The Worser Bay Boating Club is a yacht club based in

Worser Bay Worser Bay in Wellington, New Zealand is along the beach from Seatoun and over the hill from Miramar on the Miramar Peninsula. It has a calm sandy beach with a road running along the base of the Seatoun Heights hill. Houses run all along the ...

, New Zealand. It was founded in 1926 and has become a leader in the New Zealand-specific Sunburst and Zephyr class

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yachts. There is also a strong emphasis on youth sailing in Optimist, P-Class,

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and 29er dinghies. Of late,

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and 12-ft Skiffs have become increasingly popular. Wellington sports club of the year, 2016.

National champions

*2015 – Sam Bacon: Optimist

International champions

*2002 – Greg Wilcox: world OK dinghy champion; member of OK Dinghy International Association Hall of Fame. *2008 – Karl Purdie: world OK dinghy champion. *2010 – Karl Purdie: world OK dinghy champion.

References

1926 establishments in New Zealand Sailing in New Zealand Yacht clubs in New Zealand Sports organizations established in 1926 {{sailing-stub