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Waikawa Boat and Campervan Show
This weekend is the Waikawa Boat and Campervan Show! A great weekend to be had dreaming about the next big purchase.
PIC Coastal Classic 2019: Fast and Wet
Intense, exhilarating, scary and really fun are some of the words being thrown around Russell today, where crews of more than 150 sailboats are swapping stories of the gruelling 119 nautical
Motuihe Island – a little known gem at Auckland’s Doorstep
Auckland’s 180th Anniversary on the Hauraki Gulf this last weekend was just perfect. Cloudless skies and supposedly a heat wave according to MSM, yeah, nah – just a good old
George Gautrey snares bronze at Laser world championships
George Gautrey thought his Laser world championships might have been over three days ago when he dislocated his knee but today claimed a bronze medal in a tense finish to
VOR: Inside Track – Sir Peter Blake Special
It was 13 years ago on Saturday 6th December that Sir Peter, A New Zealand National Hero and Yachting Icon world wide was tragically murdered aboard SeaMaster in the Amazon.
Menace wins the shortest ever Arch Logan Memorial Race
It’s the race that defines a sailor. It’s the trophy that every M-Class sailor wants to hold, and have their boat name engraved on. It’s the Arch Logan Memorial, and
The JJ Giltinam Trophy, Sydney 2013 – Kiwi 18′ Skiff Team Profile
Story Submitted by Johnny Little of the Auckland Sailing Club Seven New Zealand 18’ skiffs are to take on the J.J. Giltinan Trophy starting this Saturday in Double Bay…
Dates locked in for SAILING Champions League – Asia Pacific Finals
Next season’s SAILING Champions League – Asia Pacific Finals will be held in Newcastle on 19-20 March and 26-27 March 2022 with sailors and clubs encouraged to lock the dates
NZL lying 3rd and 4th at 49er and 49erFX Worlds
The 2013 49er and 49erFX World Championships continued in Marseille, France, with New Zealand crews now sitting in 3rd and 4th in the 49er and in 10th in the 49erFX.
The 36th America’s Cup was the most viewed Cup, ever
More people than ever tuned into watch the 36th America’s Cup unfold on the waters of the Waitemata Harbour. Was that because the Auckland event was just super awesome, or
Talk turns to weather for inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race
As interest builds in the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race, to start Saturday 7 October 2023 on Sydney Harbour, talk has turned to likely weather patterns, so organisers at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) naturally turned to world-renowned meteorologist, Australia’s own Roger ‘Clouds’ Badham.
NZ Finn Winter Championship Wrap Up
NZ Finn Winter Champs – Waiuku Boating Club 16 & 17 June 2018 Defying the usually reliable Auckland weather forecasts 8 sailors made the trek out west from Pukekohe to
PODCAST: Aaron Young on the RNZYS AGM, AC37 and sailing in general
Normally a yacht club AGM comes and goes with a few changes like flag officers, maybe a constitution change, and ongoing chats about what the annual subscription fees will be.
ETNZ vs LR – Louis Vuitton Finals upon us
…www.americascup.com] The 30th anniversary Louis Vuitton Cup Final begins Saturday with Emirates Team New Zealand taking on Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge. The two teams also met in…
AC75 Te Aihe almost ready for relaunch
She went on a round the world tour resulting in zero sailing thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Te Aihe is almost ready to get back to her happy place,
America’s Cup Sailor vs Class Champs in Young 88 Nationals
This weekend’s Harken Young 88 National Champs sees a “slight” change of pace for one of NZ’s best known cup sailors. They are amongst the high calibre fleet of fifteen
Just putting this out there… Gold trumps silver.
Today it was announced that Peter Burling, with his sidekick Blair Tuke, are to be the co-captains and flag bearers for the New Zealand Olympic Team. This a mammoth…
The Shorthanded Lewmar Triple Series is Full Steam Ahead in NZ
The Lewmar Triple Series is now less than 4 weeks away and we can’t wait to see you on the water for another great year of two-handed sailing! The key
Who is likely to Qualify for Paris at the Worlds in the 49er/FX and Nacra Fleets?
All 10 Olympic Classes are set to begin the 2023 World Championship. The 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 begin on the 11th of August, with the Nacra 17 Medal race on the 17th and the skiff medal races on the 18th.
Gold and Bronze for NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team at ISAF Youth Worlds
New Zealand has won gold and bronze and placed 3rd in the Nations Trophy at the 2013 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships just finished in Cyprus. All five kiwi crews
