Conrad Colman finished the Vendee Globe non-stop solo round the world race in 16th but the fact he finished at all was a triumph.

Murrays Bay Sailing Club and the 29er Association are inviting youngsters to try skiff sailing on a 29er at Murrays Bay on March 4.

A feature of the recent 3.7 New Zealand championships held in Christchruch was the spread of competitors aged from 15 to 70, and teenagers were second and fourth overall.

The Young 88 national championships have moved forward in the calendar in the hope of enjoying more breeze than the past few years.

Kiwi sailor Conrad Colman has endured a tough Vendee Globe round-the-world race but refuses to give up.

Peter Millar won his fourth national crown when taking out the Noelex 25 national championships in Hawke’s Bay earlier this month.

Earlier this month a handful of sailors set off from Napier for a 24-hour event to celebrate and honour the life of ellow Sailability Hawke's Bay sailor Samuel Gibson.

If ever there was an example that sailing is a sport for life it was at last month's Paper Tiger class national championships in Picton when entrants from 16 years old to 75.

The 2017 Interislander Optimist Challenge and the Port Marlborough Starling Championships had record numbers last weekend, so much so the open Optimist regatta is now the biggest event in the country behind the Optimist national championships.

Yachting New Zealand will be facilitating a range of seminars around the country over the winter months to improve and maintain the quality of judging, umpiring and race management, train up new people and ensure current race officials are kept educated and informed with what is an evolving discipline.