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Solo Trans-Tasman 2026: The Fleet is Building!
With just over a month to go before entries close, the 16th Solo Trans-Tasman Challenge is already shaping up to be a seriously exciting contest.
Wet and wild! The Helly Hansen Three Kings Race is underway!
After a delayed start, 15 Category 2 racing yachts lined up for the start of the 2024 Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Helly Hansen Three Kings Race in less-than…
The world in our backyard: Milford gearing up for A Class spectacle
There are times when foiling in 12 knots of breeze, doing 18 or 19 knots upwind, Dave Shaw realises there is no better boat to sail than an A Class catamaran.
New Zealand team buzzing ahead of youth worlds
There’s usually a sense of excitement when the New Zealand team gather for the youth sailing world championships but that was heightened this week for a number of reasons.
Canada claims maiden SailGP event win in classic final battle with home team in Christchurch
New Zealander Phil Robertson leads Canadians to victory over Peter Burling’s New Zealand and Tom Slingsby’s Australia
16 Kiwi Youth Sailors Ready to Race at Kiel Week
This team is considered to be the largest youth team to head offshore in recent years and they are pumped!
New Zealand’s Liv Mackay: “The time is coming for female drivers”
New Zealand strategist Liv Mackay has said the ‘time is definitely coming’ for female drivers to step up and begin leading SailGP teams.
Rising Intensity in Barcelona: One Month until Racing Begins
…For Emirates Team New Zealand, it comes with a heightened sense of excitement and tension as focus narrows to refinement on the never-ending quest for more speed and race…
New Zealand SailGP Team Celebrates Agreement to Boost Protections for Threatened Seabirds; Urges More Action
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – December 15, 2021 – The New Zealand SailGP Team has celebrated the signing of an historic agreement between the Governments of New Zealand and Spain to
Emirates Team New Zealand Draws Inspiration From Te Ao Maori, Christening Their New AC40 ‘Te Kakahi’
Emirates Team New Zealand christened their second AC40, at the Wynyard Point base in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland today. As has become a treasured tradition, iwi manaaki Ngati Whatua Orakei named…
2026 JJ Giltinan 18 Foot Skiff Championship: Podium finish for Shaw and Partners NZL
And ASCC pull a 7th out of the back on Day 2 of the 2026 JJ Giltinan 18 Foot Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour – where the weather was having a meltdown, not knowing what it wanted to do! Racing continues today.
2024 Hardy Cup: RNZYS’ Josh Hyde crowned Winner
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s Josh Hyde, Cody Couglan, Mason Mulcahy, Nick Drummond and Zach Fong have been crowned the winners of the 2024 Hardy Cup.
FINAL CALL – Join our team for the Toyota Kiwi Cup Regatta!
Live Sail Die is still on the look out for two Junior Content Creators to join our team covering the Toyota Kiwi Cup Regatta at the Royal New Zealand Yacht…
New JL Audio Mediamaster® 105 Marine Source Units Coming to Australia and New Zealand
JL Audio, manufacturer of high-performance marine audio systems, are pleased to announce the all-new MediaMaster® 105 will arrive in Australia and New Zealand from August.
Paris 2024: Nervy wait for Wilkinson, Dawson as trio bow out
New Zealand faces another nervy wait for a shot at a second Olympic sailing medal, as the fickle Marseille wind pushed the mixed multihull decider into a reserve day and…
New Zealand Finishes In Pole Position of Day 1 SailGP Saint Tropez
…New Zealand has now won nine of the last 13 races.
New Zealand Open Keelboat Championships Preview
The New Zealand Open Keelboat Championships is poised to bring together the best of New Zealand’s crews for the chance to add their name to the extensive honour’s…
Admiral’s Cup: Full-throttle Inshore Warfare
The opening inshore clash of the 2025 Admiral’s Cup was a gritty, high-octane showdown packed with drama and razor-sharp tactics.
Burling & Tuke comment on Hauraki Gulf Marine Protection Bill passing
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, champion sailors and co-founders of Live Ocean are calling the passing of the Hauraki Gulf T?kapa Moana Marine Protection Bill a huge milestone for the Gulf.
Young 88 One Design Keelboat Racing is Back Baby!
…This Young 88 marquee event has seen many of New Zealand’s top sailors names engraved on the trophy.
