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A team from Yachting New Zealand will return to the mediating table at the end of the month as they work to protect the interests of all yachties and boaties.

We're not all experienced skippers with sea water running through our veins which is why the Coastguard offer own boat tuition courses.

There will be something, or more accurately someone, missing from this weekend's Yachting New Zealand annual general meeting and it won't feel the same.

Hal Wagstaff passed away recently aged 88 after a short stay in North Shore Hospital.

It was a case of the master against the apprentice in the final of the Yachting Developments New Zealand Match Racing Championship and the young upstart took the title in brutally light conditions.

Sam Meech dreads the moment the door to the heat chamber is closed - he knows it’s going to be hot and it’s probably going to hurt – but also realises it could be the difference when next year’s Olympics roll around.

Yachting New Zealand chief executive David Abercrombie paid tribute to retiring International Finn Association executive board member Corinne McKenzie, who is stepping down after 19 years in the role.

Simon Hull, managing director of Zhik’s New Zealand distributorship, is stepping up to a strategic position on the board of Zhik’s global business.

The future of Olympic windsurfing is likely to be decided next month and it is appropriate that at the forefront of discussions are options put forward by a couple of Kiwis who once ruled the sport. 

Peter Soosalu realised the value of a good coach as a 13-year-old.

The Auckland On Water Boat Show, New Zealand’s largest on-water boat show, kicks off tomorrow and is bringing with it a host of super-sized displays, luxury yachts and sea trials to the heart of the Viaduct Harbour.

It wouldn't take long to find someone in the sailing community who knows Hayden Whitburn, which makes him an ideal candidate to take over as Yachting New Zealand's new regional support officer for the northern area.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are seeking teams for this year’s 2019 national youth training weeks.

Brian Trubovich admits he might not be as agile as some of his rivals but thinks he will make up for it with cunning when the 2019 New Zealand Match Racing Championships get under way on Thursday.

In our regular focus on the regions, central regional support officer Wayne Holdt takes a look at what's been going on in the area. 

Justina Kitchen quite enjoyed the view from her step on the podium at the Formula Kite European Championships in Sardinia and it's something she hopes to experience more often.

Few clubs can point to a growth in membership of close to 100 members over the past couple of years but it's something the Milford Cruising Club can lay claim to.

There was a freshness to the sailing at this year's Anchor Aims Games both on and off the water and one of the offshoots was the recognition the Tauranga Yacht & Power Boat Club received for their efforts environmentally.

The 2019 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.

Sky Sport will broadcast live all six days of December's Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships in Auckland, New Zealand, which is believed to be a world first for an Olympic class sailing world championships.

Beau Geste is expected to chase the race record at next month's PIC Coastal Classic after having already set two race records in other events this year.

It's hard to comprehend in this day and age of digital technology and exacting science that one of New Zealand's greatest boat designers was self-taught.

World champions and major regatta winners and medallists headline the initial list of recipients at the 2019 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards, which also recognise individuals for their outstanding service to sailing in this country.

Combine some exciting racing with raising funds to support BLAKE's environmental programmes at next month's Great Blake Race Charity Regatta.

More than 100  sailors delivered some stunning performances on the water last weekend at the third Mud House Women’s Regatta hosted by the Waikawa Boating Club.

For the last six years, the Pleasant Point Yacht Club have called five shipping containers home, with no power, showers, toilet or kitchen.

A New Zealand team has won the Grand Slam match racing series for the second time in two years after Team Vento Racing took out the Thompson Cup in New York today.

Lawson's Dry Hills are big supporters of Yachting New Zealand and the sailing community can also take advantage of the relationship by getting a 20 percent discount off their award-winning wines.

The Pleasant Point Yacht Club have shiny, new clubrooms and now have a learn to sail RIB to match after it recently underwent a refurbishment with Resene.

The 2016 Rio Olympics were hugely successful for New Zealand's sailors but even more so for a Kiwi boat building company.

The PIC Coastal Classic is just around the corner and skippers need to be aware there will be no safety inspections for entrants after October 11.

All Young 88 owners, potential owners, crew and enthusiasts are invited to a public dock rally hosted by the Young 88 Class Association in Auckland on September 22.

One of the most rewarding things to happen to me in my 12 years as a regional support officer is when parents come up and say the only reason their child is sailing is because of me.