The Oborn’s Nautical South Island Traveller Series was set up to encourage South Island sailors to travel to clubs throughout the South Island with an active fleet of Optimist sailors. The underlying goals of this series are to build relationships with sailors and their families throughout the South Island while creating the opportunity for sailors to compete in bigger and more competitive fleets.
The 2025/26 Traveller Series is for Open fleet sailors only, although we are hoping that White and Green Fleet sailors will still come along and enjoy these regattas as well. It will include three events and the winners will be the lowest-scoring male and female sailors once results are collated.
The events are spread around three locations in the South Island who have active Optimist fleets and will include:
No. 1. Whakatu Regatta at Nelson Yacht Club on 10th and 11th January 2026 – Nelson
No. 2. The South Island Age Group Regatta (SIAG) at Charteris Bay Yacht Club on 7th and 8th February 2026 – Canterbury
No. 3. The Inter-Islander Regatta and South Island Champs at Queen Charlotte Yacht Club on 21st to 22nd February 2026 – Marlborough
Sailors will need to be current NZIODA members for their results to be counted towards the Traveller Series.
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