an initial shipment of six new boats arriving next week. Until the service centre is fully operational, Queensland sailors will receive factory direct small parts freight free.

‘Our Winter Special lasts until June 30th, ahead of the big events.

‘We look forward to see Queensland Laser sailors at the Queensland Youth Championships on 3-6th July and at the 2010 Queensland Masters titles on the 16-19 th July 2010.'

All Queensland Laser sales and support enquiries:

Michael(at)lasersailing.com.au 0432 648 267
or
Jason Goulding Jason@lasersailing.com.au 02 438 91088

See the full story on Sailworld.....

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Laser-Dealership-in-Queensland-now-Factory-backed/69461

Laser Freshwater Champs, Lake Pupuke, Auckland

This weekend the Laser Freshwater Champs are being held at Lake Pupuke in Auckland one of the key clubs for Laser sailors on the North Shore.

The forecast is for 20 knots so this should prove to be an exciting regatta for all competitors. It looks like there is going to be a strong fleet of 4.7, Radial, Full rig and Masters sailing over two days with 7 races in the series.

Lake Pupuke was the venue for the last great regatta being the Oki 24 hour race which is a fantastic fund raiser for Murrays Bay Sailing Club in Auckland.

So look forward to seeing you there for a great weekend!

N Z Sail.com

Oki 24hr Race

Click the links for some exciting footage of the 2010 Oki 24hr race in NZ.


Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxIfVDz1FY

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fadNPFH2jo