The CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week attracted more than 100 boats but they encountered light winds for most of the regatta.

Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox tend to go about their business in a quiet fashion but their steady climb up the men's 470 leaderboard at the World Cup regatta in Miami won't have gone unnoticed.

It's not often a 12-year-old gets to helm a keelboat in a fleet race but that's exactly what happened at the CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week yesterday.

There's only a small contingent of New Zealand sailors at the World Cup regatta in Miami but they are making themselves known with all three inside the top eight after two days of racing.

There were some close tussles in the big boat divisions as the CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week got off to a good start in sweltering conditions.

Damage limitation was the order of the day at the World Cup regatta in Miami today, especially after sailors spent many hours on the water waiting for the breeze to fill in.

Andy Maloney has joined Josh Junior in the Finn class as they pair eye up the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Drug Free Sport New Zealand’s investigation into athletes purchasing prohibited substances online will continue well into 2018 and is a stark warning to the whole sporting community not to become complacent about doping in sport.

Some of the world's best young 420, 29er and Laser sailors and kiteboarders will be gathering in the US in April for an international racing clinic and New Zealand youngsters have the chance to join them.

Andrew McKenzie joined an elite group when he won his third consecutive New Zealand Laser national title in Christchurch yesterday.