Yachting New Zealand
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Yachting New Zealand YNZ |
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| IOC nation | New Zealand (NZL) |
| National flag |  |
| Sport | Sailing |
| Official website | www |
| HISTORY | |
| Year of formation | 1954 |
| AFFILIATIONS | |
| International federation | International Sailing Federation (ISAF) |
| ISAF members page | [http:// '"`uniq--ref-00000000-qinu`"'] |
| Continental association | Oceania Sailing Federation (OSAF) |
| National Olympic Committee | New Zealand Olympic Committee |
| ELECTED | |
| President |
 Jan Dawson (NZL)
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| SECRETARIAT | |
| Address |
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| Chief Executive |
David Abercrombie (NZL)
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| Number of staff | Approx. 20 |
| FINANCE | |
| Company status | Incorporated Company |
Yachting New Zealand is recognised by the International Sailing Federation as the governing body for the sport of sailing in New Zealand. Yachting New Zealand also facilitates training in sailing in and around the country.
The emigration of Robert Logan (Senior) with the skills he had learnt boatbuilding on the Clyde encouraged the adoption of frameless diagonally planked two and three-skinned yachts in New Zealand. When combined with the use of the locally grown kauri Agathis australis the resulting hulls were extraordinarily long-lived, being highly resistant to rot and damage.
Logan's firm and his son's Archibald Logan, Robert Logan (Junior) and John Logan's own separate boatbuilding firm of Logan Brothers together with the Bailey boatbuilding family were to dominant yacht building in New Zealand from 1880 to the 1930s.
See Category:Yacht clubs in New Zealand
See Category:New Zealand sailors
See Category:Olympic sailors of New Zealand
High profile sailor include Olympian and Americas Cup legend Russell Coutts.
See Category:New Zealand sailors (sport)
New Zealand teams have a history in the Americas Cup and it was the strong showing of the 12 metre KZ7 nicknamed the "plastic fantasic" with a young team led by Chris Dickson that brought global recognisition. Team New Zealand continued the tradition, both challenging for and winning the Americas Cup.
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