Tony Thompson.

Tony Thompson is mostly responsible for winning the bid to hold the 2009 World Blind Sailing Championships in Rotorua New Zealand.

Tony is a past Commodore of BOPTYS as well as 27 year veteran of the Noelex 25 trailer yacht class and association. Tony is a past N25 National champion and is a  Noelex 25 Guru, when it comes to set up, ande getting the best performance from a Noelex 25. Tony was N.Z. team manager at Newport in 2006, and has coached Blind sailors for several years. Tony's expertise is in organzing and equiping the boats to be used in the regatta.