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Today (eds. Monday 18 January) marks 200 days to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero and as the pressure comes on sports and athletes New Zealand Olympic Team Chef de Mission Rob Waddell says New Zealanders can look forward to an outstanding Olympic year.

Racing in light winds on the last day of the Hartley 16 National Championships in New Plymouth saw the local crew of Simon Holdt and Nathan McArthur on Stratos move from third place overnight to win the regatta ahead of defending champions Shaking Laundry sailed by Robin Williams and Mike Insley. Third place went to Bizzare’s Gareth Insley and Tim Lynch-Blosse both from the Manukau Yacht Club in Auckland.

There is a strong and still growing entry list for the NZ Laser Nationals at Muritai Yacht Club on Wellington Harbour. Racing is scheduled from Friday 22nd till Monday 25th January 2016, with 2 or 3 races scheduled for each of the 4 days.

Now this is good; the Tornados enjoyed their nationals here so much last year that they are returning to the bay.

It’s time to begin planning your entry for the 2016 NZ Open Keelboat National Championships.

The 2016 NZ Women’s Keelboat Championships will be held on the 2nd & 3rd of April 2016 and will be run by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

Forget pigs - it'll be flying cats that take centre stage at the Bay of Islands Sailing Week regatta during the last week of January 2016.  A new generation of super-fast flying catamarans is expected to launch the popular annual regatta into a new era of yacht racing.

World Sailing has appointed Andy Hunt, former CEO of the British Olympic Association and a non-executive Director of the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games as its new Chief Executive Officer.

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

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Just one month away 2016 Volvo Sailing and Boating Week is an opportunity for New Zealand to promote and celebrate sailing and boating! It’s time to register your Club’s activities, get your event pack and start promoting your day!

Are you coming to 2016 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland but yet to enter? Get on line and do it now!

Being hosted by Murrays Bay Sailing Club on Auckland’s North Shore, the 2016 edition of Oceanbridge Sail Auckland promises top competition on the waters of the Hauraki Gulf from 24 – 28 February.

C-Tech (NZL) has won the 2016 12′ Skiff Interdominions which was hosted by Auckland Skiff League.

ANZ Sail Fiji is a signature event on the Royal Akarana Yacht Club’s racing calendar and the event is happening again in June this year!

Yachting New Zealand is committed to the advancement of clean sport that rejects cheating through the use of performance enhancing drugs and methods.

New Zealand’s Paul Francis has won a bronze medal at the 2016 2.4m International and World Championships which has just wrapped up in Hobart, Tasmania.

Yachting New Zealand is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with Executive Travel Group, under the HRG NZ brand.

Sky Sports New Zealand will broadcast the 2016 49er & 49erFX World Championship from the sunny shores of Clearwater Beach, Florida on February 12-14, 2016.  The coverage will be of both the 49er and 49erFX Gold fleet racing live in it’s entirety.

2016 Tanner Cup is over.

The 49er and 49erFX New Zealand Championships were completed on Sunday 10th January with a further six races sailed in a shifty 10 - 20 knot south-westerly off Bean Rock. 

"Fun is really really really important". Ever heard Steve Hansen speak outside of the media conferences? Well now you can. Watch the video recording of his interview/speech at the recent Sport New Zealand Connecting Coaches Convention held in December 2015" 

The Halberg Disability Sport Foundation has today announced 24 finalists for six categories at the 53rd Halberg Awards – the nation’s pre-eminent event to honour and celebrate sporting excellence by New Zealand teams and athletes in 2015.

The New Plymouth Yacht Club will host the 50th Hartley 16 Nationals Championships 14-16 January 2016 with a measurement day on January 13th.

The Hartley 16 fleet is still very strong with over 25 boats entered to race off the Taranaki coast

Speak up now and have your say. The coaching system is under review, what would you like to see added, improved or removed? 

New Zealand has just won four medals and second place in the Nation’s Trophy at the 2015 ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships after a brilliant final day, of racing in Langkawi, Malaysia.

One guaranteed medal and three more are up for grabs after the penultimate day of racing today for the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team competing at the 2015 ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia. 

It was a rest day for all the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team competing at the 2015 ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships in Malaysia, bar the SL16 pair of Tamryn Linsay and William Mckenzie who have moved up into 3rd place.

New Zealand’s 29er boys crew has hit the lead on what was a mixed bag day for the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team on the third day of competition at the 2015 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Malaysia.

Day two at the ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships in Malaysia brought more of the same as day one – plenty of wind.

Strong offshore breezes again dominated the day and the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team responded well in tricky conditions. Seven of the New Zealand crews now sit in the top ten including four in the top four.
 

The 45th ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships has arrived. Racing starts today in Malaysia at the annual event where the best youth sailors from around the world culminate in one location and wage battle on the water in a quest for Youth World domination.

Day one at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships is done and dusted and the young kiwi team has put out a promising start. Six of the eight teams currently sit in the top ten.

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