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Making a meaningful difference in your immediate environment doesn't have to be hard work - but it does need a plan.
Alistair Deaves, Megan Kensington and Jamie Sutherland are all accomplished sailors in their own right - but they will be representing New Zealand in a slightly different capacity at the Paris Olympic Games in July and August.
Yachting New Zealand is working to refine its Clean Club programme following a review of the groundbreaking environmental initiative.
The first Learn to Sail (dinghy) coaching courses of 2024 have been successfully completed and to mark the start of the new season, Yachting New Zealand hosted several of its coach development managers for a one-day workshop in Auckland late last month.
Greta Pilkington is set to become the first New Zealand sailor to compete in the women's single-handed discipline at the Olympic Games in over a decade when she lines up in Marseille in early August.
Australian solo sailing adventurer and environmental campaigner Lisa Blair has set a new monohull solo sailing record for Auckland to Auckland around New Zealand in 16 days and 23 hrs in her yacht Climate Action Now.
Kiwi sailor Megan Thomson and her 2.0 Racing crew of Maeve White, Josi Andres, Charlotte Porter and Rose Garcia Royo have claimed the 2024 Normandy Match Cup in Le Havre, France, the third stage of the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour.
Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie have completed a key part of their Olympic preparation on a high, by winning the medal race of the 49er European championships at La Grande Motte International Regatta against some of the best skiff sailors in the world.
It's New Zealand's fastest-evolving sailing class, with the rate of development unlike any seen in the sport for decades. Yet, one name has been a constant near the top of fleets from Manly to Maraetai this season.
