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The Queen Charlotte Yacht Club had declined so significantly that about 15 years ago a meeting was held to decide whether to close or somehow find a way to arrest the decline. Today it's prospering and is our Aon Club of the Month.

New Zealand's top youth sailors have the opportunity to seek funding from two scholarships to help their sailing ambitions this year.

Yachting New Zealand have a role in advocacy, looking out for the interests of yacht clubs and their members as well as the wider sailing and boating community.

Two new initiatives are features of this year's Yachting New Zealand Commodores Conference at the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club in Auckland on Saturday, June 9. 

Erica Dawson is all set to jump on board the 18′ Skiff GC Racing for this weekend's annual Anzac Championship hosted by the ASC Skiff League and Royal Akarana Yacht Club. 

Geoff Woolley understands the New Zealand sailing landscape as both an elite competitor and coach which is one of the main reasons he's been appointed Yachting New Zealand talent development manager. 

The New Zealand Women's Match Racing Team will compete in the Helsinki leg of the Women's International Match Racing Series at the end of June.

Installing the ability to… (jimmy it up) and keep going.

The Bay of Plenty Sailing Academy Trust has had another good year as we helped more clubs, schools and families pursue their sailing ambitions regardless of means or ability. 

Malcolm Dickson didn't mind being beaten into second in the Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge, especially as he played such a large role in helping the winner.

Sailability Wellington have set up a Mariners Shed, a boaties version of the popular Menz Shed, which is unique in New Zealand and possibly in the world.

Expectations are high at least 20 boats will compete in next year's women's national keelboat championships which would be comparable in size to fleets seen in the heyday of the late 1980 and early 1990s.

The Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club will celebrate their cetennial next summer with a raft of top regattas, including three national championships.

Last year's PIC Coastal Classic saw one of the closest finishes for some time but this year organisers are hoping to attract one of the biggest fleets.

Innovation in Coaching

This is an interesting article and it shows how important it is for us as coaches to get hold of the class rules understand them.

The summer sailing season is coming to an end but it doesn't mean the sport shuts down, because there are winter regattas and series on offer from junior classes through to the bigger boats, as well as cruisers seeking out the warm weather.

New Zealand sailors made a successful start to the European season, winning three medals at the Princess Sofia regatta in Palma, the third-most of any nation at the event.

Sam Meech has guaranteed himself a medal at the Princess Sofia regatta in Palma and three other New Zealand boats will be fighting for a podium finish on the final day of the event tonight (NZ time).

Sam Meech lost some ground at the Princess Sofia regatta in Palma overnight (NZ time) but he's still in gold-medal contention heading into the business end of the event.

The wind made its presence felt in Palma and so did a handful of New Zealand sailors as they made their move on the third day of the Princess Sofia regatta.

New Zealand's top sailors are well placed at the Princess Sofia regatta in Palma, including three in the top 10 in the highly-competitive Laser fleet.

Raynor Haagh is the new regional support officer for the southern area of the northern region.

Australia's Fletcher Walters can consider himself the best Optimist sailor in Australasia after adding the New Zealand title to the Australian one he claimed earlier in the year.

The name Meech was prominent after a tricky first day at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma overnight (NZ time).

Sam Meech won his opening race in Palma. Photo: Sailing Energy / World Sailing. 

Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox are rarities in New Zealand Olympic class sailing.

Father and son Malcolm and Hamish Dickson are competing in the Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge but it's only one of a number of adventures the pair have undergone.

World championships selection is on the line this weekend at the Yachting New Zealand 29er and Nacra 15 youth trials.

Fran Kayrouz and Jackson Keon won this year's 29er world title in Hong Kong. Photo: RHKYC

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.

Registrations are open for April's teams sailing umpire seminar.

Yachting New Zealand are upgrading our website and we want to make sure we have up-to-date information about what your club offers to give people the best information and to help connect more people to clubs.

Women don't always get the chance to take the helm or make decisions on a boat so a Women on Water weekend aims to help change that.