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The year 2017 will be a special one for Bay of Islands Sailing Week, as the biggest regatta of its kind in New Zealand turns 15 years old this month.

From waka races and club racing to fishing competitions and BBQs, the 2017 Volvo Sailing and Boating Week will be a great way showcase what sailing and boating has to offer.

Alberta Sailing Association are looking for a head coach and club coach at Calgary Yacht Club. Interested?

"We are in need of more Coach’s for Manly Sailing Club as our Programme grows, Starting back up early Feb we require 2 -3 more coach’s for Saturdays"

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Jo Aleh is planning on competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but she will be without long-time partner Polly Powrie who has retired from Olympic sailing.

The Otago Daily Times featured this story on Sir Russell Coutts at the annual New Year Regatta on Lake Wanaka.

The proposed Fiordland Marine Regional Pathway Plan would require all vessels, including cruise ships, to meet clean vessel standards in the hope of reducing the risk of marine pests establishing in Fiordland.

The Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club are running a series of courses over the school holidays, including a learn to sail and levels 2 and 3 courses from January 23-27.

Polly Powrie, half of one of the most successful teams in New Zealand sailing history, has retired from Olympic yachting.

Yachting New Zealand will be running Sailing… Have a go! days at various venues across the country during the summer holidays.

The World Masters Games might be more than 100 days away but aspiring athletes need to move quickly with spots filling up fast for the sailing competition.

The arrival of the New Year has been a chance for the Royal Akarana Yacht Club to look back on a successful 2016 - a year that might be hard for them to match.

While you may have had a holiday, find out who has been working hard, and managed to get their coaching qualifications.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have been made Members of the Order of New Zealand in the New Year's Honours list.

The Yachting New Zealand offices will be closed from 3pm on December 22 and reopening on January 4.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) & Niwa are providing a free training session to help you recognise marine pests in and around Auckland on January 19 (9am-5pm) at the Niwa offices in central Auckland.

The Howick Sailing Club launched their new committee boat Kaitiaki (Guardian) in December.

The Waikawa Boating Club's history from 1950 is now complete and plans are being made to publish it in book-form.

The Lowry Bay Yacht Club, in association with the Wellington Boat Show, is organising the 24-Hour Endurance Yacht Race on Wellington Harbour on April 8-9, 2017.

Two kiwi teams secured podium finishes in the Sailing World Cup final in Melbourne as the competition wrapped up with medal races for six of the eleven events.

The Bay of Islands Sailing Week is just around the corner and here is a rundown of what you need to know.

The 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championship came to a close in Auckland, New Zealand with Italy lifting the Nations Trophy, an award that recognises the best performing nation overall.

Beaming smiles were clear to see from sisters Kate and Greta Stewart who claimed their second youth sailing world championship medal in the 29er Girls skiff class in home waters of the Hauraki Gulf in the Aon Youth Sailing World Championship.

Final results for the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team at the 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championship, held at Torbay Sailing Club from 14-20 December. 

While sailing off the “City of Sails” East Coast Bays in Auckland, New Zealand in the World Masters Games regatta in April 2017 will be a great experience (these sailing waters are special), this event is more than a regatta. The World Masters Games (WMG2017) is a mega-event with a diverse range of 28 separate sports and an expected 25,000 masters athletes from all around the world.

Two-time Olympic medallist Jo Aleh is swapping dinghies for big boats for the time being with the hope of racing in next year’s Volvo Ocean Race.

Two-time Olympic medallist Jo Aleh is swapping dinghies for big boats for the time being with the hope of racing in next year’s Volvo Ocean Race.

Two-time Olympic medallist Jo Aleh is swapping dinghies for big boats for the time being with the hope of racing in next year’s Volvo Ocean Race.

The Safety Regulations of Sailing 2017 – 2020 (valid from 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2020 unless amended) are now available.