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Safety regulations were debated and discussed from a Wellington perspective when the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club recently hosted Yachting New Zealand yacht inspector Angus Willison for an update on the 2017-2020 Safety Regulations of Sailing. 

Auckland Sport and recreation are looking for a skilled operator to be their coaching and talent development manager.

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

Alex Maloney and Molly Meech had to settle for second at the Kiel Week regatta after finishing fourth in the double points medal race overnight (NZ time).

Alex Maloney and Molly Meech look set to finish on the podium at the Kiel Week regatta tonight (NZT) but it's just a matter of what colour their medal will be.

Alex Maloney and Molly Meech had been looking forward to stronger winds at Kiel Week all regatta and it played into their hands last night (NZT) as the Olympic 49erFX silver medallists climbed to the top of the standings after three days of racing.

The weather might have been a bit volatile but at least the New Zealand sailors at the Kiel Week regatta were able to maintain some order.

There was the familiar sight of a Kiwi crew on top of the 49er standings at Kiel Week today but it wasn't the pair the sailing world has got used to.

The NZL Sailing Team suffered heartbreak at the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup this morning, narrowly missing out on retaining the trophy they won four years ago.

The NZL Sailing Team suffered heartbreak at the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup this morning, narrowly missing out on retaining the trophy they won four years ago.

There was the familiar sight of a Kiwi crew on top of the 49er standings at Kiel Week today but it wasn't the pair the sailing world has got used to.

Team AkzoNobel’s New Zealand sailors are launching a bid to win the Volvo Ocean Race, following their boat’s christening ceremony in The Hague last night (NZT).

It’s National Volunteer Week, which is a great time to recognise the valuable contribution volunteers make to yachting and boating.

Jim Park is an exceptional member of the New Zealand yacht racing fraternity who was recently awarded umpire emeritus after stepping down from the international scene. 

The NZL sailing Team endured a frustrating first day of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup finals and will need to improve dramatically tomorrow if they are to defend the title they won in 2013.

As Kiwis dream of getting their hands on the Auld Mug again, another New Zealand team continue their quest for the other America’s Cup.

New Zealand’s best sailors presently have little option but to travel overseas to find quality competition but will soon find regattas in Australia and New Zealand that are expected to attract some of the world’s best sailors.

New Zealand’s best sailors presently have little option but to travel overseas to find quality competition but will soon find regattas in Australia and New Zealand that are expected to attract some of the world’s best sailors.

The Auckland Noumea Yacht Race makes a return to the sailing calendar next year, with a fleet of racing and cruising boats due to leave Auckland in 12 months' time.

If names are anything to go by, the Pleasant Point Yacht Club should be one of the most serene in the country.

Demolition of the Pleasant Point Yacht Club in 2011. 

If names are anything to go by, the Pleasant Point Yacht Club should be one of the most serene in the country.

Demolition of the Pleasant Point Yacht Club in 2011. 

Stewart Dodson thinks he might have given up sailing and now be at university if the current rules for the Youth America’s Cup had been in place four years ago.

The NZL Sailing Team are in a bit of a holding pattern as they prepare for the Red Bull Youth America's Cup finals and they are even limited in the amount of practice they can do on the water.

Big things are expected of 29er combination Seb Lardies and Scott McKenzie and it's part of the reason why the pair have been named as this year's recipients of the St John's Rotary scholarship. 

Five Otago sailors being coached by America's Cup boss Sir Russell Coutts are preparing to head to international regattas, writes the Otago Daily Times.

Emirates Team New Zealand are into the America's Cup showdown with Oracle and it's time to show your support.

The NZL Sailing Team finished on top of the ladder after qualifying and it's where they want to be when racing in the Red Bull Youth America's Cup finals gets under way next week.

The Queen Charlotte Yacht Club received $270,000 from the Marlborough District Council Annual Plan funding rounds to go towards a replacement clubhouse at Shelley Beach in Picton.

The NZL Sailing Team finished on top of the ladder after qualifying and it's where they want to be when racing in the Red Bull Youth America's Cup finals gets under way next week.

The NZL Sailing Team were third equal on points after the first day of racing at the Youth America's Cup which was sailed in painfully light winds at times.

The NZL Sailing Team were third equal on points after the first day of racing at the Youth America's Cup which was sailed in painfully light winds at times.