About Racing Sparrow

What is Racing Sparrow and who is Bryn Heveldt?

When I was nine years old my father, Ross Heveldt taught me to sail down at Bucklands Beach in Auckland. My wee optimist dinghy was called 'The Racing Sparrow', the nickname my uncle Bruce Curry gave to me when I was a small boy. Apparently I had an abundance of energy.

I studied at Whanganui School of Design and have been a designer / developer since 1998. I live in New Zealand.

Best wishes and happy sailing, Bryn Heveldt.

To contact me please email: info@racingsparrow.co.nz

Bryn when he was nine years old sailing the original Racing Sparrow Optimist down at Eastern Beach, Auckland

Contact Details

To contact us at Racing Sparrow please email: info@racingsparrow.co.nz

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A silver and purple striped Racing Sparrow model yacht sitting on a work bench

Cool looking Racing Sparrow builds

Check out all the builds in the gallery

Racing Sparrow #1 and #2(front)

Mar 1, 2005

A silver and purple model yacht with a white keel sitting on a work bench. Behind this can be seen a blue model yacht hull, the prototype model used for racing sparrow testing

Weighing up the options - Garry Angel, France

May 2, 2009

Weighing a model one meter rc yacht., Location: France