Bluff Harbour is a challenging environment for the smaller dinghies, with commercial traffic, wind and tides affecting the ability of the young skippers to safely manage their boats. The fleet managed very well and the smiles on the young sailors faces said it all when they returned to shore for a barbeque sausage provided at the club rooms.

Download the results of the recent R Class National Championship 2014 Leander Trophy Finals Results

In the Western Districts region, the Waitara Boating Club, hosted their annual regatta over the Volvo National Sailing & Boating Day weekend with the biggest fleet of centreboard dinghies turning out for years.

Geoff Durham, a keen Weta owner from Auckland talks about his last minute Weta cruise to Moturoa Island in the Hauraki Gulf last weekend.

Applications are now open for the 2014 St John’s Rotary Trust Scholarship with two $1000 scholarships up for grabs for up and coming youth sailors.

The basics are done right, and they’re done well at Waiuku Yacht Club. Perhaps that’s the secret to success at the “hidden gem on the Manukau.”

They go into combat in world class match race events, and let all comers try their hand at fleet racing. The 11 boats in the MRX fleet have been based at Westhaven Marina for 23 years and are still one of the world’s best fleets of identical keel boats.

After a call out for sailing images to feature on the YNZ website homepage back in January we are pleased to announce that Jo Maidment – sailing Mum and budding photographer – will receive the NZL Sailing sweatshirts offered for the chosen submission.

Emirates Team New Zealand is taking to the water in Singapore this week at the first of the Extreme 40 Series 2014 championships.

The NZL Sailing Team had two sailors on the podium of the 2014 A Class World Championships which has just wrapped up off Takapuna Boating Club in Auckland after five days of racing.