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As yachties and boaties, we have a vested interested in looking after our playground and it might not be as difficult as you think.

It was as busy as Grand Central Station, as an incredible 603 races were completed at the Secondary Schools Team Sailing National Championships held at Algies Bay recently.

Summer may be over but Bluebridge ferries are already planning for the next one, and that means taking bookings for next summer including Christmas.

The 2021 Doyle Sails Winter Series kicks off this weekend at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, when more than 100 boats are expected to take part.

Kelly Mulcahy has been in and around clubs and sailing her whole life and that association will continue in her new role as a Yachting New Zealand regional support officer.

A national title might be on the line but Reuben Corbett hopes a few competitors walk away from this weekend’s Harken Secondary Schools Keelboat National Championships with more of an appreciation of the breadth of options available to young sailors.

Karleen Dixon still remembers her surprise when she was asked to skipper a team in the inaugural NZ Women's National Keelboat Championships more than 30 years ago, even though she'd never really sailed a keelboat before.

Coaches should have received notification if their qualification expires on June 30.

One played the role of Judith Collins' advisor and the other pulled on the media hat to hold politicians to account.

Yachting New Zealand have been working with Maritime New Zealand to clarify the process skippers must undertake to best prepare their vessels before heading overseas.

Statistics show the number of females who belong to yachting and boating clubs in this country drops from about 30 percent at youth level to 20 percent at senior level.

The likelihood of a Sailability centre in Dunedin gathered momentum following last weekend's Halberg Games, the three-day national sports competition for youngsters with physical or visual impairments.

Brian Trubovich once spent a night on Rangitoto Island after the mullet boat he was on ran aground and he was left behind during the rescue operation.

George Lee Rush had spent about three hours in a Starling before this week's national championships but can now consider himself the best Starling sailor in the country.

In our regular focus on the regions, the four regional support officers look at what has been happening in their areas and also provide some advice on applying for funding support from the Community Organsiation Grants Scheme.

While experience certainly proved telling at the first event of the Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series on Lake Rotoiti recently, the fleet welcomed three brand new boat owners and crew into the series.

Kiwi ingenuity has helped introduce sailing to a group of youngsters in the Hokianga as they've combined a Laser and an Optimist to come up with a LOpti.

A look at the number of entries at this week's 50th Barfoot & Thompson Starling national championships at the Kohimarama Yacht Club illustrates the continued popularity of the class.

Brisk winds also meant brisk times in the recent Farmer Autovillage Auckland to Tauranga Centennial Yacht Race/Rally.

It’s keelboat nationals season at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, with both the women's and open events coming up over the next month.

Yachting New Zealand struck gold with Sailors for the Sea at the recent Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Regatta and are now intent on turning that into platinum.

It didn't take Elise Beavis long to notice a worrying feature at last weekend's Waszp national championships and she's looking to take action to address it.

Dean Barker was back out competing on the America's Cup courses last weekend and showed his class by taking out the Harken Young 88 national championships.

Printed versions of both the Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-24 and Safety Regulations of Sailing 2021-24 will be available for purchase in the next couple of weeks.

Learning to sail on a keelboat can seem a bit daunting at times, with lots of jargon and technical aspects to try to remember, but that's all been simplified through a new Yachting New Zealand publication.

The current PHRFs expire on May 31, 2021, so keelboat owners who intend racing in the upcoming season need to revalidate these certificates now.

Click here to re-validate your PHRF

Liv Mackay and Erica Dawson have sailed some pretty amazing boats in recent times but few compare to the F50s being used for SailGP.

As many as 70 sailors from Christchurch to the Bay of Islands descended on the Manly Sailing Club recently for the 65th Zephyr national championships in a display of the continued strength of the class.

It was One Way traffic at the North Sails Young 88 Southern Championships recently, with Harry Thurston and his crew on One Way winning all five races to take the title.

Micah Wilkinson admits his "brain was on overload" as he tried to come to grips with an unfamiliar boat at the Waszp national championships over the weekend but thinks it will add to his skills as a sailor.

Amelia Peel has already made a big difference in her school and she hopes her involvement in this week's Blake Inspire programme will help her expand that into the wider community.

Max Sirena is an America’s Cup survivor, having done seven campaigns with various teams, but he has a burning desire to win the America’s Cup with an Italian team.