The Royal Akarana Yacht Club in conjunction with Yachting New Zealand are running an offshore Cat 1 plus first aid course on April 22. 

It has been a whirlwind few days for the NZL Sailing Team and that continued with the first day of racing in Act 1 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Oman overnight (NZ time).

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron run a number of programmes and are calling for applications for both their youth training and performance programmes.

If racing around the world seven times wasn't already enough, Kiwi sailor Stu Bannatyne has signed up for an eighth edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.

The weather was as good as the number of sailors who took part in the recent Wellington Schools Regatta hosted by the Paremata Boating Club.

Entries are open for the Auckland Cup Teams regionals which will be hosted by the Kohimarama Yacht Club on March 30-31. This is an important event for high school sailing teams to qualify and rank for April's national championships.

Kiwi helmsman Phil Robertson helped his Oman Air team score a convincing win at the GC32 Championships held out of Al Mouj on the outskirts of Muscat.

Sign up to the next coaching course in Auckland. It starts this week! 

This year's event to find the Top of the South champion team sailing school is shaping up to be by far the biggest since the start of the annual competition more than a decade ago.