David Robertson, who has been competing in windsurfing and kiteboarding for years, had a dream to enter the long distance Coastal Classic, but not in a yacht, on his kiteboard!

With summer nearly here, the New Zealand Herald published a helpful article on October 25th to help the landlubbers amongst us in the “City of Sails” to also get out there.

It’s coming around fast – enter now – our entry list is on line. Exciting news. The new Sport’s Boat on the market will be racing at the 2015 Bay Regatta – the VX One – fast and fun; manufactured here in New Zealand by our world famous boat building company ‘Mackay Boats’. See the attachment, it’s worth a look.

RAYC is hosting Oceanbridge Sail Auckland from the 26th Feb to the 1st March and we need volunteers! Find out how you can help your club put on an awesome event!

Yachting New Zealand’s Auckland office is moving from Westhaven to Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna on November 14th. The new physical address, from Monday 17th November will be 4 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna. The move means the Yachting New Zealand office will be closed for business for at least two days;

Náutico Clube Boa Esperança, Lisbon, with the support of New Zealand boat designer Peter Tait, is running an Inclusive Boat Building programme

Nominations for the 2014 Attitude Awards have closed and the 3 finalists in each category announced, and a very familiar name appears under the “Making A Difference” category!

Paraplegic Jonathan Martins has single-handedly sailed into Tauranga on October the 16th, after a total of 72 days sailing alone at sea, on a passage that took almost 4 months from Panama to New Zealand, across the Pacific Ocean.

If you know anyone that is keen to get into sailing and boating, but doesn’t know where to start, please tell them about the Boating 101 Seminar at Westhaven Marina on the evening of Monday 10 November.

By now most of you should have made it home from this year's PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic - wherever home may be! For some it's the Bay of Islands, for others, Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Australia and even Hong Kong. What a fantastic turnout from around the country, and from beyond our shores.