New Zealand
Milford to host inaugural Matt Mitchell Memorial for Zephyrs
Milford Cruising Club will host the inaugural PredictWind Matt Mitchell Memorial for Zephyrs alongside the Sunburst North Island Regatta from 20 to 22 November 2026.
New Zealand
New Zealand
Black Foils leave Pensacola a stronger team as focus turns to Dubai
New Zealand’s Black Foils head to Dubai next week on the back of a training camp that has moved the team forward on the water and brought them closer together off it.
America's Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand // The People Behind the Performance
In the America’s Cup, performance is built on more than the speed of the boat.
New Zealand
2026 Barfoot & Thompson Yachting Excellence Awards: high-flying duo scoop trio of awards
Kiwi sailors Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush have capped off a great year on the water by scooping three awards at the 2026 Barfoot & Thompson Yachting Excellence Awards, including sharing the coveted title of Sailor of the Year.
SailGP
Black Foils sign rising talent Jake Pye
New Zealand’s Black Foils have signed rising talent Jake Pye, strengthening the team’s sailing squad.
New Zealand
The inevitable fear of capsizing a Zephyr
Everyone is telling me I should practise capsizing. In my opinion, that’s like practising how to die. I’m not ready for it, and I certainly don’t want to practise it!
New Zealand
Dates set, NOR out, entries open: Oceanbridge Sail Auckland 2027 is go
Dust off the trailer and check your measurement certificate: New Zealand’s premier youth and Olympic classes regatta is locked in for February 2027, the Notice of Race has dropped, and entries are open now.
New Zealand
Josh Hyde wins first Oceanbridge New Zealand Match Racing Championship title
Two five-race semi-finals set up a decisive finish as MRXs return to the national championship
New Zealand
Hyde and Malpot take early semi-final leads at Oceanbridge New Zealand Match Racing Championship
Four teams remain in contention as racing resumes on Sunday
New Zealand
Olympic medallists, returning and rising talent line up as MRXs return to national match racing championship
Six teams set to contest the Oceanbridge New Zealand Match Racing Championship at RNZYS this weekend.
New Zealand
Get your crew together: Mighty Mary is coming to Takapuna
A crew of women takes on the America’s Cup establishment, gives some of the biggest names in sailing a serious headache, and discovers that the toughest battles aren’t always fought on the water. That’s a sailing story worth getting off the couch for.
New Zealand
Zephyr sailors pack up fast when there's curry on the line
The Zephyr fleet's Wednesday sessions at Murrays Bay come with a post-sail ritual at the Cinnamon Club. I turned up to see if the curry lives up to the reputation, and with the North Islands at Taupo only days away.
New Zealand
RNZYS PIC Wednesday Series from a small plane!
On Wednesday 21 October, Suellen had the chance to hit the SKY and captured these photos of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron PIC Wednesday Series
New Zealand
Majdalani-Bosco win the Nacra Valencia Cup 2026
Argentina’s Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco have won the Nacra Valencia Cup, held in the waters off Valencia since Wednesday, 21 October…
New Zealand
PIC Coastal Classic: A Classic Race Against the Clock
Those were the sentiments shared around the fleet as the clock reached the 2pm cut-off for the 2026 PIC Coastal Classic.
New Zealand
Wired Wins a War of Patience in the PIC Coastal Classic
Tenacity is the word of the day as the fleet in the 2026 PIC Coastal Classic races against the clock to finish what has been a tormenting and challenging race.
New Zealand
Majdalani-Bosco and Jarudd-Jonsson battle for Nacra Valencia Cup title
The penultimate day of the Nacra València Cup at the Real Club Nautico de Valencia took place in favourable conditions…
New Zealand
This could be a historic edition of the PIC Coastal Classic
Every year, race organisers dream of making history. It doesn’t matter what the race is or where in the world it takes place, and the New Zealand Multihull Yacht Club committee, organisers of the PIC Coastal Classic, are no different.
New Zealand
PIC Coastal Classic gets going, but the breeze has other plans
Summer sailing is officially underway in New Zealand. Someone just needs to let the wind know.
New Zealand
Jarudd and Jonsson take the lead from the Argentinians at the Nacra Valencia Cup
Majdalani and Bosco lie second on 19 points, ahead of New Zealand’s Wilkinson and Stewart in third on 23.
New Zealand
Light winds turn the PIC Coastal Classic into a tactical test
Fresh forecasts, coastal observations and careful management of the tide could prove more valuable than outright speed in this year’s PIC Coastal Classic.
New Zealand
Anna Merchant returns to PIC Coastal Classic after crossing the Atlantic Ocean – twice
After crossing the Atlantic twice in the space of a few months, Anna Merchant is coming home to a very different kind of offshore challenge: 119 nautical miles up the New Zealand coast with the people who gave her a start in the sport.
New Zealand
Starmaker returns to the PIC Coastal Classic with a new boss on board
A year after pulling off one of the great underdog victories in PIC Coastal Classic history, Matt Krogstad is heading north again aboard Starmaker – but this time, his wife Kim will be in charge.
New Zealand
Argentina’s Majdalani and Bosco set the pace at the Nacra Cup Valencia
The opening day at the RCN de Valencia saw all three scheduled races completed in excellent sailing conditions Sweden’s Emil Jarudd and Hanna Jonsson…