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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.

There will be a new look and feel to the sailing at this year's Anchor Aims Games with the O'pen Skiff being contested alongside the Optimist for the first time.

Registrations are open for a handful of Aon youth clinics which will be delivered by some of New Zealand's top sailing coaches.

An Aon New to Youth Clinic kicks off the new season at the Kohimarama Yacht Club on September 14-15. 

Clear your schedule, book your time off and get ready to sail into the next CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week.

Entries are now open for New Zealand’s “best big-boat regatta” on January 21-24, 2020.

Sam Mackay became more interested in sail woollies than lamb's wool and it's a choice that's seen him join the team at Yachting New Zealand.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are regular free divers, often plunging into the ocean to check out marine life, but they took a dive with a difference yesterday. And it was one that scared them.

Dave Shaw overcame a broken rudder early in the regatta to claim silver at the A Class world championships in Weymouth over the weekend.

Medal races are a different proposition to fleet racing and the New Zealand crews in action today at the Hempel World Cup Series regatta in Enoshima excelled.

Alex Maloney and Molly Meech achieved more than a race win and a silver medal today at the World Cup Series regatta in Enoshima, they also enjoyed "redemption" after narrowly missing out on the medals the previous week.

Sam Meech decided he'd had enough of being beaten up so returned to the sort of form on day four of the World Cup Series regatta in Enoshima that has made him one of the world's best Laser sailors. 

Any start under kite is spectacular but it will be even more dramatic when a record 178 boats compete tomorrow in the third round of Lewmar Triple Series in Auckland.

Susannah Pyatt and Brianna Reynolds-Smith calmly went about their business on a sometimes chaotic day at the World Cup Series regatta in Enoshima and find themselves in contention halfway through the event.

If you missed it first time around, here's your last chance to see the Maiden documentary on the big screen in New Zealand.

Owha the leopard seal has made a name for herself through her love of residing in urban areas and now a study is being done to better understand leopard seal behaviour around humans and to identify ways in which the management of leopard seals in urban

Competition for a spot at October's Yachting Developments New Zealand Match Racing Championships is heating up, with eight teams confirmed and only eight more spots remaining.