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In the next instalment of a regular blog from a host of New Zealand sailors, Jenny Armstrong talks about the difficult decision she made to chase her Olympic dream.

Other nations often look enviously at New Zealand and the quality of sailors this country produces.

Knots Racing have little time to celebrate their latest regatta win with a busy schedule of events over the next three months in the United States and Europe.

Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn have won their first big international regatta together, taking out the 49er class at Kiel Week in Germany.

Looking for quality keel and dinghy sailing gear that will keep you protected from the elements this winter and spring?

Doping is the chemical equivalent of taking a short cut in a race, writes Drug Free Sport NZ chief executive Nick Paterson.

After one false start, the Maiden film will be shown in cinemas around the country from next month.

Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan went to last year's 420 world championships aiming for a top-10 finish but their ambitions are much loftier this time around.

Yachting New Zealand are now taking bookings for next summer’s Volvo Sailing…Have a Go! following on from the biggest season since the programme's inception.

It’s exactly two years since Emirates Team New Zealand won the America’s Cup in Bermuda, and a lot of water has flowed under Te Wero Bridge, in Auckland’s Viaduct, since then.  

New Zealand will send a team of 10 sailors to August's Olympic test event in Enoshima, which will effectively act as a dry run for competitors, support staff and organisers 12 months out from the Tokyo Games.

Winter might not be the most appealing time to sail but it works perfectly for the Elliott 5.9 class who hold most of their events when the days are shorter and temperatures on the chilly side.

A corporate charter with the NZ Sailing Trust is for groups seeking a real hands-on sailing adventure.

Three double-handed combinations who are about to compete at major world events are this year's recipients of scholarships to help this country's top youth sailors.

The foiling revolution is taking hold and it’s opening up plenty of opportunities, not least of all at an Olympic level.

A plethora of events will be held throughout 2021 to mark the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s 150 years, which also coincides with Auckland hosting the 36th America’s Cup.

The Half Moon Bay Sailing Group in Stewart Island recently took possession of seven new Optimists funded by Stewart Island businesses and co-ordinated by a local fisherman.

Chris Salmon stumbled on eSailing when searching for the rules of sailing and he's now ranked 34th in the world.

In the next instalment of a regular blog from a host of New Zealand sailors, Tom Scott writes about how sailing has given him an outlet following an accident that left him a paraplegic and what it can do for other people with disabilities.

The Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage are looking for 450 people to join Tuia 250, a flotilla of vessels that will sail around the country to commemorate 250 years since the first encounters between Maori and Europeans.

In our regular focus on the regions, South Island regional support officer Ian Gardiner takes a look at what's been going on in the area. 

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The Knots Racing team from New Zealand have won their first grade 1 regatta, beating the defending champions and world No 2 in the final of Match Race Germany.

It might not always be the best time to go sailing, as winter takes grip around the country, but it's the best time to get organised for next season and Resene are keen to help restore one of your club's RIBs.

The Kiwi Racing Team recently defended their G.J. Gardner Open Team Sailing Championship title held at Kerikeri Cruising Club, going through the regatta unbeaten.

Drug Free Sport NZ's testing programme is focused on high performance athletes, and those on a development pathway.

Para sailors Chris Sharp and Garth Reynolds were among six Paralympians whose achievements were celebrated at an event in Whangarei recently.

Olympic gold medallist Polly Powrie is using what she learned as a professional sailor to help our top paddlers - while juggling life as a new mum, writes Sarah Cowley Ross of LockerRoom.

A 1250nm race from Sydney to Auckland will be staged in 2021 to help the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron celebrate their 150th anniversary and to coincide with the 36th America's Cup.

Andy Maloney and Josh Junior go to every regatta looking to finish first and second and, for the first time ever, they achieved that at the Hempel World Cup Series Final in Marseille. 

There's only a small contingent of New Zealand sailors at the World Cup Series Final in Marseille but they will leave with two medals after the Finn pair of Andy Maloney and Josh Junior guaranteed themselves a top-three position heading into the final d

They've been there all week and Andy Maloney and Josh Junior don't look like loosening their grip on proceedings at the front of the Finn fleet at the World Cup Series Final.

Five Kiwi women will be on board Maiden when she departs Auckland on Sunday morning and they all come from very different backgrounds, writes Martin Tasker.