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Wash out conditions may have been forecast, but sailors attending Mercury Bay Boating Clubs’ ‘Double Trouble’ regatta enjoyed sunshine, fresh breeze, and a picturesque race course in Whitianga earlier this month.   

Just seconds separated some of the Etchells crews in the 45-minute races sailed in the 2022 COAST Etchells National Championships in the Waitemata. 

Tom Saunders picked up the big prize, the Orbit World Travel Sailor of the Year Award, at the annual Aon Yachting Excellence Awards tonight.

A fleet of cruising boats is due to head south this summer at part of the South Island Rally 2022/23, with one stop scheduled to coincide with March's New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Christchurch.

Intrigue is building around who will pick up the major gongs at Friday's Aon Yachting Excellence Awards at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

Yachting New Zealand are excited to announce that registrations for the second RŪNĀ module, Kōrinorino – in our ancestors' wake, are now open.

The four Yachting New Zealand regional development managers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and explore ways to help clubs operate with more sustainable practices. 

Sustainability Ideas for Clubs

Caleb Evans returned home this week from the inaugural Para Sailing International Championships on the Gold Coast with some extra luggage but it's the experience itself that made more of an impression with the youngster.

Next year's Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Regatta will see the return of an international flavour but will also carry significance for home sailors looking to qualify for the 2023 combined world championships.

The NZIODA North Island clinic returns to a live-in camp in 2023, which is one of the most popular aspects of the formative experience.

Nick Gillies thought his chances of winning the North Sails Young 88 Northern Owners Championships had shattered along with the tiller he broke on the eve of the regatta.

Celia Willison wasn't really enjoying 'having an adult job' so headed to Europe earlier this year in an attempt to crack the professional sailing world.

John Buchanan finished third at the recent World Para Sailing Championships in Japan as para sailing looks to return to the Paralympic Games.

We all know racing can't happen without race officials and some of the world's best are in town for a World Sailing international umpire seminar.

Natalia Groom has a natural affinity with the ocean which might seem unnatural when you consider where she comes from.

Caleb Evans' potential was recognised during his first sailing experience and it is now taking him to next week's inaugural Para Sailing International Championships on the Gold Coast.

Waikawa Boating Club members recently participated in a treasure hunt, which was not so much a race but a nautical and historical challenge.

The 2022 Aon Yachting Excellence Awards are just around the corner and some winners have already been announced. In the third of a three-part series, meet the winners of the performance awards.

Elise Beavis (Murrays Bay Sailing Club)

The four Yachting New Zealand regional development managers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and also remind you about the amazing role volunteers play.

The St Clair Brown name is well known in sailing circles and John St Clair Brown continued on his father's legacy of assisting some of this country's top sailors.

The first batch of race coaches trained under Yachting New Zealand's new online model have been certified and it's expected many more will follow.

Yachting New Zealand's own Wayne Holdt showed Panache to win the Hartley 16 North Island title at the Ngaroto Sailing Club last weekend.

The Naval Point Club Lyttelton has become a club of clubs over the years and this will become even more engrained through the establishment of a sports hub that could become an example for other yachting and boating clubs to follow.

What started as a lockdown project for Megan Thomson has now seen her team up with a three-time Olympian for this week's 470 world championships in Israel.

Veerle ten Have unquestionably looks back on her first year on the world windfoiling circuit with a considerable amount of satisfaction but there’s a big part of her that wants a whole lot more.

Josh Armit will be hoping they can race on the penultimate day of the iQFoil World Championships in Brest and edge his way into the top-10 standings.

Veerle ten Have jumped into the top 10 at the iQFoil world championships in Brest today but the real drama for the Kiwis was on the men's course where both Josh Armit and Thomas Crook were involved in big crashes.

Two-time world rowing champion Brooke Donoghue and Olympic canoe slalom silver medallist Luuka Jones have teamed up with an expert nutritionist to create Sustain, a plant-based recipe book for athletes and active people.

The 2022 Aon Yachting Excellence Awards are just around the corner and some winners have already been announced.

The four Yachting New Zealand regional development managers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and let you know about the delights of dinghy cruising.

New Zealand's Josh Armit finds himself in second at the iQFoil World Championships in Brest on a day when a couple of the big favourites missed out on qualifying for gold fleet.

Carla Bennett and her crew on Retro will be out to defend the Elliott 5.9 South Island title she won in convincing fashion last year.