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About as many boat classes as there were clubs featured at last weekend's Waikato Thames Championship regatta at the Mercury Bay Boating Club, which was run to help bring the clubs of the Waikato region together.

Yachting New Zealand will be hosting a World Sailing international umpire seminar in October during the 2020 New Zealand match racing national championships at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

For a group of sailors who pride themselves on being near the front of the fleet, the Laser world championships in Melbourne did not turn out as hoped for New Zealand's top three sailors.

It might not have been as dramatic as the last one but it was no less significant as Peter Burling and Blair Tuke won their sixth 49er world title in Geelong today.

Sam Meech knows better than most how quickly the complexion of a regatta changes once the top boats all start racing in gold fleet so is quite comfortable with his position halfway through the Laser world championships.

Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan will get a taste tonight of living in the world of elite sport when they head to the Halberg Awards as finalists.

Yachting New Zealand are looking for a strategic engagement coordinator, with a particular focus on high performance outcomes.

In our regular focus on the regions, South Island regional support officer Ian Gardiner looks into what has been happening on the Mainland.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are exactly where they want to be heading into the second half of the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships in Geelong.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Mastercard youth training programme is seen as a world leader, with many graduates going on to achieve international and national success.

Sailing will be part of the Taranaki Masters Games for the first time this year, joining 22 other sports from shooting and swimming to weightlifting and wine appreciation.

Next month's Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Regatta will present an opportunity to look to the future, as the next Olympic classes are included and there's more of an accent on youth sailing. 

Some of New Zealand's top sailors felt more like gardeners today as they had to contend with thick seaweed when racing got under way at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships in Geelong.

Alex Maloney and Molly Meech have withdrawn from the upcoming 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships in Melbourne after Maloney fractured her foot in training two days ago.

It was a family affair at the Zephyr national championships at the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club this week, with Greg Wright claiming his second title and daughter Polly picking up the women's trophy.

Lloyd Perratt knew he was going quick but he didn't really know how fast until competing at the recent Australian windfoil championships in Queensland.

Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox claimed another 470 national title at the weekend but a couple of big scores in the middle of their regatta cost them the chance to win the regatta overall.

If they hadn't already won a few, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke might have felt a bit short changed with their latest stint as 49er world champions. 

February 22 will be a landmark day for the Worser Bay Boating Club, when they finally open their new clubrooms five years after the project got under way.

Sam Meech has never been a smoker but he sounded like one on his most recent stop in Melbourne so he's more relieved than most the smoke from the recent bushfires has largely cleared up.

It didn't take long after the club's creation for the Takapuna Boating Club to delve into a variety of activities and it's a tradition that has continued through to today.

The annual Waikato Yacht Squadron Gulf Classic is more than just a sailing race, it's an event you can make a weekend of.

In the first of our Regional Roundups for the year, regional support officer Hayden Whitburn looks at what has been going on in the northern regions.

Top honours were often shared across the divisions at the end of the 18th edition of New Zealand’s biggest multi-day keelboat regatta, the CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week.

The classic Logan brothers cutter Waitangi has been announced as winner in the A Classic division of yesterday's 180th Ports of Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron plan to run a Bridge 2 Bean Rock race for dinghies and foiling vessels in 2021 as part of their 150th celebrations.

The RS Feva has been growing in popularity among clubs around the country and that will be reflected in the number of entries for 2021 RS Feva world championships at the Manly Sailing Club.

The fourth edition of the annual 24-Hour Endurance Yacht Race will take place in Wellington on the weekend of March 14-15.

Courtney Reynolds-Smith feels like the hard work is paying off after she claimed the Laser Radial title at the Mitre 10 Mega Laser National Championships in New Plymouth at the weekend.

Family connections will be a feature of racing in division one in next month's Evolution Sails Round North Island Yacht Race.

A look through the schedule of events for next month's Takapuna Boating Club centenary celebrations illustrates how much the club has changed over the past 100 years.

The Marlborough Sounds delivered a complete set of wind conditions over the weekend for the Giesen New Year regatta and Friday’s First National invitation race.