Participants from the Opua, Kerikeri and Whangarei Cruising Clubs ensured a full house for Northland's successful keelboat coach course held in Opua recently.

Leonard Takahashi continued his impressive form on the match racing circuit by taking out the CentrePort Wellington International Youth Match Racing Championships last weekend.

Three returning competitors are a feature of the first batch of athletes named in the NZL Sailing Foundation youth team who will compete at July's Youth Sailing World Championships in the US.

In our regular feature on the regions, Michael Brown looks at what's been going on in the southern region.

Derek Snow proved age is no barrier when he took out the 3.7 national championships at Wakatere recently as well as the veteran trophy and grand veteran medal.

A number of changes will be made to Yachting New Zealand's NZCT Regional Support Officer (RSO) programme following a review towards the end of last year.

All illegal recreational drugs are prohibited in sport during competition and, if athletes use them, they are taking a huge risk. 

Entries are still open for the second 24-Hour Endurance Yacht Race 2018 on Wellington Harbour starting on March 3, when sailors will endeavour to cover as much distance as possible when the fleet departs at noon on the Saturday.

Leonard Takahashi and his RNZYS Performance Programme Pacific Racing Team crew have taken out the 2018 Nespresso Youth International Match Racing Cup at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron but it wasn't without some drama.

This year's New Zealand Commodores Conference will be held at the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club in Auckland on Saturday, June 9, so mark it in your diaries.