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Safety officer Angus Willison, in the second of his regular blogs, says the better prepared offshore sailors are, the better the experience.

Weiti Boating Club are looking for a custodian and haulage operator.

The country's best young sailors will be battling it out for spots in the New Zealand team to compete at the Youth Sailing World Championships but volunteers are needed for the smooth running of the youth trials.

The Port Chalmers Yacht Club, who celebrated their 125th anniversary in February, run a very successful winter series which has helped boost their membership.

East Coast yachting stalwart and former New Zealand Yachting Federation (now Yachting New Zealand) council member Bob Thomson passed away last weekend.

The Those Kids series is a set of linked sailing adventure books featuring some Kiwi and Aussie kids coping with unexpected challenges while learning about contemporary environmental issues along the way.

Eli Liefting and Rose Dickson won the RS Feva world championships in the Netherlands, despite the fact Dickson sailed the final two days with fractured fingers.

Zhik are looking for a part-time sales assistant to join the team at the Zhik NZ flagship store in Victoria Park Village.

A couple of Kiwi youngsters, Eli Liefting and Rose Dickson, are one point off the lead at the RS Feva world championships in the Netherlands with one day of racing remaining.

September's Inter-Dominions will pit some of New Zealand's best school sailors against their Australian counterparts at the Sandringham Yacht Club in Melbourne and Tess Van Der Wel will spearhead the Nelson College Girl's team.

The bad weather which hit many parts of the country recently should have been a reminder for clubs to think about their futures.

Eight teams attended the regional match racing programme over the July school holidays hosted by the Wellington Youth Scheme and sailed in their Elliott 6s. 

Sir Russell Coutts has gone from running the America's Cup to running a small yacht club on Auckland's North Shore.

The 2017 Yachting New Zealand race officers conference is being held in Wellington on Saturday, September 2.

New Zealand's Phil Robertson can seemingly do no wrong at the moment and last night (NZ time) won his third regatta in his last three starts.

It’s a little-known fact a Kiwi is in the top 10 at the Tour de France and even won a couple of stages.

Predictable, consistent and fair race management is the theme for this year’s race management seminars which kicked off this month.

New Zealand has a new world champion with Phil Robertson and his China One Ningbo team taking out the inaugural M32 world championships in Sweden.

Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox wrapped up their 470 world championships in Greece with a fourth in the double-points medal race overnight (NZ time) to finish ninth overall.

Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox will look to win tonight's medal race to finish the 470 world championships in Greece on a good note after they dropped out of medal contention overnight (NZ time).

Tonight's racing will be critical for Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox if they are to work their way into medal contention at the 470 world championships in Greece.

The potential for chaos was high with as many as 15 catamarans flying around Marstrand, Sweden, at the M32 world championships, but Kiwi Chris Steele was able to stay out of trouble and lead the competition after the first day.

Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox remained in sixth at the 470 world championships in Greece overnight (NZ time) but any progress up the leaderboard was hindered by a disqualification in their second race.

Consistency is critical at any regatta and so far Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox have posted five good scores at the 470 world championships in Greece that has left them in a good position.

The nomination regulations for the New Zealand team to next year's Sailing World Championships in Aarhus have been finalised.

Yachting New Zealand chief executive David Abercrombie provides an update from the national body.

The Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club are looking for a sailing school race coaching co-ordinator and Learn to Sail assistant.

The first of a regular blog from Yachting New Zealand safety and technical officer Angus Willison.

The members of the NZL Sailing Team are high performance athletes but can’t succeed if they aren’t fuelled properly.

The selection regulations for the New Zealand team to compete at next year's Youth Olympic Games in Argentina have now been finalised.

Yachting New Zealand are now taking bookings for this summer’s Volvo Sailing…Have a Go! programme, following on from our biggest season since its inception.