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

The Worser Bay Boating Club, in association with the New Zealand Optimist Dinghy Association and Toyota New Zealand, is proud to announce that the 2015 Toyota NZ Optimist National Championships will take place in Wellington from Thursday 2nd to Tuesday 7th April 2015.

Over the weekend of the 22 – 23 November Kohimarama Yacht Club hosted the Auckland Tanner Cup Trials. This year the trials were opened up to allow other sailors form out of regions to compete, to build fleet sizes.

The southern hemisphere’s largest small boat sailing regatta, proudly supported by Volvo Cars New Zealand is set for its 13th edition at the Torbay Sailing Club.

On February 14th 2015 the H28 Yacht Owners Association Inc. is holding an H28 Yachts Promotion Day with four or five example yachts available from 10am to 3pm for public viewing at the Viaduct Basin (west side near Wynyard bridge), Auckland.

James Wilson and Oscar Gunn have taken a convincing lead in the 29er Summer Sprint Series being sailed off Murrays Bay.

Jim Maloney was announced the recipient of the 2014 Comworth Coach of the Year on 21st November at the Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards in Auckland. However, Jim was in Rio and unable to attend the dinner ceremony, so Yachting New Zealand had sailors Molly Meech and Alex Maloney spring a surprise on him – all caught on camera…

The Lawson’s Dry Hills New Year Regatta on Jan 10th and 11th 2015 is the “top of the South” premier keel boat sailing regatta.

So far this season some of our more notable activities along with our regular harbour fleet and sprint racing have been:

Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech have won the 49erFX event at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Abu Dhabi Regatta which concluded overnight in the United Arab Emirates.