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A number of crews in the SSANZ Two Handed Round New Zealand Race were counting the cost of a punishing second leg, with breakages and damage a common theme on the seven boats.

Yachting New Zealand have thrown their support behind a group who plan to protest a council proposal to extend Queen's Wharf by 90m.

It's touted as the grandfather of modern match racing and a bunch of young Kiwi upstarts are keen to shake up the old world order.

Big fleets and great hospitality were once again features of the Interislander regatta at the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club last weekend.

The JJ Giltinans will feel a bit different this year, with a New Zealand team going in as defending champions for the first time in nearly 50 years, and there's hope another victory will see the regatta come to these shores.

Five days a week the ferry arrives from Auckland at Great Barrier Island. It's not normally a big deal - it's part of life on the island perched off the top of the Coromandel Peninsula - but today's cargo was something a bunch of school kids were eagerly awaiting.

The depth of 49er racing in this country was illustrated during the national championships at the weekend as Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn retained their title at the Murrays Bay Sailing Club.

"It was epic, absolutely epic," Darryl Honey enthused when reflecting on the inaugural foiling week in the Bay of Islands which finished up yesterday.

Sailors aged 15 to 76 will descend on Tauranga this weekend to compete in the upcoming Zephyr national championships.

As many as 60 entries are expected at the Tauranga Yacht & Power Boat Club, eclipsing the 46 the last time the event was held in Tauranga in 2015.