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P-class championships

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P-class championships

Young sailors compete at the P-class national championships at Tauranga. These tiny 7-foot yachts were introduced in the 1920s.

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Harold Kidd, Sailing and windsurfing – Rapid growth: 1918 to 1940, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7137/p-class-championships (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Harold Kidd, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2016.