Worser Bay Boating Club Yacht Classes

Yacht classes

The following classes of boats are sailed by a great number of very enthusiastic club members. Club racing is every Saturday throughout the summer sailing season (September - April) come rain or gales. Junior racing is in the morning, and senior racing in the afternoons. An autumn series is held throughout May, with one race sailed each Sunday.

Optimist
P class
Starling
Sunburst
Laser
OK dinghy
Skiffs
420

optimist

The optimist is the boat that children from 8 - 15 learn to sail in. Worser Bay Boating Club has a large fleet of optimist sailors, with club racing every Saturday through the sailing season, and a race squad for those sailors who want more racing experience to compete in regattas at national levels. See also:
Junior learn to sail
Optisquad
Opti and P sail

Sailors must be a member of the New Zealand International Optimist Dinghy Association (NZIODA) to compete at national regattas. Entry form here.

NZ International Optimist Dinghy Association (NZIODA)

p class

The P class is usually sailed by sailors from age 11 - 16 who have sailed first in an optimist. P class racing at Worser Bay is every Saturday during club racing throughout the summer sailing season. P class sailors who want more racing experience to compete at national regattas can join the race squad. See also:
Opti and P sail

starling

Our small fleet of starlings is currently on the increase as more and more senior sailors join the start line. Club racing for starlings is on Saturday mornings with the junior sailing. Junior starling sailors who want more racing experience to compete at national regattas can join the race squad.

sunburst

Sunbursts are the largest fleet at Worser Bay, with racing on Saturday afternoons. There are generally two races in succession. First start at about 13:00hrs which is a ladder race with a mark foy start. (Boats start in succession according to their handicap. Slowest get away first. Every one finishes at the same time ... theoretically!) The second race (after a cup of tea) is a series race, with every one starting on the gun.
Lunch is available at the club from midday. The bar opens after the second race. Get down to the club by Saturday midday and get great racing in a big fleet. To be on the beach and ready to go you should aim to arrive about 11:45am, preferably earlier for visitors who wish to organise something.
There are over 104 sunbursts registered in the Wellington region. You will need to be a member to compete in regional and national regattas.

Membership form
NZ Sunburst Association
NZ Sunburst Association contacts:

Chairman	Jeremy Winter 04 562 8864 j.and.j.@paradise.net.nz
Registrar	Gavin Bornholdt 04 562 8945 bornies@xtra.co.nz
Secretary	Nigel Price 09 478 5676 n.price@tclmarketing.co.nz
Treasurer	Malcolm Tubby malcolm@tunz.co.nz
Wellington Chairman	Ian Blair 04 568 3093 idblair@paradise.net.nz
Wellington Secretary	Greg Scott 04 934 9966 Greg.scott@paradise.net.nz
Wellington Registrar	Gavin Bornholdt 04 562 8945 bornies@xtra.co.nz

laser

Lasers sail with the senior club racing on Saturdays during the summer sailing season at Worser Bay.

NZ Laser Association

ok dinghy

OK Dinghys sail with the senior club racing on Saturdays during the summer sailing season at Worser Bay. The fleet at Worser Bay boasts some world title holders in this class of boat.

NZ OK Dinghy Association

skiffs

Skiff sailors, or 'Skiffheads', are a breed unto their own at Worser Bay. This season there will be four brave crew of skiffheads sailing at great speed through the rest of the fleet on any Saturday. You can find them most Saturdays at the club, rigging up on the beach. The yachts are a huge amount of fun to sail (so says Steve Hogg) and not nearly as expensive as perceptions would suggest. Their challenge to you is - " give it a try!" (Adapted from the Almanac).

Leander History
A beginner's guide to sailing R Class
NZ 12 Foot Skiffs
NZ R Class Squadron

plus other (humorous) items of interest...

420

There are now six 420's sailing at Worser Bay. They sail with the senior club racing each Saturday afternoon during the summer season.

International 420