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  • Worser Bay Boating Club

    The 2019 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards are just around the corner and some winners have already been announced. In the second of a three-part series, meet the winners in the service category as well as the cruising award.

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  • Hal Wagstaff

    There will be something, or more accurately someone, missing from this weekend's Yachting New Zealand annual general meeting and it won't feel the same.

    Hal Wagstaff passed away recently aged 88 after a short stay in North Shore Hospital.

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  • Knots Racing

    It was a case of the master against the apprentice in the final of the Yachting Developments New Zealand Match Racing Championship and the young upstart took the title in brutally light conditions.

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  • HPSNZ

    Sam Meech dreads the moment the door to the heat chamber is closed - he knows it’s going to be hot and it’s probably going to hurt – but also realises it could be the difference when next year’s Olympics roll around.

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  • Peter Soosalu

    Peter Soosalu realised the value of a good coach as a 13-year-old.

    He had been a decent sailor in Canada up until this point but said a "switch got flicked" when former America's Cup sailor Kai Bjorn opened his eyes to the possibilities available to him. 

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  • Auckland Boat Show

    The Auckland On Water Boat Show, New Zealand’s largest on-water boat show, kicks off tomorrow and is bringing with it a host of super-sized displays, luxury yachts and sea trials to the heart of the Viaduct Harbour.

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  • Frank Racing

    Simon Hull, managing director of Zhik’s New Zealand distributorship, is stepping up to a strategic position on the board of Zhik’s global business.

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