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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The Auckland Anniversary Regatta has seen many changes over the course of its 180 year history, but one sight that’s still rare to behold as the A Classic fleet of vintage yachts takes to the harbour is a majority of women on board.

Tim Howse didn't need to check the weather forecasts to know what sort of day it was going to be on each morning of the recent Tanner and Tauranga Cups. He could see as soon as he opened the curtains and it left him with a smile on his face.

Sailors have to contend with a lot of environmental factors when competing but rarely smoke and the Australian bushfires have cast a pall over a number of regattas across the Tasman recently.

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.

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.

Tight racing was a feature of the O'pen Skiff national championships at the Napier Sailing Club, with the under-13 division in particular going down to the wire.

The CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week will welcome its biggest ever fleet next week in the 18th instalment of New Zealand's biggest multi-day keelboat regatta.

Twelve teams from 10 countries will descend on the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron next month for the Harken 2020 Youth Match Racing World Championships.

It might come as a surprise to learn Sam Meech, one of the world's best Laser sailors, has never won a national Laser title in this country.

For a brief moment Josh Junior thought he was in trouble during today's medal race but he did what he had done all week - sailed fast - to become the first New Zealander to win the Finn Gold Cup (world championships).

It was a scorching day in Melbourne but Josh Junior kept his cool on the penultimate day of the Finn Gold Cup (world championships) and is in the driving seat to secure the gold medal.

Melbourne has thrown up something different every day this week but it hasn't phased Josh Junior and he's produced consistently good results to establish a handy lead after four days of the Finn Gold Cup (world championships).

The leaderboard is starting to take shape after two days of the Finn Gold Cup (world championships) in Melbourne but it still shows two Kiwis in the top three.

Nick Egnot-Johnson channelled all of his inner Kiwiness when describing 2019 as a "solid" year.

Aaron McIntosh couldn't help himself. 

Andy Maloney and Josh Junior made a brilliant start to the Finn Gold Cup in Melbourne, with the pair sitting on top of the leaderboard after day one.

Andy Maloney and Josh Junior were glued to their laptop last weekend, caught up in the drama of the final day of the Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships.

Boaties are being urged to consider waste disposal when visiting Aotea / Great Barrier Island after new measures were introduced for the popular destination.