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Alex Maloney and Molly Meech have withdrawn from the upcoming 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships in Melbourne after Maloney fractured her foot in training two days ago.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

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.

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.