The NZL Sailing Team suffered heartbreak at the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup this morning, narrowly missing out on retaining the trophy they won four years ago.

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Jim Park is an exceptional member of the New Zealand yacht racing fraternity who was recently awarded umpire emeritus after stepping down from the international scene. 

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The NZL sailing Team endured a frustrating first day of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup finals and will need to improve dramatically tomorrow if they are to defend the title they won in 2013.

As Kiwis dream of getting their hands on the Auld Mug again, another New Zealand team continue their quest for the other America’s Cup.

The Auckland Noumea Yacht Race makes a return to the sailing calendar next year, with a fleet of racing and cruising boats due to leave Auckland in 12 months' time.

If names are anything to go by, the Pleasant Point Yacht Club should be one of the most serene in the country.

Stewart Dodson thinks he might have given up sailing and now be at university if the current rules for the Youth America’s Cup had been in place four years ago.

New Zealand’s best sailors presently have little option but to travel overseas to find quality competition but will soon find regattas in Australia and New Zealand that are expected to attract some of the world’s best sailors.