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Maraetai is known as "the meeting place by the sea" and for three days later this month will play host to more than 300 young sailors as part of the Auckland championships.

Justina Kitchen is back in a world she didn’t think she would occupy again.

It’s a world of speed, excitement and high stakes and, if things go to plan, recognition and rewards.

Anyone gazing out onto the waters around the Royal Akarana Yacht Club over the last couple of months would have noticed boats from a handful of different countries buzzing around and it’s something that’s only going to become more common this year.

Rex Sellers feels a bit like a taxi driver about to hang up the keys, but it wouldn’t really be a surprise if he jumped back in the cab.

One club had more reason than most to celebrate results at the recent Tanner and Tauranga Cups sailed at the Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club in Wellington.

The scene is set for a great weekend of sailing at the 2019 Lawson’s Dry Hills New Year Regatta with entries from Auckland, Wellington, Nelson and Christchurch joining a healthy local contingent.

Race officials make a huge contribution to yacht clubs and sailors around New Zealand and a dozen individuals recently qualified as officials or were revalidated.

Nearly 30 sailors took part in a four-day clinic in the Marlborough Sounds last week as they went in search of speed.

Sam Meech didn't exactly have the best start to the year.

There he was after a training session at Gulf Harbour when his brand new Laser went for an unscheduled outing.

The comment, 'go the girls' rang out in the clubrooms as the top five sailors in the under-13 at the O'pen Bic world championships were recognised.

The CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week looks set to be the biggest yet with more than 100 boats already entered two weeks out, confirming its place as the country's biggest keelboat regatta.

Next month's Symonite OK Dinghy world championships have so far attracted 111 sailors, making it the largest OK event held out of Europe and by far the biggest OK worlds held in New Zealand.

The 2019 Millennium Cup is raced under the ORC rating system and the ORC chief measurer Zoran Brubisa will be giving a presentation on the ORC rating systems (ORC international, ORC club and ORC superyacht) in Auckland prior to the Cup.

The Christmas holidays is supposed to be a time to feel relaxed but it wasn't the reason Harold Bennett was feeling content on Boxing Day.

Nearly 1300 students have taken part in the Volvo Sailing…Have a Go! programme so far this summer, and schools can still register to sign up for term 1.

The 2019 edition of NZ’s biggest multi-day keelboat regatta will see the return of several boats that have previously sailed in the event, but not for a number of years.

The last time Daryl Wislang won the Volvo Ocean Race, he finished the year by taking out line honours in the famed Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

In the first of a regular blog from a host of New Zealand sailors, Olivia Christie writes about what it meant for her to win the Sir Peter Blake Memorial Trophy and what more she needs to do to achieve on the international stage.

One young sailor will win the experience of a lifetime at the 2019 Ports of Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta, thanks to event sponsor Spirit of Adventure Trust.

Most sailors in this country start out in an Optimist. New Zealand International Optimist Dinghy Association president David Kayrouz provides an update on the class.

In our regular focus on the regions, northern regional support officer Raynor Haagh dives into what has been going on in the area.

Pt Chevalier Sailing Club centenary celebrations 1919–2019

Bianca Cook is still struggling with the idea that she belongs.

The world's top two Laser sailors will headline next month's Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Laser National Championships at the Manly Sailing Club.

The New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships is shaping up to be the best in years, with a stellar international lineup already booked in to compete.

The 2019 prohibited substance list has been published and will come into effect on January 1, 2019.

Tracy Edwards and the Maiden crew changed the way people thought about women in sailing and now the same combination are trying to make a difference to millions of females worldwide.

Dr Dave Austin will be back in March to run his annual offshore medical course at the Auckland Sailing Club.

Yachting New Zealand member card holders are entitled to a 20 percent discount** off the award-winning wines from Lawson’s Dry Hills.

The Rudder Cup will be contested on Friday for just the third time in 110 years, a 108 nautical mile race from Westhaven Tower to Sail Rock and back for vintage launches.

Kiwi boaties across the country will have the opportunity to check and upgrade their lifejackets thanks to Coastguard’s Old4New lifejacket upgrade campaign back again this summer.

Sailing is trying to find ways to become more spectator-friendly but it’s not a problem at the Wairoa Yacht Club.

They may be small in size, but the centreboard fleets taking part in the Ports of Auckland Anniversary Regatta represent by far the largest portion of participants, with hundreds of sailors expected to take to the water in dinghies all over Auckland as