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Do you want to take part in a global celebration of sailing, get back out on the water after a long winter, or simply to help raise funds and awareness for disabled sailing? Then get your club on board for Bart’s Bash this year!

New Zealand, along with a number of other countries, is required to change some maritime VHF repeater channels to make space for newly allocated international services for ship tracking and data services.

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are now less than one month away! Here’s the scoop on how to follow the NZL Sailing Team in the build-up and during competition. 

The New Zealand Match Racing Championships are to be held at the RNZYS from the 12th – 16th of October this year, and the first 13 entries have been decided on.

Find out where the next coaching courses are, and get all the details here.

The 2016 Youth World Championships is coming to New Zealand this December and organizers are calling for volunteers – this is your chance to be part of the action.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be involved in this very prestigious world sailing event!

Now that the sailing season is winding down, it is time to rest, recover and continue to upskill in order to maintain high standards of racing and race officiating!

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The Ponsonby Cruising Club is once again holding an Art Exhibition as a fund raiser for their Sailing School.  

Yachting New Zealand’s winter series of Race Official training kicked off over the weekend with a Race Management Seminar held the Royal Akarana Yacht Club in Auckland. John and Linda Parrish shared their wisdom with 23 attendees from Clubs all over Auckland.

The next Learn to Sail Coach Course in Auckland has been set a date. Find out more.

Expressions of interest are invited for the position of a Head Coach for the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club. Maybe this is your chance to step and and show what you really can do?

With over 50 nations already registered to come to Auckland to compete at the 2016 Youth Sailing World Championships this December, the event promises to be one of the most exciting sailing events New Zealand has hosted.

Zhik NZ, in association with Yachting New Zealand and the Commodore’s Conference, is proud to announce the launch of ‘Club Z’ – a merchandise and uniform programme giving access to the world’s leading wet gear for YNZ boating clubs and class associations at unbeatable prices. 

Yachting New Zealand is sad to learn that Jack Cropp passed away on Saturday.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have recorded yet another regatta victory to their mounting tally with a win in the 49er class at 2016 Kiel Week in Germany.

The Canterbury Yachtie of the Year Awards were held last Friday evening at the Cashmere Club.

Held annually by the Canterbury Yachting Association, the Yachtie of the Year Awards celebrate the Canterbury Yachting Champions who have won a Regional, South Island and National Championships in the past season. 

Yachting New Zealand is delighted to announce Oscar Gunn (Murrays Bay Sailing Club) and Francesco Kayrouz (Wakatere Boating Club) as the recipients of the 2016 St Johns Rotary Scholarship.  

Yachting New Zealand’s on-line calendar is a FREE promotional tool for your sailing or boating event!

John Spencer Festival Regatta, Maraetai Sailing Clu
12-13 November 2016 - Incorporating AKL Jolly Boat Champs

The Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat Club (TYPBC) is looking to appoint a Head Race Coach  / Chief Instructor  for its sailing school in the 2015-16 season.

In a spectacular 2016 Sport Wellington Sportsperson of the Year Awards Ceremony, to a sold-out 700 guests at Wellington’s TSB Arena, Worser Bay Boating Club was awarded the Pak'n Save Kilbirnie Club of the Year.

The RNZYS are launching a new format for this year’s New Zealand Match Racing Championships (NZMRC)

Emirates Team New Zealand celebrated a long-awaited milestone today at their Beaumont Street base in Auckland by launching their first custom designed development boat.

When the recent phenomenon of 360 degree video is introduced to the world of high performance sailing it provides the public viewer with an experience that is closer than ever to being on board.