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Microplastics are becoming an increasingly significant problem for our oceans and waterways and a study to monitor microplastics in the sea surface of the Hauraki Gulf is in need of a vessel to enable the research to take place.

Karleen Dixon picked up her sixth Barfoot & Thompson NZ Women’s National Keelboat Championship title but it was one of the most demanding with strong winds a feature of the weekend.

They might not look it, particularly as the latest generation of America's Cup boats zip around the Hauraki Gulf, but Mullet Boats are extreme boats in their own right.

Big fleets were a feature of the Napier Sailing Club's Summer Regatta, with 19 different classes ranging from the Optimist green fleet through to sports boats and trailer yachts ensuring a busy weekend for race management.

Running aground can be disastrous for any sailing journey and it very nearly happened, in a metaphorical sense at least, for the NZ Sailing Trust this year.

Conrad Colman astonished the sailing world with his feats in the last Vendee Globe, the single-handed, non-stop race around the world. He faced a catalogue of challenges, from being swept overboard at night in the Southern Ocean, to constant capsizing when his auto pilot played up, a fire on

A mobile summer rubbish barge will be back on the water in the Bay of Islands this summer from Monday, December 28.

Peter Burling was today named the 2020 winner of the prestigious Magnus Olsson Prize, awarded annually to an individual who has made an indelible contribution to the world of sailing.

Josh Junior created history when he became the first Kiwi to win the Finn Gold Cup (world championships) and it was further recognised tonight when he took home the top award at the Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards.