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- Yachting New Zealand offers a range of excellent training opportunities in Coaching and Race Management throughout the country, and for those interested in up-skilling there is plenty on offer over the coming months. All courses are delivered by incredibly knowledgeable facilitators and some courses, including those in Race Management and Judging, are free to attend.
- Volvo National Sailing Day is a nationwide initiative for all of New Zealand to showcase and celebrate sailing. Happening when? Sunday, 16th February 2014 Happening where? At Yacht Clubs across New Zealand
- New Zealand’s only ISAF 100 Point regatta in 2014 is pleased to again offer a travel subsidy to help Kiwi sailors from outside the Auckland Region take part in this world class event. New for this year, the offering has been extended past the Olympic and Paralympic classes, now including the Youth classes too.
- Its time to apply... PM Scholarships assist athletes who seek to do well on the international stage in Olympic class competition also gain a tertiary level education.
- Both NZL Sailing Team crews competing at the opening regatta of the 2013-14 ISAF Sailing World Cup series for Olympic class sailors have medalled with Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie taking gold in the Women’s 470. Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox secured bronze in the Men’s 470.
- The action will heat up on the final day of ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao with equations and what ifs running through sailors heads after an intriguing penultimate day of racing in Qingdao, China. Light winds and a strong current made racing a tricky affair for the six classes sailing at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition venue. The 470 and RS:X fleets enjoyed three races apiece and the Laser and Laser Radial two as the Medal Race spots were decided in a 5-6 knot breeze with an average current of 1.5 knots.
Starting at 10am on Friday 25 October, The PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic is a 119 nautical mile sprint from Devonport Wharf in Auckland, to Russell Wharf in the Bay of Islands, and is regarded as one of the world's great yacht races.
- Sailors focus and fitness were tested on the fourth day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao as a teasing light southerly breeze played its way across the race tracks. Qingdao has showcased a whole host of conditions taking the 131 sailors from 24 nations from extreme big breeze to patient light wind tests.
- From Sailability Auckland: WE NEED YOUR HELP to help up to 5 of our Sailability Auckland members to embark on a once in a lifetime experience aboard the Lord Nelson 55m sailing ship. The Lord Nelson may never be in this part of the world again. The barriers faced by people with disabilities make it extremely difficult to spend time cruising the NZ coastline that so many people take for granted. So please support this truly unique once in a life time experience and give a person with a disability some memories to treasure forever.
