They have been described as like a low-flying aircraft and can reach speeds in excess of 30 knots and this weekend a number of well-known sailors will compete in the RaD Car Hire Moth national championships.

Liv Mackay and Micah Wilkinson are feeling confident ahead of their first major European event when they line up at next week's Princess Sofia regatta in Palma.

Honda Marine have vowed to defend the JJ Giltinan Trophy next year after becoming the first New Zealand team to win the event for 44 years.

Auckland turned out in force for the departure of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet last weekend and the racing matched the spectacular gathering.

Registrations are open for April's teams sailing umpire seminar.

Australians Cole Tapper and Tyler Creevy held on to claim the 420 national championships title at Naval Point Club Lyttelton last weekend.

Yachting New Zealand communications manager Michael Brown got hot under the collar when he went onboard Dongfeng Race Team for the Volvo Ocean Race pro-am race.

Fifteen young sailors from Wellington, Nelson and Picton gathered at the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club last weekend to prepare for the upcoming Optimist national championships in Picton.

A father and son will go head-to-head when the 2018 Solo Tasman Yacht Challenge from New Plymouth to Mooloolaba gets underway on Easter Sunday.

More than 3000 people tried sailing, many for the first time, with Yachting New Zealand's Volvo Sailing... Have a Go! programme during the Volvo Ocean Race stopover at the Auckland viaduct.