2024 Toyota New Zealand Optimist Nationals – Matteo Barker wins!
That’s a wrap!!! Hosted by Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, the 2024 Toyota Optimist National Championships was a massive success.

That’s a wrap!!! Hosted by Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, the 2024 Toyota Optimist National Championships was a massive success.
Day 3 done! Hosted by Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, the first day of the 2024 Toyota New Zealand Optimist Nationals was a massive success
Day 2 done! Hosted by Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, the first day of the 2024 Toyota New Zealand Optimist Nationals was a massive success
The Challengers Series takes you behind the scenes with INEOS Britannia in the attempt to win the America’s Cup for Great Britain.
Day 1 done! Hosted by Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, the first day of the 2024 Toyota New Zealand Optimist Nationals was a massive success
Emirates Team New Zealand’s Women and Youth sailors have begun their on water training onboard the one design AC40 ‘Te K?kahi’ in fresh conditions on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour this week in preparation for the Puig Women’s America’s Cup and Unicredit Youth America’s Cup later this year.
There are many hidden parts to an America’s Cup campaign where innovation, performance and talent remain unseen.
With Emirates Team New Zealand last sailing their AC75 Te Rehutai in Barcelona at the tail end of 2024, the ‘cyclors’ have been embarking on a significantly focused training block over the summer, under the watchful eye of team trainer Kim Simperingham.
Royal Zealand Yacht Squadron, with the support of Emirates Team New Zealand, launched a brand new fleet of 10 x one-design Elliott 7s – and we got to have one of the very first sails!
It’s been 14 years since the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) launched 10 Elliott 7s for the Mastercard Youth Training Programme, and with that fleet now safely delivered to their new owners at Buckland’s Beach Yacht Club (BBYC), the time has come to launch the brand new boats.
The AC40 Class Association is proud to announce that it has received its first built slot deposit from private owners.
The dates for the Preliminary Regatta, Louis Vuitton Cup and the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match have now been released with racing getting underway for the four-day Preliminary Regatta starting on the 22nd of August 2024.
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