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Our international forecaster Mike Quilter advised of high pressure out in the Tasman with a southerly flow on the front of the high. Light winds to start with, expecting a NE sea breeze to build in the afternoon. And that’s what happened.

Your opportunity to catch New Zealand’s best in action, here on Auckland Harbour is just one week away! 2014 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland is New Zealand’s annual ISAF ranked Olympic and Paralympic class regatta featuring NZL Sailing Team sailors including Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (Women’s 470), Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (49er), Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech (49erFX)to name a few.

Boat Coat – New Zealand’s dedicated specialists in marine vinyl wrapping and finishing – are proud to sponsor 19-year-old Kiwi sailor Cory McLennan in his bid to become the youngest person ever to take on the Solo Trans-Tasman Challenge yacht race this April.

With just over two weeks to go, the countdown is on to the upcoming 2014 A-Class Catamaran World Championships. With some of the biggest names on the global sailing scene signing on to join the already stellar line up, it is shaping up to be an event to remember.

The Hamilton Yacht Club held its annual Optisail last week; OptiSail Co-ordinator and Club Coach Dave Smith tells the story…

President of the Kiteboard Racing Class, Mike Pepper has filed this blow by blow account of the first ever Kiteboard Racing National Championships held in December 2013.

Racing gets underway today at 2014 Bay of Islands Sailing Week – the winner of the 2013 Yachting New Zealand President’s Award. If you’re not lucky enough to be there you can follow the action through the regatta website or Facebook page where photos are being posted regularly.

Emirates Team New Zealand will return to the Extreme 40 circuit this year, skipper Dean Barker announced today. The first regatta will be held next month. Barker says the team needs to start developing the sailing team for the 35th America’s Cup while integrating Peter Burling and Blair Tuke into the squad.

The NZL Sailing Team and Maersk Line are together putting on a Sausage Sizzle at Oceanbridge Sail Auckland, free for all competitors, volunteers and sponsors of the event. From 4:00pm (after racing) on Monday Februrary 3rd, you are invited to join the NZL Sailing Team for some casual food and drink at the Royal Akarana Yacht

The quality of racing in both the men’s and women’s Olympic skiff events at 2014 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland is guaranteed to be world class with both fleets featuring not only both reigning world champions but the also men’s silver medallists from the 2013 Worlds, and top female 49erFX crews from the Netherlands, Japan and Australia.

A record 15 New Zealand Optimist sailors made the short trip to Melbourne for the 2014 Australian Optimist Nationals. The Australian Optimist fleet has grown rapidly over the last few years, so with 350 entries across the Green, Intermediate and Open fleets, it was the largest one design regatta held in the Southern Hemisphere.

It is run out of Willow Park Camp, which is right on the beach at Eastern Beach in Auckland. It is designed to support and advance our top Opti sailors as they develop their sailing and racing capabilities. It has a cap of 60 sailors with some of NZL’s top coaches assisting the sailors, as well as some guest speakers.

Firstly- you may be wondering what IS a classifier? A classifier is a person with both a sailing and medical background that conducts functional testing on sailors with a physical disability, in order to determine their ‘class’ or points allocation for competition in Paralympic class boats. They are volunteers, like other race officials, and have a structured education pathway not too unsimilar to that of a Judge or Race Officer.

Bill Penrose, a Life Member of the Otago Trailer Yacht Squadron and past long serving Secretary passed away on Saturday 18 January 2014.

Manukau Yacht & Motorboat Club sailors Robin Williams and Derek Hickman sailing SHAKING LAUNDRY are the winners of the 48th Hartley 16 National Champs held at the Manukau Yacht and Motor Boat Club last weekend.

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The New Zealand Sailing Trust is looking to enter Steinlager 2 into the ANZ Sail Fiji Ocean Race (http://sailfiji.co.nz). We are now seeking expressions of interest for potential crew members to race with us on, and deliver back, this amazing yacht. The Trust is working closely with the Royal Akarana Yacht Club and has gained dispensation to take five young sailors (aged 16yrs+) on the race.

Individuals and groups now have the opportunity to book a crew position and race on board Steinlager 2 for the Friday evening Rum Races. Sir Peter Blake sailed Steinlager 2 into sailing history winning every leg and overall honours in the 1989/90 Whitbread Around the World Yacht Race.

A large fleet of 73 boats contested the 2014 Starling North Island Champs hosted by the Whangarei Cruising Club on the waters of Parua Bay over the weekend of 18-19 January 2014.

The 2014 Oki 24 hour race and 6 hour Optimist Race are only 3 weeks away on the 8th and 9th of February.

Recently five New Zealand 420 pairs - Sam Barnett/ Zak Merton, Liv Mackay/Abby Goodwin, Eliza Wilkinson/Kate Stewart, Emma Stenhouse/ Brittany Wornall and Taylor Balogh/Cameron Moss competed at the Australian 420 Nationals and the Australian Youth Championship held at the Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne.

With just one month until the 2014 Volvo National Sailing & Boating Day, Clubs around New Zealand are gearing up for a big day on the water and to welcome the public through the Club doors.

With all three NZL Sailing Team Laser campaigners, and New Zealand’s best up-and-comers, to be joined by top international competitors from Australia, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Singapore, the Netherlands and Korea the scene is set for an almighty battle to determine who will be 2014 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland champion in the men’s single-handed Laser event.

The 2014 Youth Olympic Games is on in Nanjing, China in August next year and will feature sailing in the Techno 293 windsurfer and the Byte CII single-handed dinghy for both male and female. To be eligible to participate in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games athletes must have been born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 1999.

Today it was announced that NZL Sailing Team sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have signed with Emirates Team New Zealand as the team move towards mounting a campaign for the 35th America’s Cup.

Sailors intending to sail at 2014 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland have just Days left to enter on line. Registration for this ISAF 100 point regatta closes on Friday 24 January.

Attended by 42 boats the 2014 Paper Tiger National Championships were raced at Naval Point Club Lyttelton at New Year. Find the final results here…

Current World Champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (49er) and Molly Meech and Alex Maloney (49erFX) each completed a good series to retain their national titles in the 49er and 49erFX respectively at the New Zealand Championships Regatta sailed in Auckland from the Royal Akarana Yacht Club over the weekend of 11-12 January 2014.

Team Kiwi Gold give their supporters a quick update from December 2013, including information on a 'try sailing' day they will be hosting in their new Sonar sailboats on 18 January 2014.

Five Hansa Dinghies were a feature of the Napier Sailing Club New Year Regatta in early January, with five dinghies taking to the start line in challenging conditions.