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The Laser class has undergone a facelift following a commercial dispute and will now be known as the ILCA.

The Wihau Shield is one of the biggest trophies in New Zealand sailing and it was won last weekend by one of the smallest competing in the P Class regatta.

In our regular focus on the regions, the four regional support officers look at what has been happening in their areas and also provide some advice on the coaching requirements of adult sailors.

The Anchor AIMS Games returns in September after it was missing from the calendar last year due to Covid-19 but time is running out for sailors to get their entries in.

Yachting New Zealand have updated the process for applying to host a national championship / major event. This can now be done through an easy online form, which removes the need for a paper submission.

The 2021 Harken National Secondary Schools Keelboat Championships featured such a tight finish the winning team didn't initially know they had triumphed.

The New Zealand SailGP Team have been on another massive learning curve this week in anticipation for the second round of the circuit in Taranto, Italy.

It hasn’t quite been 50 years, but on Sunday a rambunctious crowd of sailors gathered at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club to celebrate the 50th anniversary of New Zealand's success at the 1971 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

The Broad Bay Boating Club are celebrating their centenary in 2023 and hope they'll have a shiny new building to show off for the festivities.

Some of New Zealand's top windfoilers and coaches came back from the Bay of Islands empty handed last weekend - and that was a very good thing.

Navigation in the pre-computer era was an artform and few were as good as Heather Lidgard, who played a key role in opening doors for women in sailing.

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In previous years it might have been an interesting side note if five Australian crews travelled over to compete at a New Zealand national championships but in 2021 it's a big deal.

Josh Junior knows how significant it is to have earned selection for the Tokyo Olympics in the Finn class.

Thousands of people with disabilities go sailing every year and it’s a side of our sport that is growing all the time as people experience a level of freedom and control that can be hard for them to find elsewhere in life.

Sofia Higgott is more motivated than ever to achieve her goals after attending the Aon girl's high performance clinic at the Takapuna Boating Club last weekend.

Craig Satterthwaite and his crew were anything but rough and ready as they secured their seventh consecutive Elliott 5.9 National Championship title in Whitianga at the weekend.

With 16 entries from the Far North to the South Island confirmed, this week's Elliott 5.9 National Championships in Whitianga represent the biggest turnout since 2014.

What started for Mike Sanderson as a way to "rip around the harbour" with his son to try to keep him in the sport has seen the revival of the Cherub class in this country.

In our regular focus on the regions, the four regional support officers look at what has been happening in their areas and also provide some advice on what your club can do over the winter months.

Winter club opportunities

Members of the SSANZ committee were so confident it would sell out they had a sweepstake but no one predicted entries to next year's inaugural Evolution Sails Northern Triangle would be gone in less than three minutes.

Annabelle Rennie-Younger has seen enough of the treatment table lately so was pretty happy to see herself on top of the Laser Radial fleet at the 2021 Freshwater Champs at Lake Pupuke last weekend.

Holding both a men's and women's kiteboarding (formula kite) competition has been chosen by the World Sailing council as their preferred option if the IOC reject the mixed offshore keelboat event for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Solo sailor Elana Connor completed the final leg of her figure of eight voyage around New Zealand to help raise funds for teenagers in care to go on a life-changing programme.

Nick Egnot-Johnson and his Knots Racing team survived a nervy final day to win the 2021 Theland NZ Open National Keelboat Championship at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

The Lipton Cup has produced some close finishes in its time but few as dramatic as the conclusion to the 100th staging of the famous event recently.

Graham Mander might have become the first New Zealand sailor to win an Olympic gold medal if brotherly rivalry had been a bit stronger.

Peter Montgomery has the most recognisable voice in world sailing and is known colloquially as the Voice of the America’s Cup, having commentated the last 13 editions of the Auld Mug.

The Finn Gold Cup had proved elusive to New Zealand sailors for so long but today Andy Maloney became the second Kiwi in 18 months to get his hands on the prestigious trophy.

It's one of the most prized trophies in Olympic class sailing and both Andy Maloney and Josh Junior are well placed to get their hands on it heading into the final day of the Finn Gold Cup tonight (NZ time).

Andy Maloney and Josh Junior aren't getting carried away after making impressive starts to their Finn Gold Cup campaigns in Porto overnight (NZ time).