No plans for Waitangi Weekend, come and join Weiti Boating Club up in Whangaparoa for the annual race to Fitzroy Harbour. Race starts 9am on Friday 6th February.

Yachting New Zealand has an opportunity for sailors to get involved behind the scenes at the Auckland stop over for the Volvo Ocean Race.

Mark your diary for the 2015 JACK TAR AUCKLAND REGATTA 20 – 22 March 2015

Have you got your entry in? Remember the entry fee goes up from January 1……..

On Monday 26 January Auckland celebrates its 175th birthday, and so does the Ports of Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta.

The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 15 December 2014 have been released.

The website for the 2015 Finn Gold Cup in Takapuna, New Zealand, has been launched. The Finn class is eagerly anticipating a return to Takapuna Boating Club for what will be only the second Finn World Championship to be held in New Zealand.

The 2015 NZ Women’s Keelboat championships will be held on the 28th & 29th March 2015 and will be run by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

Here’s a look at the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next couple of weeks. See the YNZ on-line calendar for full details of these events and those on beyond that. Are you organising an event you would like to see included? Don’t miss out on some free promotion for your sailing events by adding them to the YNZ on-line calendar here.

It may be the last world championship of 2014, but it is certainly not the least. The 2014 OK Dinghy World Championship opens at Black Rock Yacht Club on Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Australia, on December 28th and so far there are around 80 entries, with perhaps a few more before registration closes.