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Here’s a look at some of the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next couple of months. See the YNZ on-line calendar for full details of these events and those on beyond that. Are you organising an event you would like to see included? Don’t miss out on some free promotion for your sailing events by adding them to the YNZ on-line calendar here.

Emirates Team New Zealand said today that Bermuda, selected as the venue for the 35th America’s Cup match, has the capacity, the experience and the will to run a successful event in 2017.

The biennial Yachting New Zealand hosted Safety Inspectors Conference was held in Auckland on Saturday 29 November 2014.

2015 Volvo National Sailing & Boating Day is on Sunday 1 February next year and Clubs registered to take part prior to 1 December went in the draw for an NZL Sailing jacket.

Yachting New Zealand has an opportunity for sailors to get involved behind the scenes at the Auckland stop over for the Volvo Ocean Race.

Nine sailors have been named to Yachting New Zealand’s new Aon Fast Track programme. The objective is to accelerate the most talented and dedicated 'up and coming' youth sailors to top international Olympic campaigners.The sailors were selected for Aon Fast Track based on several factors not the least of which is a string of exceptional international youth results.

The Worser Bay Boating Club, in association with the New Zealand Optimist Dinghy Association and Toyota New Zealand, is proud to announce that the 2015 Toyota NZ Optimist National Championships will take place in Wellington from Thursday 2nd to Tuesday 7th April 2015.

The Nelson Marlborough region is set to host a couple of Yachting New Zealand courses including a Race Coach Course and a Team Racing Coaching Workshop…

Over the weekend of the 22 – 23 November Kohimarama Yacht Club hosted the Auckland Tanner Cup Trials. This year the trials were opened up to allow other sailors form out of regions to compete, to build fleet sizes.