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The Kerikeri Cruising Club has confirmed the Inaugural Kerikeri to Vava’u Ocean yacht race will take place starting on the 6th of May 2017 with a cruising division starting on Thursday the 4th.

Whether you’re interested in coaching, helping to run races or both, Yachting New Zealand has a range of Coaching Courses and Race Official Seminars on around the country over the quieter winter months.

In an effort to provide more value to Yachting New Zealand affiliated clubs and their members, we are introducing a Member Card and smartphone app. The card and app will be free for all affiliated clubs, and both contain benefits fort the club and its members. They allow individuals to demonstrate the club’s affiliation to the national body as well as access to Member Benefits from Yachting New Zealand’s partners.

Yachting New Zealand would like to introduce you to two new team members who you might be speaking to over coming months.

Campbell Stanton and Francesco Kayrouz have shown they are a sailing force to be reckoned with.

After performing above expectations at the European Optimist Championships in Wales earlier in the year, the Rosmini College duo have claimed first and second in yachting's debut at the NZCT AIMS Games.

Port Chalmers Yacht Club invites registrations for the North U Regional Coaching Clinic with Hayden Whitburn.

TVNZ brought their Breakfast show to the NZCT AIMS Games and Tauranga turned on a stunning morning!

Sailing is included in the schedule for the first time in 2015 and NZL Sailing Team’s Blair Tuke was in Tauranga to speak at the opening ceremony. He took the time to be part of the Breakfast Show live broadcast too… if you missed it live you can watch it back

The Race Management Seminar held at Waikawa Boating Club this past weekend was a milestone for John and Linda Parrish, as it was the 51st Seminar they have facilitated since resuming the role in 2003.

Yachting New Zealand is running a Youth Trials Regatta at the Murrays Bay Sailing Club from the 6th-10th October.  

Yachting New Zealand is running a Youth Trials Regatta at the Murrays Bay Sailing Club from the 6th-10th October.  

Sailability Whangarei now has all tide access with the development of a new jetty with a wheelchair accessable ramp officially opened on 21 August.

Ever imagined yourself sailing in a small dinghy, getting on board one of the big boats racing on the harbour or maybe teaching the kids how to sail?

A strong westerly pruned sailing’s debut on the first day of the NZCT AIMS Games in Tauranga but the Anchor-sponsored racing that did happen on the water proved spectacular.

In four days time, 365 school children and over 80 offices and schools will ‘go gold’ to help Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) celebrate exactly ‘1 year to go’ to the start of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Egor Terpigorev (RUS) is featured on the cover of the August edition of FINNFARE, the magazine of the International Finn Class. He was taking part in a Rule 42 clinic held in Valencia before the Finn Silver Cup (Junior World Championship).  Though too old to compete in the Silver Cup, he went on to represent Russia at the Aquece Rio Olympic test event in August.

Entries have opened for the 2016 Bay of Islands Sailing Week, scheduled to take place over the final week of January next year. Registration will take place on 26 January, followed by three days of intense, exciting and colourful racing from 27 to 29 January

The year is rolling on. The 2016 NOR and Entry Form are now on line. It will be so exciting if there are lots of early entries.  2016 is year fourteen for Bay of Islands Sailing Week, New Zealand’s most popular three day regatta.  Keep up the support and book your berth at Far North Holdings Opua.  enquiries@boimarina.co.nz

New Zealand Olympic Committee CEO Kereyn Smith has been elected to the position of Vice President to the Commonwealth Games Federation Board.

Harbour Sport is proud to announce the return of The Massey University Harbour Sport Excellence Awards for 2015.

This year's NZCT AIMS Games has cracked another milestone, breaking through the 8000-athlete barrier for the first time.

With late entries providing a final burst, 8007 intermediate-aged competitors from 261 schools across New Zealand will be in Tauranga from this weekend (September 6-11), battling it out across 19 different sporting codes.

It was yet another day of challenging light air conditions and multiple delays awaiting breeze in Day Three of the Detroit Cup, but race managers had just enough wind to make progress on the double Round Robin and have options on how to move forward in the format for the final day of racing tomorrow. The light conditions have prompted race managers to plan the start for one hour earlier tomorrow, at 0900, for the final day of racing.

Emirates Team New Zealand was victorious in Gothenburg today at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series.

Westhaven Marina is hosting a gala open day on Saturday 3 October and invites all Aucklanders and prospective boaties to visit.

“Westhaven is home to 2,000 boats, three yacht clubs, and numerous watersports groups,” says marina spokesperson Tom Warren, “and we’d like to invite people to come down and explore what’s available, talk to our operators and try things out.”

It has only been a month since Emirates Team New Zealand finished second at the first Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth, but a month long enough for the sailing team to be chomping at the bit to get back out on the red and black AC45 to continue the strong form and momentum illustrated with little more than a hand full of days sailing together.

Weiti Boating Club would like to invite you to join their Opening Day on Sunday 13th September from 10am

After 22 years at the RORC Rating Office, Mike Urwin, its Technical Director, is stepping aside to relinquish the day to day running of the Rating Office to James Dadd, 44, with effect from 1st September.

This years regatta was sailed in a perfect 10 to 12kn North Easterly. The youth crews adapted amazingly to keel boats and kite work to sail 5 hard fought windward leeward races without incident. 

Whether you’re interested in coaching, helping to run races or both, Yachting New Zealand has a range of Coaching Courses and Race Official Seminars on around the country over the quieter winter months.

Better still, the race Management Seminars are currently being offered free of charge to members of a Yachting New Zealand affiliated club. 

You've got to be in it to win it, as they say. And when you enter this year's PIC Coastal Classic, you're going to be in to win BIG, thanks to B&G.

The Select Committee considering the Health and Safety Reform Bill has made improvements to the Bill so coverage of volunteers and volunteering organisations will remain as it is under the current law.

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have won bronze in the Women’s 470 at 2015 Rio Test Event today adding another medal to the gold secured by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke in the 49er class yesterday.

Another two top five finishes were added to the New Zealand results today with Josh Junior in the Finn class, and Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders in the Nacra 17 both finishing 5th overall.

One year out from the Olympic Games, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won the Gold medal at 2015 Rio Test Event easily securing victory with a 4th in today’s 49er medal race.

New Zealand’s 49erFX crew of Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech have finished just outside the medals in 4th overall, while tomorrow Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie will go into the Women’s 470 medal race lying 3rd overall.