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Getting funding for sports is never an easy task and when faced with a shortfall leading into the ISAF worlds Infinity Racing had to change tack and come up with a more cost effective way to make this event still happen!

Yachting New Zealand was saddened to learn that Tauranga based Yacht Inspector Murray Crapp passed away suddenly last Saturday while working on his own boat.

With the Inter Marina MRX Sailing Challenge just finished we now have the chance to recap on the season just been, get on with our winter maintenance and begin planning for 2014 / 2015 – which is already filling up.

Cruise Rally Drama / Brothers Race Together

Trent Rippey is a returning NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team member from 2012 when he competed in the 29er class as helmsman. The 17 year old, who hails from Tauranga earned his place in this year’s team after placing 1st youth at the 2014 Laser Radial National Championships and 1st New Zealand youth at Oceanbridge Sail Auckland. At this year’s RYA Youth Nationals he scooped the silver medal in the boy’s Laser radial division.

The two official cruising division entrants in the 2014 ANZ Sail Fiji race are berthed at Opua Marina in the Far North for final race preparations.

Whilst the ISAF Sailing World Cup - Melbourne is still several months away, it’s time to start planning your trip to Melbourne!

Armchair navigators around the world can "sail" in the ANZ Sail Fiji 2014 Race from Auckland to Fiji.

IRC racing in South East Asia is well established, with popular regattas including Singapore Straits, Raja Muda and Phuket King's Cup attracting large and competitive fleets from around the region and further afield. There is a great deal of interchange between the IRC fleets, particularly in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, with many boats regularly travelling to regattas in other countries.