Otago yachting identity and boat builder Darcy Price has passed away. “Darcy’s prime era was the 60s and 70s and a bit in the early 80’s, during which time he built something like 39 yachts which all were raced then changed hands and became part of the local fleet or ended up in the likes of Bluff (where I was a kid at the time) and elsewhere,” says Otago RSO Graeme Wall.

Here’s an opportunity for those in Auckland to hear Ross Blackman, Business Manager for Emirates Team New Zealand, talk about behind the scenes at the recent dramatic America’s Cup battle in San Francisco.

As current Olympic and World Champions Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have established themselves as the class act in Women’s 470 fleet racing. The pair announced their intentions to go for gold at Rio 2016 in January 2013 and they hit the ground running, never finishing off the podium across a busy year of racing.

Isn’t this a great photo of Akaroa Yacht Club’s junior sailors at the Learn to Sail!

We are seeking a Coach that can work Saturdays and/or Sundays Starting ASAP and probably till the end of March or even April.

Yachting Victoria is pleased to confirm IFDS Classification will occur for IFDS Athletes at this year’s ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne on Sunday 1st December at Sandringham Yacht Club.

Here’s a great opportunity to upskill yourself and learn how to include physically disabled young people in sports programmes and events you are involved in. Monday 2 December, 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Sailing Events Takapuna are proud to present the 2014 A Class Catamaran World Championships as sanctioned by the IACA in February 2014. The event will be held at the picturesque Takapuna Boating Club right on the foreshore of Takapuna Beach on Auckland’s North Shore from the 5th to the 16th February. These waters are the home and testing grounds for Grant Dalton and the crew of ETNZ.

It’s time to plan your entry for the 2014 NZ Women’s Keelboat National Championships.

The 2014 NZ Open Keelboat championships will be held on the 1st & 2nd March 2014 and will be run by the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron.