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The CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week beach party is on the cards again, and organisers are predicting another sellout on the back of the last event.

Something different happened on Hauraki Gulf today and it helped Liv Mackay and Jason Saunders put another piece of their world championships puzzle together.

Experience proved a big factor at last weekend's Optimist teams racing regatta, with the top Kohimarama Yacht Club combination taking out the final.

A Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron team skippered by Alastair Gifford won the Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship on Pittwater last weekend, successfully defending the title won by fellow club member Jordan Stevenson last year.

Sailing is a sport of taking your opportunities and a big one is dangling in front of the New Zealand crews competing at next week's Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships.

For a pair who typically spend more than 150 days each year overseas, Alex Maloney and Molly Meech are enjoying a rare prolonged period at home.

Some of the world's best sailors are in Auckland for the Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships. Delve into this guide on what it's all about, how you can watch it and who will be racing.

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Gavin Brady has made a habit of winning over the years and did that in style at the weekend, winning all five races to take out the North Sails Young 88 owners championship title. 

A recent request for an interpretation of the rules, regarding the positioning of sail numbers on Sunburst sails, highlighted there were contradictions between the racing rules of sailing, Yachting New Zealand prescriptions and some class rules.