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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.

Sam Meech knows better than most how quickly the complexion of a regatta changes once the top boats all start racing in gold fleet so is quite comfortable with his position halfway through the Laser world championships.

Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan will get a taste tonight of living in the world of elite sport when they head to the Halberg Awards as finalists.

Around them will be Olympic and world champions, sporting royalty and a handful of celebrities.

Yachting New Zealand are looking for a strategic engagement coordinator, with a particular focus on high performance outcomes.