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Chris Bolton
Nov 17, 2025, 2:20:43 AM11/17/25
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The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is pretty low key. They have a bar open to everyone (and of course a private members bar) and open access to this trophy. They also have a guest book there…
Chris
Kaitlyn Lucey
Nov 17, 2025, 7:00:14 PM11/17/25
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Thank you for representing PRSA, Chris! Fun note and photos!
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The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is pretty low key. They have a bar open to everyone (and of course a private members bar) and open access to this trophy. They also have a guest book there…Chris
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D Miller
Nov 20, 2025, 10:40:59 AM11/20/25
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Chris was one of 3 A Cat sailors from the US at the 2025 Worlds….will he trade the A Cat for an ILCA on Sunday?
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cboltonh20
Nov 21, 2025, 3:35:29 AM11/21/25
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Actually 6 of us; 3 foilers and 3 classics. Unfortunately we don’t get back until late Sunday; hope to see you out there in Dec.
cboltonh20
Nov 21, 2025, 11:33:05 PM11/21/25
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I had a request for more details. The 6 US sailors who attended packed our boats in a 40’ container. Pretty roomy with 6; the Aussies crammed 10-12 in theirs. A lot of uncertainty getting the boats to the Milford Cruising Club; NZ requires everything to be unpacked near the port; then had to be repacked, and we had a one-day window to unpack again at the club. The dates for all of these events were a little fluid. Fortunately some NZ and Aussie sailors helped us out, as all of us weren’t on site yet. The club was very nice; a huge field to place the boats and a big beach for 
launching, but no parking lot, so the containers didn’t stay. They gave us an upstairs storage space for all our gear, which made for a lot of trips up and down :-(. We were sailing on the Hauraki Gulf ( and we saw the Team Emirates AC boat a few times). Pre race practices had beautiful weather, but the actual race week saw very light wind, then a blowout with 40 knot gusts, then rain, a very windy day (Barney would have loved it, but it was survival sailing for most of the A Cats), then light again. A real mix of conditions, and a true test for the winners. I can’t say enough about the club volunteers and the overall organization. However, it was a surprise to the US sailors to not have ANY free beer :-( Containers showed up again on Sunday, and we showed off our new skills by loading in an hour.
NZ itself is incredibly beautiful, and the people very friendly. Outside of Auckland the roads are “rural”; the main N-S road goes down to a one-lane bridge at one point. I had a great fishing trip at Paihai; much more success than my sailing. We stayed on the north island to better cover the sights; those roads limited how far you could go in one day. Driving on the left wasn’t as challenging as I feared; a week of riding buses (Auckland has an excellent bus network) and bikes was good acclimation. If you get a chance to come here, I think it was well worth the 16.5 hour flight.
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