Amid fears that windward leeward racing may be on its last legs, the growing entry list for B division at CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week 2018 shows there’s renewed interest in high performance, competitive racing outside the TP52 fleet.
The NZ Sailing Trust have entered Steinlager 2 into February's Auckland to Tauranga Yacht Race and are looking for crew for both the race and the cruising delivery back to Auckland.
Liv Mackay and Micah Wilkinson did what any product of generation Y would do and went onto YouTube when they heard the Red Bull Foiling Generation was coming to New Zealand in 2016.
What strikes first is the speed – upwards of 27 knots – but then the noise hits. It's a constant, almost eerie, whistle as the wind passes through the boat.
It pays for Olympic class sailors to be handy mathematicians and Sam Meech found himself doing a few sums throughout the last day of Sail Sydney recently.
Seb Lardies and Scott McKenzie showed their potential by winning two out of their three races at the youth sailing world championships in Sanya, China, yesterday to climb further up the leaderboard.
