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The four Yachting New Zealand regional development managers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and also remind you of the importance of checking lifesaving equipment.

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The Murrays Bay Sailing Club have had to cancel next month's Winter Champs because of uncertainty brought about by Auckland's ongoing lockdown.

Yachting New Zealand are excited to announce a new club judge course to be held in Auckland in mid-October, Covid permitting.

Any person operating a maritime VHF radio is required to hold a VHF radio operator certificate (unless transmitting in an emergency or a distress situation).

Organising a regatta during Alert Level 2 can be complex but it needn't be a barrier to staging a fun, yet safe, event for participants and volunteers.

Yachting New Zealand are committed to a more sustainable future and want you and your club to join us on the journey.

Our friends at Melanoma New Zealand launched their annual melanoma awareness campaign, Get Spotted, on Monday and it's a good reminder to be sun smart this summer.

A number of owners will be wanting to check on their boats at moorings and marinas so it would pay to know what the rules are under Alert Level 3.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are hoping it's third time lucky and have already attracted a high calibre of entries for December's Bridge to Bean race.

A number of new features will be introduced at January's Tanner and Tauranga Cup regattas to encourage greater female participation and engagement.

Ongoing restrictions and uncertainty due to the lockdown in Auckland has seen Yachting New Zealand develop alternative options for category 3 safety inspection exemptions for next month's PIC Coastal Classic.

Leah Fanstone (nee Newbold) and Keryn McMaster were trailblazers for New Zealand women’s offshore sailing in the 1990s.

Ongoing uncertainty around how long Auckland will be in lockdown has prompted Yachting New Zealand to cancel this year's New Zealand Youth Championships.

Sailors always walked into a jury room confident of a successful outcome if they had Jack Lloyd on their side.

Yachting New Zealand are joining World Sailing in next month's Steering the Course Women’s Sailing Festival and encouraging others to get involved.

The Southern Hemisphere edition of the festival runs for 10 days from October 1-10.

The four Yachting New Zealand regional development managers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and also remind you of some of the great coaching resources available.

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Jo Aleh might have finished second at the Moth world championships in Italy but admits she wasn't entirely satisfied.

‘Will the great race north be on?’ is the question on the minds of hundreds of sailors as we race towards Labour Weekend and the start of the PIC Coastal Classic. 
 

Yachting New Zealand are pushing ahead with plans to host November's Yachting Excellence Awards and couldn't do it without the generous support of a number of partners and sponsors.

The New Zealand SailGP Team will be chasing a first appearance in the three-boat final at this weekend's fifth round in St Tropez, France.

Although it seems like years ago that Auckland was out of lockdown, the 420 class was buzzing at the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club recently when several new teams took to the water to have a go at the double-handed dinghy.

It was shaping up to be the biggest Evolution Sails Women’s Regatta in history but has unfortunately been cancelled due to Covid-19.

Alastair Gifford is the latest sailor from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron to claim the USA Grand Slam and can now look forward to competing in next year's Congressional Cup.

Chris Bouzaid has been called the father of New Zealand international keelboat yachting who inspired the likes of Sir Peter Blake and Grant Dalton.

Cruisers around the country can tap into a growing network of like-minded sailors and learn more about sailing in the process.

Yachting New Zealand and n3 have teamed up to give affiliated yachting and boating clubs great discounts at more than 50 leading New Zealand suppliers. 

The four Yachting New Zealand regional development managers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and also offer a reminder to clubs about having an authorised purchaser.

The Naval Point Club Lyttelton will in November celebrate 100 years of sailing in Lyttelton and many of the major events and personalities over this time have been captured in a special book. 

Alastair Gifford has taken out the first two events in the 2021 Grand Slam Series, continuing New Zealand's success at these match racing events in the United States.

Mandatory record keeping is being introduced for busy places and events to ensure the Government can contact trace quickly. 

The Barton Marine Winter Series continues to grow exponentially to the point it's now easily the most successful (in terms of participant numbers) sailing the Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club run each year.

Competitors on both sides were left contemplating port tacks, points and penalties as New Zealand took out the Zhik Trans-Tasman eSailing Championships by the narrowest of margins on Sunday.