After a two week Stopover in Sanya, China, the fleet of six VO65's raced out from the Serenity Marina last Sunday for the 5,264-nautical mile testing Leg 4 to Auckland.

We are delighted to announce the Ross 930 Squid Vicious is our first entry to the Jack Tar Auckland Regatta and Charleston is our first multihull entry. Former owner of Django Andrew Reid has entered his new boat Anarchy which is yet to be launched. Now that’s impressive! Check out pics on our Facebook page.

Barbara Kendall was recognised at last night’s 52nd Halberg Awards with a Sport New Zealand Leadership Award and was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is asking sailors across the world to unite on behalf of all disabled sailors.

The Men’s Rowing Pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have taken the supreme honours at the 52nd Halberg Awards at Vector Arena in Auckland tonight. The 2014 World Rowing Male Crew of the Year was named the ‘Halberg Disability Sport Foundation Team of the Year’ before claiming the Halberg Award honours.

The weather may not have cooperated as much as we would have hoped for but we certainly had a fun time giving more than fifteen members of the public the chance to have-a-go in Sunbursts. From about 10:30am to 1pm, courtesy of the five Sunburst skippers on the water, young and old had some thrilling rides. Thankfully there were no spills. The smiling faces were a joy to see, and several came back for multiple rides.

Howick Sailing Club celebrated the Volvo National Sailing Day with its annual “Have a Go” day on the 1st February. Over 30 new sailors braved the drizzle to join us down at Howick Beach to have a go on one of the Club’s training Optimists, Junior Jollys or to experience the thrill on a Club member’s Paper Tiger.

Wellington Ocean Sports will be running an Advanced Sea Survival Course over the weekend of Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March 2015. Advanced Sea Survival is a comprehensive theoretical and practical course required by crew competing in Category 1 offshore races. The course is ISAF and Yachting New Zealand approved and held over one weekend.

Disappointed that sailing has been dropped from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, Yachting New Zealand is in support of moves to see it reinstated.

Its been a busy start to 2015, by the end of January we have already been to Miami and back, competed in and subsequently won the first World Cup event of this year.. Not quite the cruisy NZ summer approach we have taken before, but its been great fun!