Race Officials make a huge contribution to Yacht Clubs around New Zealand. Whether it’s helping out with local club racing or running an International regatta, neither would be possible without dedicated Race Officials.
The Yachting New Zealand Service Awards are all about recognising exemplary and/or selfless service to the sport of sailing. The individuals named in 2014 were selected from a long list of nominees this year and all are truly worthy recipients.
Yachting New Zealand is pleased to announce a list of awardees set to be recognised at the 2014 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards on Friday 21 November in Auckland.
Yachting New Zealand welcomes well-known New Zealand sailor Ray Haslar as President. Ray was elected to the position at the 2014 YNZ Annual General Meeting held in Christchurch on October 11.
The RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme has hosted the National Youth Training Week since 1989 and is very proud of the great success, sportsmanship and fantastic sailing experience that each participant has enjoyed at our property on Kawau Island.
After so many long months of preparation and planning, the action begins. Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race starts on Saturday 11 October (0100 Sunday NZDT) when the fleet of seven Volvo Ocean 65’s head out of Alicante to race over 6,847nm to Cape Town, South Africa.
Wellington Ocean Sports will be running its first ever Offshore Medic Course on 12 and 13 January 2015. Offshore Medic is an advanced course for offshore skippers and crew.
Sailings hottest properties, New Zealand's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have tasted multiple successes in a range of disciplines over the nomination period.
With the Yachting New Zealand 2014 Annual General Meeting just a few days away we welcome the start of the ‘sailing season’ and it is great to see plenty of Clubs celebrating this with Opening Days.
There are two things in the deep South that will, this time of year, inevitably herald a strong sou-westerly weather change and bring with it a smattering of snow and a good chill factor. They are a good lambing season and the Opening day of the Summer Sailing.
The Police Sailing Association will be holding the Emergency Services Regatta in Auckland on Friday 21st November 2014 starting at 1400hrs from the Richmond Yacht Club.
The 2014-15 season is about to get underway for the Volvo Sailing… Have a Go! programme with the Northern region trailer at Bucklands Beach for Monday 13th October heralding the start of the new season.
New Zealand had a convincing victory at the College Teams Inter-Dominions hosted by the Sandspit Yacht Club (Algies Bay) over the first three days of the October school holiday break.
It has been a busy week at Murrays Bay Sailing Club at the 2014 Stack Winter Champs.
The main event was preceded by the popular coaching clinic on Tuesday and Wednesday, for over 120 boats and over 130 sailors featuring two wonderful days on the water with the 20 coaches.
Long-standing Safety and Technical Officer for Yachting New Zealand, Michael Churchouse is handing over the reins after close to nine years in the role.
This year's prize pool just got even bigger and better, thanks to our title sponsors PIC Insurance Brokers and Jerry Clayton BMW. For the first time ever, one lucky entrant will drive away from the Coastal in a luxurious new BMW.
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and Rolex are proud to announce the Nominees for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2014.
ISAF received nominations for the 2014 Awards from across the world for sailors representing all aspects of the sport. The nominees are put forward based on achievements made during the qualifying period from 1 September 2013 to 21 September 2014.
Sailors, tug boat drivers, paddlers and radio control sailors, mark your diaries for the regatta that marks 175 years since the day that Lieutenant Governor William Hobson took formal possession of what would be come the city of Auckland, in the name of Queen Victoria.
Hopefully you have seen a little of how our World Champs in Santander went, we tried to keep the old Facebook updates coming through.. As annoying a website as it is, its rather handy for quick and easy updates and photo shares!
The pinnacle event of 2014 was a unique one – the ISAF Sailing World Championships, an event that all the Olympic classes come together for once every four years. It marks the end of the season with most countries taking a small break after the event, before planning and getting stuck into training for the regattas towards the end of the year that lead into 2015. On top of everyone fighting to become World Champion across the ten Olympic Classes, they were also racing to secure their Nation a berth at the 2016 Olympic Games.
The Race Village in Alicante officially opens in one week from today (2 October) and the crews of the seven Volvo Ocean 65s are completing final preparations before the first In-Port Race on Saturday 4 October (0500 NZDT).
Four entries so far, the first entry from Georgia, well done Georgia. More coming in as we speak. Please do get your entries in to make it fun checking out the competitors. Four entries for the Millennium Cup so far - also looking good.
Collecting Gold, Silver, a bunch of top ten placings AND Olympic national qualification in all ten classes, the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup was a resounding success for the NZL Sailing Team. We enlisted talented photography team Sailing Energy to capture our team in action.
Daily galleries from racing are on the NZL Sailing Team facebook page; here are some of our favourites…
Yachting New Zealand runs coaching courses throughout the winter months and we would like to congratulate a long list of participants who have recently gained or up-graded their coaching qualification.
