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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

You've seen them all out on the water, now is your chance to get a peek down below on the A class gaffers.

Innovating to keep sailors performing at their best is one of the key drivers for Zhik in their product design.

The New Zealand contingent at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma made a good start, with four crews inside the top four of their classes, but no racing was possible in the 49er fleet meaning Peter Burling and Blair Tuke's international comeback was del

Yachties and boaties should be aware of proposed new boat cleaning rules in the upper North Island and are encouraged to make submissions on the idea.

Organisers of next year’s Round North Island Two Handed Race had expected entries to sell out within about four days when they went on sale on Monday night - not 45 minutes.

Around 30 of the country's best teams are expected to line up for next month's New Zealand Secondary Schools Team Sailing National Championships at the Sandspit Yacht Club.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have become used to people watching them, given their achievement over the past decade, and know they will be under the spotlight at this week's Princess Sofia regatta in Palma.

Two men who share a love for the sea are celebrating their 25th year as volunteers at the New Zealand Maritime Museum.

Roger Hames and Bob Hawkins have been mainstays at the Museum almost since it first opened its doors in 1993.

If the group of nearly 100 females wondered where sailing could take them, it was standing in front of them at the Kohimarama Yacht Club on Saturday.

It's a common refrain from boat owners that they can't find enough crew to go racing, which is having an impact on the size of fleets at some regattas.

Organisers are hoping to build on the success of last year's New Zealand open teams racing national championships, which returned to the racing calendar after a 10-year absence.

The 2019 Jack Tar Auckland Regatta was dogged by light winds last weekend, but race management still manged to get enough racing in to keep things interesting.

The significance might have been lost on most of the youngsters as they cast off from the docks, but for those involved with the NZ Sailing Trust today marked a special day.

Andrew Wills and his team on board Raging Hormones rose above a bumper 16-boat fleet to win the 2019 Harken Young 88 National Championships in Auckland last weekend.

Like everyone in New Zealand and across the world, the team at Yachting New Zealand are deeply saddened by what happened in Christchurch last week.

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

Centenary celebrations

Chris Skinner became the first person to win back-to-back handicap honours in one of New Zealand's toughest races when he joined with co-skipper Shane Bellingham to win the SSANZ Round New Zealand Two Handed Race.

The RS Feva is being used more and more by clubs as a transition boat for children moving into the youth classes and its popularity is expected to see more than 30 boats line up for next weekend's national championships at Torbay.

In the next instalment of a regular blog from a host of New Zealand sailors, Josh Armit writes about his transition from the youth classes to Olympic classes and the challenge of juggling that with school.

Registration for this year's Anchor Aims Games is now open and for the first time the O’pen Bic is being offered alongside the Optimist.

The 2021 America's Cup promises to be spectacular and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are looking for boat drivers and crew for the event.

As many as 100 sailors are expected to compete at Saturday's Predictwind Girls Championship Regatta at the Kohimarama Yacht Club when they will also hear from renowned ocean sailor Bianca Cook.

Four more names, including the 420 world champions, have been added to the NZL Sailing Foundation Youth Team to compete at this year's youth sailing world championships.