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Official powhiri marks the start of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix
SailGP was welcomed to Whakaraupo, Lyttelton Harbour in an official powhiri for the event, held on the 15th of March at Rapaki marae, the ancestral home of Te Hapu o Ngati Wheke Rapaki, guardians of the harbour and surrounding whenua.
COVID-19 Update from Yachting New Zealand
This article is a message from Yachting New Zealand CEO David Abercrombie regarding New Zealand and the new alert levels that came into place at midday on Wednesday 12 August…
Time and Patience Will Tell for Emirates Team New Zealand
It has been a stop start sort of a week for Glenn Ashby and the team as the hustle continues out on Lake Gairdner. One eye on the weather models and forecasts on the computer screens, another on the salt surface as the wind and water come and go.
French Olympic Week: Tension builds for the Kiwis as they take on the finals racing
The fight is on to get back in podium contention after New Zealand’s leading sailors lost valuable ground on their competitors on their most challenging day so far at…
Hyères we go again! Kiwis hunt more medals after Palma haul
Many of New Zealand’s leading sailors next week get a second – and final – opportunity to secure a spot at the Olympic test event in July – a key pit stop…
Get into competitive keelboat sailing these school holidays!
Are you aged 12-15 and keen to progress your sailing skills these school holidays? Or do you have a young person who’d love to be involved?
Emirates team New Zealand win PRADA ACWS Auckland on a knife edge
Auckland, New Zealand – 19th December 2020 The crowds were out basking in the sun at Auckland’s America’s Cup Race Village, right outside the doorstep of the Emirates Team…
Spithill: “New Zealand’s Plymouth Victory Shows That Good Results Take Time”
New Zealand’s long-awaited victory in Plymouth shows that good results take time, U.S. driver Jimmy Spithill has said. Writing for Red Bull, Spithill recognised that last weekend…
Bay of Islands Sailing Week: NZ’s best big boat regatta better than ever for its 100 entrants
A new venue this year has made New Zealand’s best big boat regatta even better, according to participants at the 21st Bay of Islands Sailing Week regatta this week…
Emirates Team New Zealand Reach Range And Speed Milestones In ‘Chase Zero’
The team have now run Chase Zero for 36 hours of motoring so far and over 1042km (562.6 nautical miles) have been covered on the water, with the only emissions of its operations being pure water.
Entries are open for the 2024 PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic
The New Zealand Multihull Yacht Club (NZMYC) is thrilled to announce that entries are now open for the 41st PIC Coastal Classic Yacht Race. With just under 5 months to…
Dan Slater named New Zealand Sailor of the Year
It was a great night at the Yachting New Zealand Excellence Awards hosted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron with many of New Zealand’s finest sailors, volunteers and…
Kiwi ILCA 6 sailor Greta Pilkington finishes 6th at Sail Melbourne
Greta Pilkington from Auckland is on her way to qualifying New Zealand for an ILCA 6 spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. At the lead in regatta, Sail Melbourne…
Worlds Apart, Side by Side: Qualification Race 2 – 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championships
The second qualification race of the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championships started from Cowes, Isle of Wight in a crisp northeasterly, 10 knots under clear skies.
Burnsco Elliott 5.9 Preview
The Burnsco Elliott 5.9 fleet kicks back into action in Napier from April 3 – 5th with the 2025 Burnsco Elliott 5.9 National Championship .
2023 Sailing World Champs: NZL Update / Jo Aleh & Molly Meech lead the charge
Jo Aleh and Molly Meech lead the charge after an opening day of mixed fortunes for New Zealand at sailing’s world championships.
ETNZ Land Speed Record Update
Auckland, New Zealand – 27th February 2022. In Emirates Team New Zealand’s 30 year history they have designed and built over 20 different race boats but it will come as…
The handshake that sealed the 38th America’s Cup Protocol
Talks have been taking place at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron for the past three days, with the big guns going over the finer details and hashing out the…
New Zealand Olympic Team marks 99 days until Tokyo
The New Zealand Olympic Team marked 99 days to the Tokyo Olympics today with a call for Kiwis to get on board and back the athletes in the home stretch.
