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Emirates Team New Zealand has won Act 6 of the Extreme Sailing series today in Istanbul in the dramatic final race of the regatta.

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie started racing today on what was another light air day in Santander where the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships are on. Highlights for the NZL Sailing Team today include Natalia Kosinska breaking into the top ten going 3, 4 and Andy Maloney storming up the Laser leader board winning today’s only gold fleet race.

On day two of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander the Laser, Radial, and men’s and women’s windsurfers were on the water doing battle in the qualifying rounds for their respective world titles.

Racing started today in the single handed Laser and Radial classes at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander on the northern coast of Spain.

It’s practice day for the Extreme Sailing Series Istanbul regatta and Emirates Team New Zealand is out to make the most of every precious minute on the water that’s allowed under the rules.

Skippers of the six teams competing for the 35th America’s Cup met the media overnight in London.

The Panmure Yacht and Boating Club is the most recent to take up the exclusive Aon package of insurance policies tailored specifically for YNZ member sailing and boating clubs.

Well-known Kiwi faces and personalities, including sailing's Jo Aleh, are getting behind this year’s Starboard Paddle for Hope festival in an effort to raise funds for Pinc and Steel Cancer Rehabilitation Trust.

There are some seriously cool prizes up for grabs in this year's PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic. With divisional sponsors including Musto, Mount Gay and Railblaza, and spot prizes from the likes of B&G and Dirty Dog Eyewear, there are even more good reasons to get your entry in now for the biggest race of the year.

The 2014 Auckland On Water Boat Show is New Zealand’s largest on-water boat show attracting huge crowds to Auckland’s viaduct harbour and Yachting New Zealand can help promote your Club to Show visitors through our display stand.

The inaugural Great Blake Race is set to take place on November 6 and entries are now open for the inaugural yachting contest, named for one of New Zealand’s greatest sailors and sporting heroes.

Race Officials make a huge contribution to Yacht Clubs around New Zealand. Whether it’s helping out with local club racing or running an International regatta, neither would be possible without dedicated Race Officials.

Having sailed competitively for than more than 60 years Bob Blakey can reflect on a treasure trove of memories in the sport which has taken him to legion of countries spanning all four corners of the world.

Today in Santander, Northern Spain marks the start of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships with the world’s crème de la crème of Olympic sailing counting down to the start of racing over the coming week.

The NZ Sailing Trust has entered Lion New Zealand, alongside Steinlager 2, into the Coastal Classic Race from Auckland to Russell. Crew places are available for people keen to experience maxi yacht sailing on Sir Peter Blake’s iconic yacht, Lion New Zealand.

Sailability Auckland and the Rotary Club of Whangaparoa are hosting a Grand Celebrity Charity Dinner with funds raised set to benefit Sailability Auckland.

You’ll need to be quick if you want to secure your place at the ICA’s Cruising Preparation Seminar in Auckland later this year. Spaces are filling up fast for the two-day event, which takes place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November 2014 at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS).

Event three on the 2014 Traveler Series sailed from Marsden Cove, hosted by Onerahi Yacht Club, included another strong fleet of 16 boats including all four new boats launched in the last few months.

Yachting New Zealand will be running seminars around the country over the winter to up skill our Race Officials. These seminars are free for all Yachting New Zealand affiliated Yacht Club members to attend. We would like to invite all of our members to attend these seminars.

The Club and Class Directory pages of yachtingnz.org.nz get plenty of traffic, so it’s important we’re advertising the correct contact details and officers for your Club or Class. Plus it means that your Club or Class doesn't miss out on any important communications coming from yachting New Zealand such as nomination forms for Board Directors and Awards.

Five crews from Wakatere Boating Club, Kohimarama Yacht Club and French Bay Yacht Club contested the inaugural MRX Youth Pathways Regatta. The regatta has been introduced to suggest a fun and practical pathway from youth to adult sailing for our young sailors, so many of whom drop out of sailing after graduating from the youth classes.

After six days sailing, the High Liner Foods IFDS World Championships 2014, has drawn to a close in Halifax.

On Friday 27 February, exactly six months from tomorrow, the Race Village for the Auckland Stopover will open for business ready to welcome the fleet contesting the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15.

There was good and not-so-good for Emirates Team New Zealand on the final day of the Extreme Sailing Series Cardiff regatta.

Wakatere Boating Club has registered for Bart’s Bash on Sunday 21st September. This is a global event created to support the Andrew Simpson Foundation and to celebrate the life of Andrew (aka Bart) Simpson who was tragically killed during the last Americas Cup campaign. It’s also a genuine Guinness World Record attempt for the largest sailing event in the world and Wakatere is open to any class with a centreboard.

For the first time sailing will feature in the NZCT AIMS GAMES in 2015 after a proposal made by Yachting New Zealand was accepted by the six Trustees of one of the largest sporting events in New Zealand.

The 2014 Youth Olympic Games has concluded for New Zealand’s three-strong sailing team competing in Nanjing, China.

Another frustrating time for Emirates Team New Zealand on Day 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series.

Led by class veteran Tim - Te Guru – Bartlett and long time stalwart Russell Davis, members of the Auckland 12 foot Skiff fleet have set themselves a winter boat building project, with the end result up for grabs for anyone willing.

The Waikawa Boating Club have just announced Lawson’s Dry Hills will be their Gold sponsor for their 2015 New Year Regatta to be held over the weekend of the 9th to 11th January.

The 2014 Youth Olympic Games are underway in Nanjing, China featuring three NPhotos and Links: 2014 Youth Olympic Games

Head to TV3 to view video interviews featuring Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie, Jez Fanstone and Peter Burling, and Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech. The NZL Sailing Team crews back in New Zealand are back in New Zealand for a brief break before heading out to Santander, Spain for the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships.