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The International SeaKeepers Society is coming to New Zealand and they are looking for people to join their Discovery Yacht Programme.

Twenty-nine teams are set to battle it out for the title of 29er national champion at Kohimarama Yacht Club this weekend, but for one of the teams just getting to the start-line is already a big win.

We are pleased to announce that the race management winter training schedule is now confirmed, and registration is open for the free race officer training seminars and race management conference. 

New Zealand sailing owes much of its unrivalled success to its ability to think differently about things – and that’s exactly what is required to overcome the next big challenges facing the sport.

The Yachting New Zealand Club Conference was a rare opportunity to share ideas and suggestions with others facing similar challenges and a timely reminder that support for clubs is only a phone call or email away, says Jonathan Kline.

Twelve sailors will represent New Zealand in nine of the 10 Olympic classes at July's Olympic test event in Marseille, just over a year out from the Paris Games.

Our four NZ Community Trust regional development managers take a look at what's been happening around the country, as we start to look ahead to next season.

For Barbara Kendall this weekend’s inaugural wingfoil national championships at Manly Sailing Club is an important addition to New Zealand’s sailing calendar and, she says, a first step to what could be inclusion in future Olympic Games.

It’s hard to imagine anyone more passionate about sailing than Aevril Hibbard.

When it comes to racing everyone wants better results.

That’s why Sailwave, with a bit of help from Yachting New Zealand, is offering a webinar for clubs to maximise the use of its scoring software.

Josh Armit underlined his Olympic credentials with a seventh place at the iQFOIL European championships in Greece overnight – his second top-10 result in consecutive international regattas in only his second season as a windfoiler.

New Zealand’s hopes of silverware at the iQFOIL European championships rest on Josh Armit.

New Zealand’s leading windfoilers are set for a final push up the leaderboard as the race for silverware at the iQFOIL European championships in Greece heats up.

They arrived in Auckland last Monday as strangers with the common goal to grow as young leaders and learn about the crisis confronting our oceans. 
 

The first day of gold-fleet racing was also moving day for Thomas Crook in cold and breezy conditions at the iQFOIL European championships in Patras, Greece.

Josh Armit has continued his impressive start to the international season, claiming top-10 finishes in each of the four races in his qualifying fleet overnight to move up to fifth overall on day two of the iQFOIL European championships in Greece.

Emirates Team New Zealand are putting out a wide call for the country’s best women and youth sailors to apply to represent Emirates Team New Zealand, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) and New Zealand’s women and youth America’s Cup teams via

Kiwis were near the front of the fleet on the opening day of the iQFOIL European Championships after battling the world’s leading competitors in strong breeze and choppy seas in Patras, Greece. 

Stella Bilger did what the New Zealand team narrowly failed to do at the SailGP season finale in San Francisco – win a title.

Renowned sailor, respected scholar and author and environmental champion Mark Orams will headline Yachting New Zealand’s list of speakers at the Club Conference in Auckland later this month.

The New Zealand windfoiling squad have continued their impressive early-season form ahead of the iQFOIL European championships in Greece.

Our four NZ Community Trust regional development managers take a look at what's been happening around the country - including confirmation of the first national championships for the domestic wingfoiling fleet, and the first of the year's Aon

A group of young Kiwis will next week take inspiration from one of the proudest moments from New Zealand's sailing past to help in their efforts to create a more sustainable future.

Ewan Brazle had only just turned 10 when he jumped in an O’pen skiff for the first time. 

A record number of boats lined up for last weekend’s RS: Feva national championships, further illustrating the growing popularity of the double-handed class.

A national and international champion sailor, and budding environmental advocate – 21-year-old Serena Woodall has crammed more into her young career than many people twice her age.

And her resume just got even more impressive.

The best part of Nick Egnot-Johnson's 2023 Congressional Cup wasn’t the realisation of a childhood dream of standing on the dais in match racing's most prestigious event, or the potential springboard to achieve another long-held goal of winning a world

Celia Willison and her New Zealand Edge Women’s Match Team secured a hard-fought victory at the inaugural all-women Casa Vela Cup in the US – beating Sweden’s Anna Östling and the Wings Team 3-1 in the final on Saturday.

Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie have come agonisingly close to a second medal in as many European regattas, but the 49er duo still return to New Zealand with plenty of gains.

Three Kiwi boats will compete in two medal races at the French Olympic Week regatta, with teammates again going head-to-head for 49er silverware.
 

The fight is on to get back in podium contention after New Zealand’s leading sailors lost valuable ground on their competitors on their most challenging day so far at the French Olympic Week regatta.

New Zealand claimed four race wins on a challenging final day of qualifying to remain in the medal hunt in three different classes at the French Olympic Week regatta in Hyères.