Wakatere Boating Club

Your 2026–27 season starts here 🌊
https://www.wakatere.org.nz/blog/post/166726/sail-into-202627-with-wakatere/

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Wishing all our Wakatere sailors the best as they hit Weymouth next week - the 2026 Musto iQFOiL Worlds are calling. Good luck, Josh, Stella and Blake 🚀 and a special shout‑out to coach Paul Snow‑Hansen (WBC) and the whole team. Go kiwis!

Regatta: https://2026iqworldsweymouth.sailti.com/.../races/race

Mon 07 - Sat 12 Sept, Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy

IQFOiL Class
NZL Sailing Team

Register for Wed 16 Sept at Wakatere
📆 Lock in the date & sign up now 👉 https://bit.ly/4x7fYen

🌊 Calling all Auckland teachers!

Join one of four free Hauraki Gulf Monitoring Workshops this September and learn how your students can connect with their local moana, become kaitiaki, and help monitor the health of their marine environment.

Empower young people to take action, contribute valuable environmental data, and educate their communities about protecting our oceans for future generations.

Teachers from outside Auckland are also warmly welcome to attend.

📅 Register here: https://www.runa-yachtingnz.org.nz/moanamana-1/educator-upskilling

Changes flagged for schools team sailing 🚩

🏆 New format for Secondary Schools Teams Sailing in 2027⛵

New Zealand’s premier secondary schools team sailing event is expanding in 2027, with separate National Championship and National Development Cup regattas.

The new format will:
🔹 Keep a high-performance pathway for the country’s best school teams
🔹 Give developing teams more opportunities to compete at national level
🔹 Allow composite teams to compete in the Development Cup
🔹 Give schools with enough depth the chance to enter a second, development team
🔹 Recognise both Open and All-Female teams at both levels

The 2027 nationals will be hosted by Naval Point Club Lyttelton during the April school holidays.

Read the full story for all the details on the new format and what it means for schools and sailors 👉 https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/news/secondary-schools-teams-sailing-nationals-expand-new-championship-and-cup-format-2027

New Zealand Team Sailing Association

Awesome effort from Wakatere’s Zephyr Lane - a huge season for a young sailor to gain NZIODA selection for the Euros. Let’s see where 26/27 takes him 💪

Euros Report 2026 - NZIODA In mid-July this year our 4 sailors representing New Zealand headed off to Gydnia, north-east Poland to compete in the 2026 European Optimist Championships. New Zealand was very well represented by Aurora Edhouse (MBSC), Claire Bao (MBSC), Zephyr Lane (WBC) and Zac Loader (NSC), after all recording....

Everything you need to know about the upcoming Youth Champs 👇

Yachting New Zealand
NZL Sailing Team
NZL Sailing Foundation

2026 PredictWind New Zealand Youth Championships The 2026 PredictWind NZ Youth Championships will bring together the country's top young sailors from 26–29 September 2026 at Murrays Bay Sailing Club, Auckland, for four days of high-level racing

Make this the season you get out there ⛵🌊
ADULT LEARN TO SAIL Level 1, 2, 3
🔗 https://www.wakatere.org.nz/blog/post/168988/learn-to-sail-this-november/

Learn to Sail This November Adult sailing courses this Spring at Wakatere Boating Club. Learn to sail, stay active, and enjoy time on the water. Saturday classes start 7 November - all experience levels welcome. Learn to Sail at Wakatere 2026

Coming to Wakatere Wednesday, 16 Sept? 🌊
Find out about the NEW RUNA module 〰️ Moanamana 〰️ and lock in a spot at the workshop. For teachers, educators, enviro groups and club members. Free to attend - register here👉 https://www.runa-yachtingnz.org.nz/viewform/517964

RŪNĀ

Devonport Locals Facebook Group (NZ) Bayswater & Belmont Community, NZ Takapuna/Belmont/Bayswater Community Group Hauraki Corner Residents Group North Shore - Auckland Devonport Flagstaff Devonport-Takapuna Local Board .

Shout out to all the hardy sailors braving today's conditions 🌊 One more date to wrap up the series and the end of winter!

Auckland Junior Winter Sprint Series