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Nine years ago, seven-year-old Tom Pilkington stood on stage at the Sir Peter Blake Regatta prizegiving to receive an award for his determination after capsizing early in a race but fighting back to win it.

By World Sailing

World Sailing has selected the Portuguese venue of Vilamoura to host the 2025 youth sailing world championships, which will take place from December 12 to 20. 

The Olympic success of Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie will further inspire a talented group of young 49er sailors, setting the stage for an exciting year for the next generation of Kiwi skiff talent.

That’s according to Markus Sommerville, Yachting New Zealand’s development coach.

By the time the 2024 Moth world championships arrive, Jake Pye will have waited 18 months for another shot at the title.

And he plans to make it well worth the wait.

Maritime New Zealand and Yachting New Zealand will be hosting a webinar at 7pm on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, to answer all your questions about the new process.

More than a dozen Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) sailors will battle it out with the best young match racers on the planet at the 2024 World Sailing youth match racing world championships in Saudi Arabia this weekend.

Kathy Catton talks to sailors who have had a special bond with their dinghies – often through many generations.

By Suzanne McFadden

After sailing in four Olympics – and coaching at another – Jo Aleh has called time on a glittering Games career that’s spanned 16 years.

Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie won the top honour at the 2024 Barfoot & Thompson Yachting Excellence Awards on Friday, claiming the prestigious Orbit World Travel Sailor of the Year title as Olympic sailors dominated the major awards at the glitzy event held at the Royal New Zealan