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It’s been an action-packed month for our NZCT regional development managers around the country, with Yachting New Zealand’s ongoing membership model and affiliation fee structure review roadshow keeping the team busy.
New legislation requiring everyone on recreational craft of six metres or less to wear a properly fitted lifejacket while underway will be in place ahead of the peak summer boating season.
In the first episode of Yarns with Yachties, a new collaborative series from Yachting New Zealand and Live Sail Die, we caught up with Andrew McFarlane at the Nautilus Braids factory in Rolleston, just outside Christchurch.
New Zealand kitefoiler Hugo Wigglesworth has successfully defended his Hydrofoil Big Air world title, producing a clutch performance in brutal North Sea conditions to go back-to-back at the GKA Kite World Tour’s World Championship event in Sylt, Germany.
New Zealand’s premier secondary schools team sailing event will expand in 2027, with a new two-tier format designed to create more opportunities for developing teams while preserving a high-level pathway for the country’s best school sailors.
New Zealand's Tom Saunders narrowly missed out on a spot in the medal series at the ILCA 7 World Championships in Dún Laoghaire over the weekend, finishing 12th overall after a challenging final day of gold-fleet racing.
Tom Saunders made his move on Day 4 of the ILCA 7 World Championship in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, climbing 11 spots to sit just outside the top 10 – and still in the hunt for a place in the medal series.
The New Zealand trio of sailors are hanging tough after a challenging first day of gold fleet racing at the 2026 ILCA 7 World Championship in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.
