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The NZL Sailing Foundation Youth Team were supposed to be in Brazil last week competing at the youth sailing world championships but Tutukaka wasn’t a bad alternative.

Nigel Blackbourn has been involved in the superyacht industry for a large part of his 40 years at sea.

Coastguard’s Old4New lifejacket upgrade campaign is back for summer and travelling to more locations than ever before.

Everyone is hanging out for Christmas and a break this year, probably more than any other, but it's also a time people need to keep safe both on and off the water.

Yachties and boaties in the upper North Island heading out on the water these holidays are encouraged to use download an app that details boat discharge rules.

It attracted more than 100 boats this year but on-shore activities are just as popular at the annual Tall Ships Regatta hosted by the Russell Boating Club.

Kitefoiler Lukas Walton-Keim led from start to finish to retain his King of the Waitemata crown for 2020, completing the Rangitoto-Motutapu circumnavigation in a blistering 56 minutes and 11 seconds.

The Maritime Museum have unveiled a couple of new features, just in time for the America's Cup.

In our regular focus on the regions, the four regional support officers look at what has been happening in their areas.

Coaching opportunities for university students

The ethos 'if you can sail a P Class you can sail anything' never rang truer for a number of sailors taking part in their regional Tanner Cup trials recently.

Both the Racing Rules of Sailing and Safety Regulations of Sailing have been updated and will come into effect on January 1, and yachties and boaties are encouraged to understand these changes.

Harken New Zealand's new Fosters Chandlery is the first store to open in the brand new and highly-anticipated Westhaven Marine Village and, to mark the occasion, are hosting a grand opening on Saturday.

Everyone wants to get close to the action but Maritime New Zealand are reminding people there are rules around who can operate commercially during the America’s Cup to ensure the event is safe and successful.

A number of young sailors will on Saturday launch the 2.4m wooden rowing boats they have spent the week building at the Taikata Sailing Club.

Yachting New Zealand are looking for more instructors/coaches to help deliver the new schools programme Kōkōkaha – powered by the wind - being launched when schools return in 2021.

There might have been only seven starters for this year's 99th staging of the Lipton Cup but they had to navigate a busy racecourse full of surf skis, cargo ships and even the Spirit of New Zealand.

Ashton Williamson and Jack Parr combined to win the top prize at last weekend's RS Feva national championships at the Wakatere Boating Club, overcoming a big fleet and even bigger breezes.

The classic yacht Ranger will take part in next year's Farmer Autovillage Auckland to Tauranga Centennial Yacht Race along with the centennial celebrations that follow.

Rod Davis was a bit nervous going into the afternoon's racing.

This year's theme was resilience and it was an appropriate one for most who took part in the Sir Peter Blake Regatta at the Torbay Sailing Club over the weekend.

They felt a bit rusty to start with but it didn't take long for Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn to find their groove and it meant the pair walked away with their third-straight 49er national title at the weekend.

The Pleasant Point Yacht Club have come through a lot in the last 10 years, with September marking the 10th anniversary of when the club’s world was turned upside down with the first Canterbury earthquake.

Many of you would have seen recently that Yachting New Zealand have reverted to digital member cards and you might like to have a look around to see what you can access.

Yachting New Zealand chief executive David Abercrombie is joined by Hugh Stewart from Yamaha in this special edition of Dave's Desk.

The recent Opti Team Cup brought plenty of colour and excitement as 27 teams from across the country battled it out on Lake Pupuke.

Last year's Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships held in Auckland is a finalist in the World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Awards and we need your help for it to be in with a chance of claiming the prize.

Land Information New Zealand have launched a free electronic navigational charts service to help keep New Zealanders safe on the water this summer.

The Ports of Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta is one of the biggest events each year but it doesn't have to be all about racing.

Microplastics are becoming an increasingly significant problem for our oceans and waterways and a study to monitor microplastics in the sea surface of the Hauraki Gulf is in need of a vessel to enable the research to take place.

Christmas came early for a couple of Northland clubs recently when the Ponsonby Cruising Club donated a couple of Optimists to both clubs.

In our regular focus on the regions, the four Yachting New Zealand regional support officers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and offer advice to clubs.

Cruising

They might not look it, particularly as the latest generation of America's Cup boats zip around the Hauraki Gulf, but Mullet Boats are extreme boats in their own right.