The World Masters Games 2017 sports schedule, including the competition dates for sailing, were announced today along with the all-important registration packages available to athletes and supporters.  

The 2015 Sir Peter Blake Torbay Regatta this year celebrated a lucky red socks milestone with a sea of brightly adorned feet across the beach marking 20 years since 1995 when New Zealanders embraced red sock fever getting in behind Sir Peter Blake’s 1995 America’s Cup campaign.

Otis Horne (19) has travelled further than most when it comes to pursuits on the water.

The Hastings sailor won the Attitude Courage in Sport Award at the 2015 Attitude Awards on December 3 – the UN sanctioned ‘International Day of People with Disability’.

The 2015 Para World Sailing Championships have just concluded in Melbourne, Australia where four New Zealand Paralympic campaign crews were racing across each of the three Paralympic events.

Here we are in the last month of 2015 – not long now to Registration Day for the fourteenth Bay of Islands Sailing Week; mark the dates in your diary – 26th January, with racing from Opua Wharf over the three days, 27th - 29th Jan 2016.….

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have taken New Zealand’s top Award in the sport of sailing for the third consecutive year and are now among the most celebrated sailors in New Zealand.

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Optimist workshop coming to Napier. For coaches and parents to upskill with Optimist specifics. 

Yachting New Zealand has named a full strength team of 14 sailors to compete at the 2015 ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships which run from 27 December to 3 January in Langkawi, Malaysia, and they recently got together in Auckland for a team launch function.

With less than a month to go, the Corinthian and professional teams are putting the finishing touches on their preparations for the 71st edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which will start on 26 December.