At the half way point of Oceanbridge Sail Auckland, the Royal Akarana Yacht Club is buzzing with competitors in high spirits after a weekend of glamorous sailing conditions on the Waitemata Harbour.

The Bay of Plenty Sailing Academy is selling its 2006 Aquapro 510 fibreglass RIBThe Bay of Plenty Sailing Academy is selling its 2006 Aquapro 510 fibreglass RIB to fund the purchase of new Optimist dinghies for new club 'learn to race' and 'green fleet' sailors. If you or your club might be interested please check out the TradeMe auction which closes Thursday 14 Feb 2013. Enquiries to Stuart Pedersen, Chairman, BoPSAT, ph 021 878882. to fund the purchase of new Optimist dinghies for new club 'learn to race' and 'green fleet' sailors.

New Zealand’s city of sails turned on its very best for the first day of Oceanbridge Sail Auckland 2013, with over 200 sailors on the water racing in 16 different divisions, in a day described as magic. Results at this stage are not necessarily reflective of the final regatta outcomes, although there are some familiar names clear ahead on the leader board, despite their “rusty” return to Olympic Class sailing.

"All Boats, All Boats, This is Race Control. If you can hear this you are on the wrong channel!" Day 2 of the Tasman Bay Cruising Club's fourth Nelson Regatta, and the record fleet numbers are on their way across to Torrent Bay in an increasing northerly.

Palma de Mallorca, 5 February 2013.- The 44th edition of the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre for Olympic classes, the first European ISAF Sailing World Cup stop, will include Kiteboarding as invited class. The kites will sail for the very first time in the most international regatta held in Spain, sharing the racing area in the bay of Palma de Mallorca with the Olympic classes from 30th March to 6th April.

There was plenty of action off Maraetai Beach over Auckland Anniversary Weekend when the Maraetai Sailing Club hosted the 2013 New Zealand Paper Tiger National Championships from January 24 to 28. The event saw over 47 boats from all over the country competing in spectacular fashion in the Tamaki Straits with the racing producing some very tight results.

Five months from race start, the latest of 13 boats to put their hand up so far for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Auckland to Musket Cove, Fiji Ocean race in June 2013 may also turn out to be the smallest in the fleet. Lew Anne is an 11m John Lidgard design, built from cement, and weighing in at over 12 tonnes. She is owned by Dave Harding, who is now nearly 70 and who started building her in his backyard in Onehunga in 1965, finished building her in 1995, and who last took part in the Auckland to Fiji race in 1999, where Lew Anne placed second.

It’s time to start planning your entry for the 2013 NZ Open Keelboat National Championships.

The 2013 NZ Open Keelboat championships will be sailed in the MRX’s on the 8 - 10 March 2013 and will be run by the Royal Akarana Yacht Club.

The line-up for the Selection Series for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup will include 11 national teams, attending the two qualifying sessions in San Francisco from February 9-24. A British team, the GBR Youth Challenge, has been added to the roster to take the place of the previously invited French Youth Team, who now qualify directly for September’s event after gaining support from the French America’s Cup World Series entry, Energy Team.

Entries for the 2013 International 2.4mR class Open World Championships - being hosted by The Poole Yacht Club in Britain – opened on Friday 1 February 2013.The event takes place from 6 - 14 September 2013, and all sailors should enter online via the event website at www.24mworlds2013.co.uk