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Intense day of racing seeing teams progress to quarter-finals at Women’s Match Racing Worlds
Quarter-final Heats Up with Sunny Skies in Auckland City for the 2022 Barfoot & Thompson Women’s Match Racing World Championship
22 Questions with Bex Hornell
Welcome to our fourth episode of 22 Questions! Throughout this series, we will chat with sailors from all walks of life, giving them the chance to quickly (in 22
Bay of Island Sailing Week ends on a weather looooooooooow…
Only two days of racing for the 20th Anniversary of Bay of Islands Sailing Week after the wether wins, and the sailors are stuck in an on-shore rum squall.
Alinghi Red Bull Racing: Christened and Ready to Fly
…history, today launched its training vessel, the first AC75 ever built that Emirates Team New Zealand used so effectively to work up for the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland.
Aleh, Meech lead fleet after ‘rough’ day in Palma
They’ve shown glimpses of what could be over the past year and now Jo Aleh and Molly Meech may have finally hit their stride as a sailing partnership.
Zephyr South Island Championships
ZEPHYR SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS Over the weekend of 4th and 5th of December, Picton’s Queen Charlotte Yacht Club hosted the Zephyr South Island Championships for which we had 22 entries
McHardie and McKenzie secure NZ’s third medal at Kiel
Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie are building nicely for a couple of big events later in the year after finishing third in the 49er at Kiel Week overnight (NZ time).
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” It was the second day of racing for the Zephyr Nationals
It was the second day of racing for the antiquated, decrepit, and painfully sore, battered, and bruised sailors of the 67th Zephyr National Championships hosted by the team at Naval Point Club in Lyttelton.
2023 Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Regatta: Saunders, Gautrey slug it out on ‘tough’ day 2
After a subdued start to his season and with an important European campaign fast approaching, time in the boat and competitive racing is top of Tom Saunders’ wish list.
Pete and Blair: The making of champions
Micheal Brown catches up with Pete and Blair to reflect on their incredible time in the 49er.
New York Yacht Club American Magic’s Challenge for the 37th America’s Cup Accepted
Newport, R.I. – The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron formally accepted the New York Yacht Club American Magic’s challenge for the 37th America’s Cup to be held in…
Twelve teams set to vie for Harken 2020 Youth Match Racing World Championship
The Harken 2020 Youth Match Racing World Championship, supported by Barfoot & Thompson, gets underway at 10am (NZT) on Thursday 27th February at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, with
The New Generation on ETNZ’s AC40
Just when we thought we were about to see the America’s Cup burst into two-boat testing life, alas it was a tease from Emirates Team New Zealand who…
Sailing world mourns the loss of Pete Waters
Pete Waters invariably succeeded at anything he put his mind to – he was a top sailor, rower, rugby player, jazz musician, business owner and husband and father – and
2019 O’Pen Bic World Championships: First official races in the bag
Italiy leads the way in the Under 17 division at the 2019 O’Pen Bic World Championships at Manly Sailing Club, New Zealand.
Just 100 days until the start of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona
The clock continues to count down to what could be the closest contest in living memory with absolutely no outright favourite and every team very much in the running for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup.
Kiwi pair collect bronze at 470 junior Europeans
Surprises come in a variety of ways and Annabelle Rennie-Younger and Andre Van Dam were pleasantly surprised after finishing third at the 470 Junior European Championships in Vilamoura overnight (NZ time).
Auckland Tauranga Yacht Race Entries Extended!
For those of you who haven’t yet made up your mind or might be waiting to watch what the weather does, good news, the closing date for entries has…
SSANZ Evolution Sails Northern Triangle on Screen!!
The SSANZ Evolution Sails Northern Triangle was a success last weekend. The original course of the Northern Triangle was made up of three legs with two different destination stop-overs.
Kiwi Youth find the limit of the AC40
Today out training on the ‘Back Paddock’ in Auckland, the Youth Team who were one-boat training on their AC40 over-cooked it on the exit of a gybe, lost the rudder and then had what can only be described as an epic pitch-pole and resultant capsize.
