Here's a tip - it's no good wishing you'd had your auxiliary serviced when it won't start for the first race of the season.

Darren Campbell is now the man to contact at Crombie Lockwood for all your Trailer Yacht insurance needs.

Hettie's Gift is a Leech 800 Cruiser. Build by Southlander Bruce Keen for owner Peter Henderson it is the latest in a long line of Dan Leech designed trailer sailers.

Insurance matters to each and every trailer yacht owner. An uninsured boat is a liability to every other boat in the fleet. Insurance also matters to NZTYA, as your premiums help fund our activities and keep your membership fees down to an acceptable level.

Les and Beryl Baker from Timaru have clocked up a remarkable 1000 nights afloat on their Noelex 25 “Skidmark”.

Wearing a life jacket/buoyancy aid is a great idea. In some places local by laws enforce this. We at NZTYA reckon it’s a no brainer. If you’re racing or just cruising, in a runabout, dingy or an 8 metre racing trailer yacht, it just makes sense. Accidents happen. You wouldn’t try to navigate down a river without a motor, would you?

During the last few months the NZTYA Technical Officer, Alex Bruce, has been evaluating a revolutionary trailer yacht design for ratification as a Trailer Yacht.

The Annual Meeting of Representatives was held at Evans Bay Yacht Club in Wellington on 9 August 2014 and an edited version of the President’s report to the meeting follows.

Bay of Plenty Trailer Yacht Squadron held the 2013 -14 NZTYA Nationals and North Island Championships recently at Lake Rotoiti.

NZTYA South Island Vice President Colin McDonald travelled from Invercargill to compete in the 2013 Aviemore Classic. His thoughts on the event follow.