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Weta Marine is delighted to announce that the Weta has been chosen as one of the classes for the World Masters Games, to be held in New Zealand in 2017.

The Notice of Race for both Olympic and Invited Classes has been published online and entries are now being accepted for ISAF Sailing World Cup - Melbourne, which is the second regatta of the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup series.

Emirates Team New Zealand went on the offensive at the Extreme Sailing Series’ St Petersburg regatta today.

Sailing joins 27 other sports codes as one of 28 announced as an ‘Official Sport’ of World Masters Games 2017.

The Extreme Sailing Series' St Petersburg regatta kicked off on the River Neva today in typical fashion - tight racing on a confined and tricky race area where again consistency was king.

New Zealand Laser sailor Mike Bullot has ended his European tour on a strong note with a 6th place at Kieler Woche Regatta in Germany. The Olympic class regatta concluded overnight in Germany after five days of racing; Bullot (pictured above) was the sole kiwi to feature in the 88-strong Laser class.

The Young Challenger’s Cup is a youth focused sailing event. It involves yacht clubs from around New Zealand putting forward a team of four sailors between the ages of 12 and 17 to battle with 15 other teams for the Young Challenger’s Cup trophy.

Emirates Team New Zealand chairman Dr Keith Turner says the team has now reached the point where it has the confidence to mount a challenge for the 35th America’s Cup. The team has secured sufficient private and sponsorship funding to proceed to the next stage without needing Government funding during this period.

Testing conditions on practice day at the St Petersburg Extreme Sailing Series Regatta had crews battling massive wind shifts and a 4-knot current across the River Neva course.

Nominations are now OPEN for the 2014 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards and need to be received at Yachting New Zealand by 5pm Monday 1st September 2014.

On Friday 13th June friends and supporters of the 2014 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team came together in Auckland for an official team launch ahead of the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships this July in Portugal.

Yachting New Zealand’s bi-annual Commodores’ Conference had close to 100 people from 71 clubs attend over the weekend. YNZ Chief Executive David Abercrombie was pleased with the turnout and says the event was a huge success.

75 teams from 27 nations prepare for the Nacra 17 European Championships

Weta has reached 1000 boats! With a lot of hard work Roger and Chris Kitchen have achieved something to be proud of. We would like to give a big thank you to our dealers and of course our first 1000 owners who have made the Weta journey such good fun. We are looking forward to the next 1000!

The call is out for volunteers for the 2015 Auckland Stopover. Ruth Tuiraviravi, Head of Volunteers, is on the search for a bumper crew of helpers to volunteer to be a part of the Auckland Stopover experience.

Royal Akarana Yacht Club’s ANZ Sail Fiji Ocean Race has drawn to a close amidst a sea of celebrations which spanned from country to country.

Yachting New Zealand has launched a new on-line shop where anyone where anyone can use a credit card to buy books like the Racing Rules of Sailing, Safety Regulations and Sailing Games.

The Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat Club (TYPBC) is looking to appoint two instructors to take over the Program Coordinator / Chief Instructor role for its sailing school in the 2014-15 season.

Effective immediately, clubs and associations with a valid certificate of affiliation to YNZ can access wholesale rates up to 40% off RRP for quality Zhik merchandise branded with your club’s logo, plus qualify for club sponsorship support of up to $4000 in Zhik gear.

The dates are set – Registration January 20, 2015 Tuesday – then three days of fabulous racing in the Bay of Islands.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates will host the inaugural 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final through to 2017.

Representing New Zealand in the SL16 multihull class at the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships are Micah Wilkinson and Jack Rogers.

The Laser European Championships, my final event for the first overseas trip of 2014 has just wrapped up here in Croatia. After a week of very tough weather conditions to get many races completed, the regatta was finished with only six out of the scheduled twelve races being sailed. I can’t remember the last major event I did where we had so few races, but it really makes you realize that anything can happen in sailing and you have to be on top of your game from race one in the Championships.

Chris Steele from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and his team of Walker Banks on Main, Hamish Hardy on Jib and Tim Siemers on Bow have prevailed in blustery conditions today to win the ISAF Grade 2 Chicago Match Cup Qualifier.

The 2014 European Laser Standard and Laser Radial Championships, has come to a close in Split, Croatia. With no racing possible on the final day due to more light winds the final results remain as they stood at the end of day five.

Michael Maier wins record sixth Finn World Masters after drama filled final day in Sopot

It was another tough day for the race committee and sailors in the 2014 European Laser Standard and Laser Radial Championships, on now in Split, Croatia where just one race was completed by the gold fleets on the penultimate day of the regatta.

A lack of wind meant that no racing was possible at the 2014 European Laser Standard and Laser Radial Championships, featuring six New Zealand sailors, on now in Split, Croatia.

Hundred and twenty sailors, aged from 8 to more tan 50 years, originating from Wallis and Futuna, Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands or New Caledonia sailed for 4 days, rocked or heckled by the Caledonian trade winds. All were in Noumea to participate in the Oceania Sailing. A very positive result for this competition which crowns the best Oceanian sailors in Optimist, Laser, Hobie 16, Kitesurfing or Elliott 6.

Budzien maintains lead at Finn World Masters in Sopot as big breeze arrives

As well as being an important annual fixture for the OK class, this year's 'Monkey was also the final event in the qualifying series for NZ sailors hoping to claim one of the spots available for the 2014 OK Dinghy Worlds, being sailed at Black Rock in Melbourne at the end of this year.