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As 2017 came to a close, 2018 was very much alive. See how the road is progressing, and what to look out for in 2018.

New Zealand boardsailors Max van der Zalm and Veerle ten Have are one step closer to their goal of competing at this year's Youth Olympics in Argentina after winning this week's Oceania championships in Brisbane.

Dotted around Enda O’Coineen’s 60-foot boat are a handful of quotes from famous writers and poets, including a passage from Irish novelist James Joyce’s work Ulysses: “The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotum tightening sea.”

Murray Gilbert and Jonathan Burgess won the Flying Fifteen national title at the Waikawa Boating Club but only after a dramatic finish which came down to the last beat of the last race.

Andrew McKenzie is back to defend his national Laser title in Christchurch this week but will face strong competition from a host of sailors.

Tom Saunders finally feels like he belongs.

Entries close soon for the Oceanibridge NZL Sailing Regatta, this country's premier Olympic and youth classes regatta and the New Zealand leg of the newly-created Tasman Series.

Yachting New Zealand are looking for sailors to help behind the scenes at the Auckland stopover for the Volvo Ocean Race.

Not sure what to do with the kids over the school holidays? Yachting New Zealand are running a series of Volvo Sailing…Have a Go! days around the country over the next two weeks.

Ever thought about coaching overseas? Want to earn some good $$ while getting some travel in? Check out these two job opportunities at Pleon Yacht Club, Marblehead, USA.

As many as 87 boats have entered this year's Bay Week and among the crew will be a 10-year-old to America's Cup winners and Volvo Ocean Race champions.

Both the Tanner and Tauranga Cups came down to the last race at the Kohimarama Yacht Club with the top three competitors in both events separated by only one point.

The Whangarei Girls and Boys High School teams dished up the closest match at last month's three-day team's regatta at the Kerikeri Cruising Club as they battled for bragging rights.

James Barnett and Sam Street have a better idea of what they need to do if they are to compete at the top level following a busy period of two world 420 competitions in the last six weeks.

New Zealand sailors started the year in perfect fashion, winning both the boy's and girl's titles at the 29er world championships in Hong Kong.

One is built to be have as many as 50 onboard and the other is designed to be raced singlehanded but the two will come together next week for a special celebration.

Boaties are being encouraged to help protect Northland’s harbours by disposing of their sewage properly as the busy boating season continues.

Boaties are asked to play their part in helping stop of the spread of pests and diseases. 

The Royal Akarana Yacht Club will tap into Rod Davis' vast experience after the former Olympian and America's Cup skipper was appointed the club's sailing director.

New Zealand's top two Nacra 17 crews have been joined by three international combinations in Auckland this summer in a remarkable show of allegiance. 

Amid fears that windward leeward racing may be on its last legs, the growing entry list for B division at CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week 2018 shows there’s renewed interest in high performance, competitive racing outside the TP52 fleet.

The NZ Sailing Trust have entered Steinlager 2 into February's Auckland to Tauranga Yacht Race and are looking for crew for both the race and the cruising delivery back to Auckland.   

The New Zealand Sailing Trust is looking for a skipper / maintenance manager

Liv Mackay and Micah Wilkinson did what any product of generation Y would do and went onto YouTube when they heard the Red Bull Foiling Generation was coming to New Zealand in 2016.

What strikes first is the speed – upwards of 27 knots – but then the noise hits. It's a constant, almost eerie, whistle as the wind passes through the boat.

We know yachties are a resilient crowd, but sometimes things get out of your control can (and do) go wrong.

Marlborough Sounds Marinas Spring Twilight Series 2017

New Zealand finished with five crews inside the top 10 at the youth sailing world championships in Sanya, China, last night.

Two New Zealand sailors will be chasing medals on the final day of the youth sailing world championships in Sanya, China, tonight.

It pays for Olympic class sailors to be handy mathematicians and Sam Meech found himself doing a few sums throughout the last day of Sail Sydney recently.

Seb Lardies and Scott McKenzie showed their potential by winning two out of their three races at the youth sailing world championships in Sanya, China, yesterday to climb further up the leaderboard.