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It's not often more than 80 boats from 21 different classes line up on the same start line but that's what happened for last month's inaugural Barfoot & Thompson Bridge to Bean race.
The four Yachting New Zealand regional development managers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and also remind people what to think about before heading off for a spot of cruising.
The Optimist scene is still one of the main breeding grounds for New Zealand's sailors and over the past month nearly 100 youngsters have been learning off world champions, SailGP sailors and world championship-winning coaches.
It has been some time since 15 boats turned out for a 420 regatta, which shows the efforts to revitalise the class are paying off.
As far as a first major national assignment, it didn't get any bigger for John Parrish.
Parrish was race officer for the 1982 470 national championships at Lake Taupo, when the likes of David Barnes, Hamish Willcox, Murray Jones and Leslie Egnot lined up.
Dozens of boats enjoyed the full range of conditions, from light through to "fireworks", during the Giesen New Year Regatta hosted by the Waikawa Boating Club.
The general sentiment as more than 50 weary sailors (and some equally weary parents) drifted away from the Murrays Bay Sailing Club on Sunday afternoon was to try to maintain the resurgence in the P Class.
They might have completed only five races at last week's national championships but there were plenty of reasons for the Paper Tiger class association to feel pretty satisfied.
Kohimarama sailors Oli Stone and Bella Jenkins have done ‘the double’ at the Zhik Tanner and Tauranga Cup in Wellington this month.
