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In our regular focus on the regions, the regional support officers provide an update on what is happening in clubland.

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I have received a number of calls from clubs asking whether there will be a change in the affiliation fee for the 2021/22 season and I am pleased to report the board have recommended no change.

The International Tornado Association of NZ are on the lookout for Tornado yachts after receiving a number of queries from people interested in sailing and potentially buying Tornado yachts.

The new AC9F Youth America’s Cup yacht has undergone an official on-water sail testing day in Auckland with fantastic results, and the event is well on track for 2021.

The Mastercard Superyacht Regatta 2021 in Auckland is shaping up to be one of the major on-water events in the world next year with a raft of big-name entries already throwing their hats into the ring as the global superyacht fleet start to make their w

The Murrays Bay Sailing Club will mark 30 years of the Winter Champs with a special evening of guest speakers on October 3 that is open to all comers. 

Jenny Armstrong competed at two Olympic Games, one for New Zealand and another for Australia. She went to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics under the New Zealand flag and finished fourth in the Europe dinghy.

It was appropriate Phil Chandler was found applying a lick of paint to the club's six-pound cannon because it's the sort of thing he's been doing for the last 63 years.

The chance to go on a multi-day adventure on Steinlager 2 or Lion New Zealand is rarely open to the general public but that's what the NZ Sailing Trust are offering right now.

For one week last year, the Hauraki Gulf was awash with colour for the Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships.

Nick Egnot-Johnson has been second in the world match racing rankings since October 2019, something he achieved when he was still 21. But Nick rather fell into match racing because of an unfortunate set of circumstances.

A 90m extension to Queens Wharf has been sunk for good, much to the relief of Auckland boat users.

He had an "obsession with boats and everything that makes them tick" and it led to one of the biggest influences on the New Zealand yachting and boating community.

Well known designer and boatbuilder Jim Young passed away yesterday, aged 94.

Matt Steven went Undercover to win the Young 88 Two-Handed Championships sailed off the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club recently.

In our regular focus on the regions, the regional support officers provide an update on what is happening in clubland.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are hosting the open and women's national keelboat championships later in the year when the best crews in the country will battle it out for top honours.

Yachting New Zealand will host a series of webinars in August for commodores and committee members rather than the biennial commodores conference.

Hallucinations are common and one experienced campaigner thinks shorthanded offshore sailing helped prepare her for motherhood.

A successful initiative he was involved with during his days in Wellington has prompted Sam Bacon to attempt to help some underprivileged school children in Auckland.

Planning for the next sailing season is in full swing and clubs and class associations are reminded that applications to host national championship events are now due.

There's still a long way to go but optimism is building around windfoiling in this country and that took another step recently with the advent of a Yachting New Zealand development squad.

Yachting New Zealand have expanded their sustainability education programme with a series of teaching resources aimed at young sailors.

Yachting New Zealand are presently asking for membership data as part of the affiliation process and we thought it would be useful to let you know why we require the information and what it is used for.

Rosie Chapman sees a lot of potential in female sailing in this country and her focus is now on harnessing that.

The Pleasant Point Yacht Club will celebrate 100 years of sailing on the Christchurch Estuary next February and are looking to make contact with previous members and invite them to the club's centennial celebrations.

The 2021 Bay of Islands Sailing Week will be refocusing on the needs of its core big boat fleets as organisers begin the task of planning for January's four-day regatta.

Aaron McIntosh has worn a series of different hats throughout his career, as a sailor, coach and advocate. As an athlete, he won three windsurfing world titles in the 1990s and went on to win bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

More than 70 boats from Pied Pipers through to TP52s have already entered the Lewmar Triple Series as the thirst for short-handed racing continues following lockdown.

The last few months have not been normal but it doesn't mean we shouldn't recognise excellence so we're calling for nominations for this year's Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards.

The success of this year's inaugural eSailing series has encouraged Yachting New Zealand to look into making it an annual event.

The safety regulations of sailing are due for the four-year review so Yachting New Zealand are seeking input from yacht clubs, class associations, cruising associations and industry on possible changes.

Matt Blakey doesn't think he has any split loyalties, even though he was born and raised in New Zealand but will be representing Australia in Sunday night's Zhik Trans-Tasman eSailing Championships.