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The New Zealand Women's Match Race Team have been invited to the next leg of the Women's International Match racing series after an impressive showing in Helsinki this week.

Stu Bannatyne made history recently with his fourth win making him the most successful sailor in Volvo Ocean Race history.

Dongfeng's win in the Volvo Ocean Race came down to a "calculated gamble" but one that paid huge dividends for the Chinese boat and a couple of Kiwis on board.

Yachting New Zealand and Resene have entered into a colourful two-year partnership that will prove beneficial to clubs and their members, sailors, boat owners and the marine industry.

In today's world where clubs have to think outside the square, show diversity and community involvement to attract funders and community engagement, Queen Charlotte Yacht Club hosted the 2018 South Island masters rowing championships over Queens Birthday weekend.

Yachting New Zealand will be running judging seminars throughout the winter to continue to train and upskill judges in order to maintain high standards of racing and race officiating for our sailors.

Entries for the upcoming 2018 SSANZ Two-Handed Triple Series are rolling in ahead of the first 60-mile race on July 7.

Yachting New Zealand are looking for a Women's Sailing Manager, a wide-ranging new role that will help cement this country's place at the forefront of the sport at all levels.

The Pleasant Point Yacht Club's dream of moving into a new facility after their last one was destroyed in the Canterbury earthquakes is closer to being realised.

The Paremata Boating Club aren't afraid to make changes and it has seen them grow but they've identified a need to focus on an area that used to be their strength. They are our Aon Club of the Month.

New Zealand collected two gold medals at Kiel Week, with Josh Junior winning the Finn and Alex Maloney and Molly Meech taking out the 49erFX.

The New Zealand Women's Match Racing Team are looking to make their mark against some of the world's best.

Consistency has been hard to achieve for most in the challenging conditions at Kiel Week but a handful of New Zealand crews are in the hunt for medals, including Andy Maloney who leads the Finn.

Liv Mackay and Micah Wilkinson love a bit of breeze and they revelled in the challenging conditions on the second day of the Kiel Week regatta.

There are worse places to be than the Cook Islands during a New Zealand winter and especially an all-expenses-paid trip to help coach young sailors.

Franck Cammas is synonymous with the name Groupama so it was appropriate the Frenchman helped Miss Scarlet take line honours in the Cercle Nautique Caledonien Groupama Race this week.

Maritime New Zealand have issued a safety bulletin to warn people that lifejackets with kapok filling or cotton straps could fail when used. 

The awards keep coming for the members of Emirates Team New Zealand with Josh Junior collecting the sportsman of the year and supreme award at last night's Sport Wellington awards night.

The New Zealand contingent made a strong start to Kiel Week, with five boats inside the top four after the first day or racing.

More than 75 boats lined up for the first day of the 2018 Barton Marine Winter Series at the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club in Wellington on Saturday.

Waikawa Boating Club are looking for a club development officer (part-time, one year fixed term).

Support personnel are essential to creating a culture of clean sport that rejects the use of performance enhancing drugs and methods. 

Books by Kiwi designer Ron Holland and cruiser Linda Ford would make good additions to any library or coffee table.

Kiel Week is the biggest sailing regatta in the world and for most of the New Zealand contingent in Germany it represents their final shakedown before their biggest event of the year. 

Lloyd Perratt and Albert Stanley have been named as this year's recipients of the St John's Rotary scholarship. 

Let us know at Yachting New Zealand if there are any changes in your club contacts following your annual general meeting.

A handful of international coaches are looking for opportunites to work in New Zealand next summer, including one who has coached a young sailor to a junior world championship title.

The New Zealand Hansa Class Association have set up a Givealittle page to help send six sailors to this year's Hansan world championships.

Plans are already in place for the upcoming season for the Hartley 16 class, with changes to dates and venues confirmed. 

As many as 130 people from 76 yacht clubs from around the country came together for last weekend's Commodores Conference.

Brian Petersen described it as "horrible" at times as his team battled terrible weather and sea conditions but Ran Tan II did enough to take out line honours in this year's Auckland Noumea Yacht Race.

New Zealand might have had only two sailors competing at the World Cup Series final in Marseille but both collected medals with Josh Junior taking silver and Andy Maloney bronze in the Finn.