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Entries have opened for the 2016 Bay of Islands Sailing Week, scheduled to take place over the final week of January next year. Registration will take place on 26 January, followed by three days of intense, exciting and colourful racing from 27 to 29 January
The year is rolling on. The 2016 NOR and Entry Form are now on line. It will be so exciting if there are lots of early entries. 2016 is year fourteen for Bay of Islands Sailing Week, New Zealand’s most popular three day regatta. Keep up the support and book your berth at Far North Holdings Opua. enquiries@boimarina.co.nz
New Zealand Olympic Committee CEO Kereyn Smith has been elected to the position of Vice President to the Commonwealth Games Federation Board.
Harbour Sport is proud to announce the return of The Massey University Harbour Sport Excellence Awards for 2015.
This year's NZCT AIMS Games has cracked another milestone, breaking through the 8000-athlete barrier for the first time.
With late entries providing a final burst, 8007 intermediate-aged competitors from 261 schools across New Zealand will be in Tauranga from this weekend (September 6-11), battling it out across 19 different sporting codes.
It was yet another day of challenging light air conditions and multiple delays awaiting breeze in Day Three of the Detroit Cup, but race managers had just enough wind to make progress on the double Round Robin and have options on how to move forward in the format for the final day of racing tomorrow. The light conditions have prompted race managers to plan the start for one hour earlier tomorrow, at 0900, for the final day of racing.
Emirates Team New Zealand was victorious in Gothenburg today at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series.
Westhaven Marina is hosting a gala open day on Saturday 3 October and invites all Aucklanders and prospective boaties to visit.
“Westhaven is home to 2,000 boats, three yacht clubs, and numerous watersports groups,” says marina spokesperson Tom Warren, “and we’d like to invite people to come down and explore what’s available, talk to our operators and try things out.”
It has only been a month since Emirates Team New Zealand finished second at the first Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth, but a month long enough for the sailing team to be chomping at the bit to get back out on the red and black AC45 to continue the strong form and momentum illustrated with little more than a hand full of days sailing together.
