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The NZ 420 Association are very pleased to be holding the 2016 420 Oceania Championship, with a training clinic beforehand, in New Zealand at Auckland’s Wakatere Boating Club over 5/6 June. The clinic and regatta is on the edge of the waters to be used later in the year for World Sailing’s 2016 Youth World Championship, which is being hosted by Yachting New Zealand.

Here is a great combined slide show and video clip about New Zealand’s mighty P-Class featuring images and footage from the 1920s to 2013. 

15 minutes long, the clip has been assembled by class expert and historian Gun Caundle, from photos collected while researching for his book ‘Our Secret Weapon’, a history and stories about the P Class. 

Yachting New Zealand is proud to officially announce the inaugural Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Regatta will be staged in February 2017. 

The second and final day of the first Para World Sailing equipment evaluation saw the Fraglia Vela Malcesine play host to more sailors testing proposed Paralympic equipment.

Sir Peter Blake Torbay Regatta has a new sponsor with the addition of Barfoot and Thompson coming on board for the 2106 edition of the regatta as a silver sponsor.

On the 4th June at 1100 hours, Anthony Leighs and his Crusader35 crew will be on the start line for the 22nd Royal Akarana Yacht Club offshore race to Fiji.

Two sailors have been announced today to join the New Zealand Olympic Team to Rio 2016 with Josh Junior named in the Finn class and Sam Meech in the Laser class.

Today’s announcement brings the New Zealand Olympic sailing team to 12 athletes, competing across seven events.

Recreational boaties and yachties visiting the Northland region are assured of safe access to popular anchorages, harbour entrances, bays of refuge and navigational routes thanks to the collective advocacy efforts of Yachting New Zealand, the Auckland Yachting & Boating (AYBA) and Northland Yachting Associations.

The Marauder 8.4 Class Championship will be held the 14th and 15th May. The races are to start near Northern Leading marker out in the Waitemata Harbour.

This year a large fleet of the popular Alan Wright designed 8.4metre Marauder yachts are entered for the competition. The event is being co-organized by the Marauder 8.4 Owners Association and the Richmond Yacht Club. Division 1 has many entered and should be an exciting race. Mahita’s skipper has never entered a Marauder regatta before therefore his crew is an unknown quantity.

Well, the incredible run of fine weather we have had has finally taken a small pause, but there is no pause to action out on the water!!! . The summer of 2015 – 16 will go down as the best ever at Wellington Ocean Sports, with the largest number of participants getting involved that we have ever had. Demand is high, but there are still places available on our up and coming courses. As we all know, in Wellington you can get good days any time of the year (and bad days too truth be known), and we have many exciting course scheduled over the next few months. Take a look!!! 

Torbay Sailing Club will host the Youth Worlds in December this year.

World Sailing announced today that Auckland, New Zealand has been confirmed as the host venue for the 2016 Youth Sailing World Championships.

It might be International Star Wars Day, but to us, it's the one month reminder to the start of the 2016 ANZ Sail Fiji Offshore Yacht Race!

Yachting New Zealand is sad to report that Life Member Peter Cornes has passed away.

Kiwi sailor Colman poised to take on the ‘Vendee Globe’  with Zero Emissions - he needs your help!

Help Kiwi Gold Sailing bring home the GOLD by joining us for an unforgettable evening on 1 June at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

Kiwi Gold Sailing are representing New Zealand at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and urgently need funding to compete in crucial international training regattas to prepare the boys for Rio.

Yachting New Zealand’s Volvo Sailing…Have a Go! schools programme has wrapped up its 10th season, and this season saw 3408 students given an opportunity to simply “Have a go!” at sailing, -try it out, test the waters and see if it appeals as an activity or sport. 

Have you ever wondered where most of our sailors start? How they get introduced to sailing? Yachting New Zealand have three trailers that tour the country as part of our Volvo Sailing...Have a Go! program. 

Because we all love videos, here is a Tedx talk to watch.

Purchase your magnetic boat set now! These stick to whiteboards (that have magnets), and in the 'Coaches' kit, there are 8 boats with movable sails.

Halberg Disability Sport Foundation offer a No Exceptions Training workshop (FREE!).

The 2016 Secondary School Team Sailing Nationals were held at Sandspit Yacht Club, Algies Bay. Racing started on Sunday 24th April and continued until Friday 29th April. 

With the decision being made to remove sailing from the Paralympics, the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation pledges to use the funds raised through Bart’s Bash in 2016 to help promote and develop disabled sailing globally.

The Health and Safety at Work Act came into law on the 4th of April 2016 and with it there are changes which will affect clubs. Now is the time to become familiar with the changes and ensure your club is up to scratch in the health and safety department.

Eli Liefting and Rose Dickson finished second overall at the 2015 Inaugural NZL National Feva Championship, but this year, they claimed the title with six guns from seven races. Their worst result was a second in race one which they were able to drop.

New Zealand has won gold in the 49er and silver in the Laser at the 2016 Sailing World Cup Hyeres.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke had their medal secure before starting today’s medal race, Sam Meech’s silver came after a dramatic on water tussle.

The five-day regatta wrapped up today in France under stormy skies with a breeze that went from brisk to bust.

New Zealand also collected two medal race victories with both Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie in the women’s 470 and Andy Maloney in the Laser finishing on a high note.