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Yachting New Zealand have been running a number of courses successfully online over the past couple of years, and will run the keelboat coach course online for the first time from next week.

George Gautrey admits it's felt strange lining up against big fleets again, even in practice racing, as he prepares for the Laser world championships starting in Spain on Friday night (NZ time).

The Whangarei Cruising Club reprised their opening 100 years ago when a flotilla of 25 boats sailed from their clubrooms at Kissing Point to mark the club's centenary last weekend.

Participants were treated to lake sailing at its best in last weekend's Aviemore Classic, the 33rd running of the popular event.

Craig Satterthwaite and Richard Bearda took out the Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series after the final event, due to be held at Sandspit this weekend, was cancelled due to the ongoing lockdown in the Auckland region.

Martin Tasker spent most of his time behind a microphone, having commentated and presented news stories on anything from the America’s and Admiral's Cup to the Ocean Race and Olympics. In fact, in his time as a reporter with TVNZ, he produced close to 5500 stories, many of them about yachting.

Queen Charlotte Yacht Club sailors took advantage of home conditions to fill the first three places in the Laser Radial fleet at the South Island Laser Championships over the weekend.

The four YNZ regional development managers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and also remind you to make sure your club details are up to date.

The 2021 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards are just around the corner and some winners have already been an