Nelson sailors John Leydon and Sandra Williams have been selected for the New Zealand Flying Fifteen Worlds team after competing at last week's New Zealand national championship and world championships qualifying regatta held as part of Bay of Islands Sailing Week.
Leydon and Williams sailed Flypast 3838 to fifth place in the regatta, securing one of six New Zealand team places to contest the world championship regatta to be held at the Hayling Island Sailing Club in England from July 15 to 28.
Leydon works for Doyle Sails Nelson and Sandra Williams works as director of marketing and student services at the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.
With eight of the 12 scheduled races completed, their best result of the regatta was a first in race three. They also took home the Craddock Cup as the most improved from the 2010 nationals.
Racing was competitive among the fleet of 22 boats from Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson, Napier, Auckland, Whangarei and the Bay of Islands to compete in the series with first places shared among five boats in the eight races completed.
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