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Everyone deserves a little R&R this summer and, to make the most of it, the Millennium, Copthorne and Kingsgate Hotels are offering some incredible deals.

Gulf Harbour Marina was named the New Zealand Marina Operators Association marina of the year at the recent awards function that recognised this country's best marinas and boatyards for 2020. 

John Spencer was a champion of the amateur boatbuilder and a special exhibition will be held in the Wynyard Quarter in Auckland this weekend to celebrate his work.

Five experienced keelboat sailors and coaches recently participated in a keelboat coach development workshop on their way to becoming certified Yachting New Zealand keelboat coaches. 

Matt Ryder was only helping out when a Yachting New Zealand staff member was in town for an information evening but ended up taking the course himself.

The Napier Sailing Club are expecting the biggest fleet yet for their annual Summer Regatta on November 28-29, with more than 300 entrants possible on the start line.

In our regular focus on the regions, RSO Wayne Holdt gives an update on what has been happening in the central region.

Optimist National Championships

In 1987 New Zealand won the Admiral's Cup, considered the world championships of keelboat sailing, for the first and only time.

The New Zealand sailing community lost a revolutionary figure this morning with the passing of David Barnes. He was 62.

What was once going to be condemned has been turned into a sparkling committee boat for the Bay of Islands Yacht Club.

The 2020 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards are just around the corner and some winners have already been announced.

Etched on the America's Cup alongside some of the world's most famous yacht clubs is a tiny community club from a small corner of New Zealand with just over 100 members.

Yachting New Zealand farewelled some familiar faces and welcomed some new ones to the team during the recent AGM held at the Worser Bay Boating Club.

While numbers were down a bit due to the lack of sailing by the Sailability programmes because of Covid, the racing was close in the light and changeable conditions at last weekend's Hansa 303 North Island championships.

Entry is open for the 2021 City of Sails Auckland Regatta and there are plenty of reasons to take part in this reinvigorated event which is also part of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's 150th celebrations.

In our regular focus on the regions, northern regional support officer Hayden Whitburn takes a look at what has been happening in his area from the Auckland Harbour Bridge north.

Murrays Bay STACK Winter Champs

Next month will see a raft of regattas and national championship events hosted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, events which anyone can still get involved in.

Like most who take part in the PIC Coastal Classic, Bianca Cook hopes a nice easterly kicks in on Friday for a quick send up to Russell.

In this podcast we bring you a special edition on New Zealand’s great race. The Coastal Classic was first contested in 1982 and now attracts more than 150 boats for the annual blast up the coast from Auckland to the Bay of Islands.

Thanks to Covid-19 more Kiwis are turning to their boats for holiday plans, and many haulouts and maintenance providers are already very busy. 

The countdown is on to next year's 24-Hour Endurance Yacht Race in Wellington but the event has just celebrated the 'world premier' of the video of the 2020 edition.

If you've got a Wind Warrior in the garage, now is the time to dust it off, check the batteries and get it ready for next month's national championships at Westhaven Marina.

New Zealand would have sent a strong team to this year's youth sailing world championships, judging by the quality of racing seen at the NZL Sailing Foundation Youth Championships.

Graeme Sutherland has been trying to win the Yachting Developments New Zealand Match Racing Championships for a number of years and finally got the monkey off his back over the weekend.

There might not be the carrot of sailing at the youth worlds at the end of it but there will be no absence of spice at this week's NZL Sailing Foundation Youth Championships.

It wasn't seven maids with seven mops who swept the beach but around 30 volunteers who recently spent the morning combing the foreshore area at Pigeon Bay and gathering a wide variety of rubbish and rusted iron, writes the Akaroa Mail.

All school children in New Zealand will have the opportunity to learn more about sailing through a new schools programme that focuses on the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) associated with harnessing the power of the wind.

The 2020 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards are just around the corner and some winners have already been announced. In the first of a three-part series, meet the winners in the youth performance category supported by Harken.

The 2020 Wineworks Wine Race across the Cook Strait has been cancelled due to a number of factors.

In a few years from now, people will scan the results from the 2020 PIC's Peanut Butter Starling national championships at the Nelson Yacht Club and not appreciate the full story - because there was quite the back story.

Members of the public have the opportunity to stand at the helm where Sir Peter Blake did on both Steinlager 2 and Lion New Zealand on a series of upcoming sailing journeys.

SAP have launched a new mobile app which will give clubs, sailors, coaches and fans access to the tracking and analysis data the professionals use.