Manly Sailing Club, Whangaparaoa, will host the Oceanic Championships for RS:X and Techno 293 from 14th to 16th February 2014. The event will be the Oceanic Continental Qualification regatta for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in the T293 youth division.[more] It is also the NZL National Championships in both these classes.
Manly is situated 25 km north of Auckland on the beautiful Whangaparaoa peninsula.
Whangaparaoa is Maori for “Bay of Whales”- pods of orca and dolphin are regularly spotted in the waters off the peninsula.