Two New Zealand crews finished among the top 10 youth teams at the 29er world championships which finished in California yesterday.

The run of new Kiwi world champions has continued with Sean Herbert and Mattias Coutts both picking up world titles at the O'Pen Bic world championships in Italy.

Addiction comes in numerous different forms, from alcohol and tobacco to food and even shopping, but for Brad Jackson it’s hurtling around the globe as fast as possible on a yacht.

A push is being made to revitalise sailing in the Whangarei area and local clubs came together recently to run a successful Yachting New Zealand Learn to Sail (dinghy) coach course at Parua Bay.

Safety officer Angus Willison, in the second of his regular blogs, says the better prepared offshore sailors are, the better the experience.

Weiti Boating Club are looking for a custodian and haulage operator.

East Coast yachting stalwart and former New Zealand Yachting Federation (now Yachting New Zealand) council member Bob Thomson passed away last weekend.

Eli Liefting and Rose Dickson won the RS Feva world championships in the Netherlands, despite the fact Dickson sailed the final two days with fractured fingers.

The Those Kids series is a set of linked sailing adventure books featuring some Kiwi and Aussie kids coping with unexpected challenges while learning about contemporary environmental issues along the way.

Zhik are looking for a part-time sales assistant to join the team at the Zhik NZ flagship store in Victoria Park Village.