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Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron member Brian Petersen is setting off with his crew on Ran Tan II for what will be an ocean adventure of a lifetime, writes Andrew Delves.

It was a day of delays and deferrals as light winds plagued the second day of racing at the Hempel World Series regatta in Genoa.

Registrations are open for the next Aon New to Youth Classes Clinic, which helps young sailors who have moved into a youth class within the previous six months and are not already attending the Aon National Youth Clinics.

Yachting New Zealand will hold five free seminars around the country in coming months for anyone interested in being a qualified club or national race officer.

Yachting New Zealand are looking to appoint a coach development manager. This is a key role for our organisation and Sport New Zealand have identified good coaching as one of the key drivers of participant satisfaction.

Entries are now open for the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and organisers are expecting a larger fleet than normal for the 75th running of the historic event.

In our regular focus on the regions, northern regional support officer Kim Admore takes a look at what's been going on in the top of the North Island. 

New Zealand has developed a strong 49er fleet meaning there's usually at least one crew near the front of the pack and today it was the turn of Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie.

New Zealand's sailors will look to continue to make their mark when the Hempel World Cup Series resumes in Genoa on Monday night (NZ time).

The season is coming to a close for many young sailors but for a dozen talented youngsters things are only going to ramp up as they fine-tune their preparations for July's youth sailing world championships.

Breakfast always tastes better when it's free.

Yachting New Zealand member card holders can get a free breakfast each morning of their stay alongside a 20 percent discount off the flexible rate at Millennium Hotels.

Race officials make a huge contribution to yacht clubs and sailors around New Zealand and the following individuals recently qualified or renewed as a Yachting New Zealand race official.

Recently qualified or revalidated

There was something extraordinary about Sally Garrett’s victory in the New Zealand women’s keelboat championships last weekend, writes Suzanne McFadden of Lockeroom.

Nick Egnot-Johnson and the Knots Racing team almost feel like they're at a job interview each time they race, given the opportunities that could come their way if they do well.

A small change to the event rules may make a big difference to the number of boats on the start line for this year's PIC Coastal Classic yacht race.

Sean Herbert is looking to write himself into the record books when the Starling national championships get under way at the Taipa Sailing Club on Sunday.

Yachting New Zealand are excited to partner with BLAKE for the inaugural BLAKE Inspire for Sailors programme – a five-day environmental leadership development adventure designed for emerging New Zealand sailors.

Peter Precey and Hamish Hey recently claimed their first Javelin national title together as they finished strongly by winning four of the last five races.

Pleasant Point Yacht Club are making rapid progress with the rebuild of their facilities eight years after their Rat Island site was destroyed by the first earthquake in 2010.

Sally Garrett won her first women's national keelboat title as a skipper yesterday, meaning there was a new winner for the first time in five years.

New Zealand sailors claimed three medals at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma today, including gold and bronze in the Finn class, to finish as the second-most successful nation at the event.

One medal is guaranteed and more will be on the menu when seven New Zealand boats contest their respective medal races at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma tonight (NZ time).

Sailors Corner has been an Auckland institution for more than 35 years but will be closing its doors so have $3 million of stock to sell in a closing down sale.

The wind came out to play at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma overnight (NZ time) and, ominously for some of their rivals, it also signalled the emergence of Peter Burling and Blair Tuke into the top five of the 49er fleet.

Nine different winners across the nine races meant this year's Zephyr national championships in Tauranga were both challenging and hotly contested.

The first European regatta of the season is always an opportunity for the New Zealand sailors to check in on how summer training has gone and, for Andy Maloney and Josh Junior, it appears to have gone well.

Blake Hinsley and Nicholas Drummond handled the fresh breezes and big seas the best to win last weekend's RS Feva national championships at the Torbay Sailing Club.

Orion II once again took line honours but was pipped by 13 seconds on corrected time in the 98th sailing of the Lipton Cup last weekend.

The women's national keelboat championships has grown in size again this year and will even feature a team made up of Argentines in the country for a wedding.

Andy Maloney and Josh Junior are aiming for a one-two finish at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma and the Kiwi pair have made a strong start after two days of racing.

The yachting and boating community are mourning the loss of three prominent figures in New Zealand.

Mick Ashcroft

Many of this country's top Olympic class sailors got there with the help of Graeme 'Mick' Ashcroft.

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. 

Southern Snippets