As a result of their seventh place finish at the Star World Championships overnight, Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner have qualified New Zealand's tenth and last Olympic yachting spot for the London 2012 Olympics.

The NZL Sailing Team produced results to remember overnight, lead by Andy Maloney’s bronze medal finish at the 2012 Laser World Championships in Germany.

At the conclusion of their mid-year meetings, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced that kiteboarding will replace windsurfing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and that the New Zealand designed MacKay FX (now 49er FX) will be the new Ol

The Semaine Olympique Francaise ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta in Hyeres has come to a close with two of the NZL Sailing Team on the podium.

Race Results Rank Helm Total 1 John Snow  120 2 John Snow  110 3 John Snow  100 4 John Snow  90 5 John Snow  80 6 John Snow 

If you would like to support yachting in New Zealand, and the work of Yachting New Zealand, we invite you to affiliate your Club.

"Close Encounter” 

The Sir Peter Blake MERC 2012 “Sea Around Us” Winter Lecture Series are about to begin again.

The much anticipated and brand new Learn to Race programme from YNZ has arrived and is available for purchase. In over 70 pages of full colour, this book contains notes for coaches, exercises, games for sailors and illustrations and photographs to help learning

Twelve-year-old Ben Crane of took part in YNZ’s Sailing...Have a Go! programme with his school (Central School, New Plymouth) earlier this season and was hooked right away.