Hi and welcome 

We hope you find this site interesting - either to remember the good old days of IA sailing or because you are interested in buying, building or sailing this classic NZ centre boarder. We are keen to hear any news you have and to share it with others interested in IAs - see below for details of how to share information.

2012 Alf Harvey Memorial Trophy 28-29 April - great turnout  NEW

We were hoping to have 15 boats sailing this year - and that is what turned up to Hobsonville on Saturday
For photos and details go to Alf Harvey Regatta - 2012

Generous donation by Harold Kidd  NEW

Harold has generously donated the nearly 80-year old mainsail from the IA look-alike "Retaliation" to our association. This sail carries Alf Harvey's makers stamp and  will become one of the trophies each year for the Alf Harvey Regatta.

We have received a link to an interview with Harold Kidd - click here to see it: History of sailing - Harold Kidd

Contacting us and sharing information:

If you are keen to take an active part in IAs, if you would like to join our group, or if you have stories or photos you would like to share on our website, please email us at IdleAlongNZ@gmail.com

Email forums:

If you would like to ask a general question or share information directly on the IA Google Groups forum, simply send an email to:
                                                           IdleAlongAssociationofNZ@googlegroups.com
Emails sent to this site can be seen by anyone. Emails are monitored before they are added to the site - but once released, they can be seen by anyone . If you want to share your thoughts with the IA public, send them to the forum:

From time to time, there are also some IA comments on www.crew.org.nz and www.woodenboat.com
To phone or email the presidents or secretary, click Contact us for contact details.

This site and related sites:

Please note:
This is a new site under development because we can no longer add articles and pictures to the Google Groups site http://groups.google.com/group/idlealongassociationofnz
We are gradually transferring old items from the old Google Groups site.  If you cannot find what you are looking for here, please look under the page Vintage stuff - archives from our old site
Any new information will be added to this new Google Sites location: https://sites.google.com/site/idlealongsnz/

The Google IA Site contains only some of the information we hold. Most documents and files are being kept in Google Groups - if you are interested contact us and we will give you access to these resources.

We used to have an old site on Geocities - but it got corrupted and then removed.  With the current site we are keeping better backup copies.