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PRADA CUP UPDATE – No Racing Wednesday Due to Covid-19 Level 3 in Auckland
Today during a 7pm press conference, New Zealand has announced that the Auckland region will be going into a Level 3 lockdown for the next 72 hours. This affects both
INEOS Britannia wins Louis Vuitton Cup and ends Britain’s 60-year wait for place in America’s Cup Match
…a place in the 37th America’s Cup Match against Defender’s Emirates Team New Zealand. Ben Ainslie’s crew is the first British team in 60 years to secure…
On the tools
What do you do with an Emirates Team New Zealand cyclor when they aren’t winning the Auld Mug? You send them to Italy, and make them work for their…
The high performance Melges 40 welcoming young sailors onboard
It’s a big step up from an Elliott 7 to a PIC Coastal Classic in a Melges 40 – but Steve Mair gives two sailors in the RNZYS Youth Training Program, and two females, the opportunity every year. Here’s why:
Chains, Ropes & Anchors SSANZ Enduro: The Coppelia Perspective
It’s been five days since Rob Croft and I started the Chains, Ropes and Anchors Shorthanded Sailing Association of New Zealand’s Enduro Race. Have we come to terms…
Retro Out to Defend Elliott 5.9 South Island Championship
The Elliott 5.9 South Island Championship will again take place this Labour Weekend, 21 – 23 October 2022 Lake Aviemore, as part of the Timaru Yacht Club run Lake Aviemore Classic.
Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Race – Great Sailing & Approaching Finish Line!
Monday evening’s remarks of “Great Sailing, 15kts beam reach” and “Smokin” back up the last two days’ race statistics. Spirits are high, distances made good smashed 160nm and speeds crept over 9kts.
Shokran sends shockwaves through Farr 1020 fleet to claim National Championship
There was plenty of pre-regatta banter and talk it up cup moments leading into the Farr 1020 National Championships but it was Shokran who managed to seal the deal in light and frustrating conditions over the weekend.
First Boat Crosses Halfway in the Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Race
Friday saw a building breeze from 17-25 Kts, coming from the right direction to enable our skippers to make progress toward Southport. After five days the first boat crossed the halfway milestone
Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series #1: Close racing in light airs.
Light breezes were a feature of the Rotoiti Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series #1 but this did not detract from some incredibly tight and close racing.
The Youth Team taking on the world – And how you can support the next generation
Match racers. They’re not your average yachties. These are the sailors who chase global glory, hopping from port to port, boat to boat, and pie to pie (seriously, the crew’s waistlines matter). They’re the jack-of-all-boats: one weekend mastering an Elliott 7, the next taming a Foundation 36, and then wrangling a Fareast 28.
Four Septuagenarians Mid-Tasman
Featuring in this 14th Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht race are four septuagenarians, six previous finishers and two brothers. Malcolm Dickson remains at the front of the fleet with Sarau and has enjoyed a couple of lovely evenings mid-tasman.
Elliott 5.9 Fleet Accepting Applications for their Youth/Development Crew
The purpose of the charter is to allow youth or development crew to participate in the competitive one design Elliott 5.9 across the highly successful Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series.
Armit resets sights and joins windfoiling revolution
Josh Armit always saw himself going to the Olympics sitting down. That was until a couple of years ago and now he’s gunning for the 2024 Paris Games standing up.
Semi Finals perfectly poised heading into final day of the HARKEN 2020 Youth Match Racing World Championship
Harken 2020 Youth Match Racing World Championship, supported by Barfoot & Thompson Saturday 29th February 2019, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron An epic third day at the HARKEN 2020 Youth
iQFOIL Europeans: Armit stakes Olympic claim with another top 10
Josh Armit underlined his Olympic credentials with a seventh place at the iQFOIL European championships in Greece overnight – his second top-10 result in consecutive international regattas in only his second season as a windfoiler.
Breeze could finally come to play at youth worlds
Long delays, abandoned races and even a harbour shutdown was the order of the day as the youth sailing world championships passed the midway point in The Hague overnight (NZ time).
Local heroes star of show at this year’s PIC Coastal Classic
Well known and much loved names will dominate the PIC Coastal Classic sailing fleet when the race starts this Friday morning. In many cases, names that have been around the sailing scene for decades, with boats and sailors that have returned time and time again to take part in the famous 119 nautical mile race from Auckland to Russell.
A long way from home
This Irishman is a long way from home, but New Zealand has become a place of refuge, after snapping his mast in the Vendee Globe Race, and before forced to
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. Just under 100 boats lined up for the PIC Coastal Classic at 9.30am…
