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Annika Wells has claimed overall honours at the 2026 Zespri AIMS Games sailing competition, topping a fleet of 70 young sailors in Tauranga.
New Zealand’s leading men’s kitefoiler Lukas Walton-Keim has made a solid start to the 2026 Formula Kite European Championships, sitting inside the top 20 after two days of racing in Akyaka, Türkiye.
New Zealand’s iQFOiL contingent produced five top-10 race results on a challenging second day of the 2026 iQFOiL World Championships in Weymouth.
Greta Pilkington has strengthened her position in the hunt for a medal at the ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship, with the New Zealand sailor maintaining her place inside the top 10 after another consistent day on Dublin Bay.
Veerle ten Have and Aimee Bright have made strong starts to the iQFOiL World Championships in Weymouth, England, with both Kiwis breaking into the top 10 after the opening day.
Three top-10 finishes have given Greta Pilkington an impressive start to the ILCA 6 Women’s World Championships in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.
It’s been an action-packed month for our NZCT regional development managers around the country, with Yachting New Zealand’s ongoing membership model and affiliation fee structure review roadshow keeping the team busy.
New legislation requiring everyone on recreational craft of six metres or less to wear a properly fitted lifejacket while underway will be in place ahead of the peak summer boating season.
In the first episode of Yarns with Yachties, a new collaborative series from Yachting New Zealand and Live Sail Die, we caught up with Andrew McFarlane at the Nautilus Braids factory in Rolleston, just outside Christchurch.























