Auckland Grammar School has won the 2015 Secondary Schools Team Sailing National Championships, hosted by Lake Taupo Yacht Club (13-15 April) after placing second at last year’s event. Previous long-time winner, Kerikeri High School came second, ahead of Marlborough Boys’ College.

Today marks two years to go until the World Masters Games 2017 kicks off in Auckland. It will be the day that 25000 masters athletes come together from all over the world to march in the opening ceremony on 21 April 2017.

Aon and Yachting New Zealand are celebrating the win of the Commercial Partnership Award at the 2015 Sport and Recreation Awards. This award is a prestigious one in the Sport Industry that annually recognizes the formation of one outstanding partnership between a commercial entity and a sporting organization.

Over the past 18 months, the CIORC committee has undertaken a full review of PHRF and as a result the following changes have been implemented for the upcoming 2015-16 season. CIORC are confident that these changes will make PHRF more user-friendly, will increase PHRF fleets and ensure fairer racing. These changes will take effect from 1st June 2015.

Here’s a look at the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next few weeks. See the YNZ on-line calendar for full details of these events and those on beyond that.

Over 300 items of fabulous art, sculpture, glass art, swamp kauri furniture, and silver and glass jewellery will be for sale at the Ponsonby Cruising Club’s Harbour View Art Exhibition.

The NZL Sailing Team is in France preparing for the up-coming ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres Regatta which gets underway two days from now running from Wednesday 22 April until Sunday 26 April.

A proposal for a Community Marine Activity Hub on the Takapuna Beach Reserve has got a thumbs up from the public.

The legend of big swells in past Starling Nationals hosted by the New Plymouth Yacht Club continued as the National Championships Regatta held recently battled with a couple of weather  systems passing through.

The Royal Akarana Yacht Club is inviting all interested boat owners and crew to attend an IRC and Stability Workshop to assist with the decision making process to gain an IRC Rating for your boat.