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There was an element of uniformity on the leaderboard after the second day of the Lexus Flying Fifteen world championship in Napier yesterday, with Australian crews occupying the first three positions followed by three British pairs.

As many as 224 sailors from 13 countries have already signed up for April's World Masters Games in Auckland and among that group is multiple Olympic medallists, multiple world champions, around the world race winners, America’s Cup winners and coaches o

Conrad Colman finished the Vendee Globe non-stop solo round the world race in 16th but the fact he finished at all was a triumph.

The Bay of Islands Yacht Club are hosting this year's 29er North Island championships on May 6-7.

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A feature of the recent 3.7 New Zealand championships held in Christchruch was the spread of competitors aged from 15 to 70, and teenagers were second and fourth overall.

Murrays Bay Sailing Club and the 29er Association are inviting youngsters to try skiff sailing on a 29er at Murrays Bay on March 4.

The Young 88 national championships have moved forward in the calendar in the hope of enjoying more breeze than the past few years.

Last year youth prevailed at the Hartley 16 national championships but this time experience and wisdom won over with Robin Williams and Mike Insley emerging as winners aboard Shaking Laundry.

Earlier this month a handful of sailors set off from Napier for a 24-hour event to celebrate and honour the life of ellow Sailability Hawke's Bay sailor Samuel Gibson.

Kiwi sailor Conrad Colman has endured a tough Vendee Globe round-the-world race but refuses to give up.

Peter Millar won his fourth national crown when taking out the Noelex 25 national championships in Hawke’s Bay earlier this month.

If ever there was an example that sailing is a sport for life it was at last month's Paper Tiger class national championships in Picton when entrants from 16 years old to 75.

The 2017 Interislander Optimist Challenge and the Port Marlborough Starling Championships had record numbers last weekend, so much so the open Optimist regatta is now the biggest event in the country behind the Optimist national championships.

The Waikato/Thames region are looking to send teams to the regional and national 420 team's championships following a successful training clinic at Lake Ngaroto over Waitangi weekend.

John Cobb can see the savings every month, being one of about 9000 people who have signed up to Yachting New Zealand’s membership card and smartphone app to take advantage of the numerous benefits on offer.

The central region hosted a number of camps recently that allowed young sailors to improve their boat-handling skills.

Malcolm Parker followed in Jimmy Spithill's footsteps, winning the Nespresso Youth International Match Racing Cup and taking the trophy back to the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club for the first time since Spithill's win in 1999.

The quarter-finalists will be found today at the Nespresso Youth International Match Race Cup in Auckland.

Molly Meech and Alex Maloney, who were second in the 49erFX at last year's Rio Games, are offering girls a chance to sail on a 49erFX at Murrays Bay on March 5.

The inaugural 24-Hour Endurance Yacht Race on Wellington Harbour is rapidly approaching, with a steady stream of expressions of interest from skippers keen to enter.

Racing got underway today at the Nespresso Youth International Match Racing Regatta in Auckland. 

Kiwi Conrad Colman has had an eventful Vendee Globe but is still in the race and only days away from finishing, writes Michael Brown.

The Marsden Cove Marina Route 66 on March 3 is Richmond Yacht Club’s ‘short’ coastal race – 66nm from Auckland to Marsden Cove, Whangarei.

Acclaimed yacht designer Ron Holland will be the special guest speaker at the latest edition of Seatalks at the Devonport Yacht Club on March 2.

Russ Evans won the 2017 Moth New Zealand Championship, the first time the trophy has been awarded since 2008.

The first key note speaker has been confirmed for the Yachting New Zealand Coaches Conference 2017. Find out more about Wayne Goldsmith.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won the Team of the Year Award at the 54th Halberg Awards, held at Vector Arena in Auckland last night. 

Chris Steele from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron won the 15th Warren Jones International Youth Regatta in Perth.

"Dr Dave's" Offshore Medical Course will be held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron on Saturday 22 April. Click for more details.