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There will a new Starling national champion when the Nelson Yacht Club host the event in April.

Sean Herbert, who last year became the first person to win three Starling national titles, has graduated out of the class, leaving the door open for a new champion.

Last weekend's Interislander Optimist championships at the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club provided the perfect mixed bag of conditions to test the 164 sailors who took part.

It was not only the biggest Hansa national championships but it was also considered the best when the event wrapped up in Wellington last weekend.

About as many boat classes as there were clubs featured at last weekend's Waikato Thames Championship regatta at the Mercury Bay Boating Club, which was run to help bring the clubs of the Waikato region together.

This weekend's Hansa national championships in Wellington will be the biggest yet, with 60 sailors from around the country and Australia taking part.

Yachting New Zealand will be hosting a World Sailing international umpire seminar in October during the 2020 New Zealand match racing national championships at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

For some people, competing in the Round North Island race is the pinnacle of their offshore sailing careers.

For Sally Garrett, it's feeling more like a holiday.

For a group of sailors who pride themselves on being near the front of the fleet, the Laser world championships in Melbourne did not turn out as hoped for New Zealand's top three sailors.

It might not have been as dramatic as the last one but it was no less significant as Peter Burling and Blair Tuke won their sixth 49er world title in Geelong today.