Yachting New Zealand

The 10 clubs selected for the Yachting New Zealand and Hospitality New Zealand pilot programme have now been confirmed ⛵⚓

Over the next 12 months, clubs will receive tailored support including workforce training, licensing guidance, HR support and ongoing operational advice to strengthen their hospitality offering and long-term sustainability 📈🍽️

Congratulations to:
Kerikeri Cruising Club
Gulf Harbour Yacht Club
Bucklands Beach Yacht Club
Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club - TYPBC
Napier Sailing Club Inc.
Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club
Waikawa Boating Club
Nelson Yacht Club
Pleasant Point Yacht Club
Charteris Bay Yacht Club 🎉👏

Read more 👉 https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/news/yachting-new-zealand-and-hospitality-new-zealand-announce-pilot-programme-partnership

🚨Breaking news🚨

Auckland is set to host New Zealand’s first Olympic-class sailing world championships since 2019, as the world’s best ILCA sailors head to our shores in early 2028 ⛵🌏

Read more 👉 https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/news/auckland-secures-return-olympic-class-sailing-world-championships-set-host-2028-womens-ilca-6-and

📸 Sailing Energy

NZL Sailing Team
SheSails NZ
Auckland Council
Takapuna Boating Club
ILCA Sailing
ILCA.nz

Our thoughts are with Ian’s family, friends, and loved ones at this difficult time. 🖤

Individual club members are now encouraged to have their say as part of Yachting New Zealand’s membership model and affiliation fee structure review ⛵📣

Click here to read more and make your submission 👉 https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/yachting-new-zealand-membership-and-affiliation-advisory-group-individual-feedback-club-members

Auckland's waterfront is set to be transformed into a global sailing festival when The Ocean Race returns to the City of Sails in early 2027 - 50 years after hosting its first stopover in the iconic race. ⛵🌊

Read more 👉 https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/news/ocean-race-2027-auckland-waterfront-transform-three-week-sailing-festival-february-and-march

📸 The Ocean Race

The latest issue of Yachting & Boating Quarterly is now live ⛵

Inside this issue:
• Rebecca Gmuer-Hornell
• Jono Ridler
• Paulien Chamberlain
• When to change sailing classes
• The Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Race
• RŪNĀ goes global
• Sailing sunglasses in focus
• Pt Chevalier's tiny tug
• Hobsonville Yacht Club’s new home

…and plenty more!

Read it for free now 👉 https://isu.pub/CtWOg4p

⛵ Yachting New Zealand has welcomed three new directors to its Board, marking a fresh chapter following the retirement of three long-serving members.

👏 Thank you for your contribution Murray Brown, John Butcher and Jenna Hansen — and welcome aboard Jason Shoebridge, Catherine Brown and Nigel Skeggs.

Read more 👉
https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/news/yachting-new-zealand-appoints-three-new-board-members-following-retirements

Congratulations to all the winners and to Wakatere Boating Club on hosting another cracking regatta! 👇

Thanks to all the sailors and their families for spending their long weekend with us at Wakatere. And an extra big thanks to RO Paula Satterthwaite, our race committee, our awesome volunteers, the NZ RS Feva Association and our generous sponsors - Burnsco and NZ Sailcraft Sailing New Zealand. Events like this only happen because of you.

🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 RS Feva National Championship trophy winners -

🏆1st Overall & 1st Youth and new national title holders: Lauchy Wills & Will Handley
🏆 1st Junior: Annika Wells & Milla Holland
🏆 1st Open: Polly Powrie & Katie Burgess
🏆 1st Female: Flora Stevens & Isla Brown
🏆 1st Mixed: Ally Burfoot & Micah Bollen

📸 Look out for Day 3 photos, including prizegiving to come tomorrow

Wishing everyone a safe trip home.

Results overall https://www.sailwave.com/results/WBC/RS%20Feva%20Nationals.htm

2026 NZ RS Feva National Championship
NZ RS Feva Association
Yachting New Zealand
Sailors for the Sea

Westlake have swept the 2026 New Zealand Secondary Schools Teams Racing Championships at Whangarei Cruising Club over the weekend, claiming both the overall and girls titles. 🌊⛵️

After a mammoth 269 races, Westlake Boys High School edged out Auckland Grammar School to take the overall crown, with Macleans College finishing third.

WGHS - Westlake Girls High School continued their winning streak, securing their fourth consecutive girls' title. Nelson College for Girls and Whangārei Girls' High School rounded out the girls' podium.

Rangitoto College and Nelson College for Girls took out the silver and bronze fleets, respectively.

New Zealand Team Sailing Association

From celebrating an All Blacks World Cup win in black and white newborn booties 🖤🤍… to making sporting history of her own ⛵🏆

Read more about Zofia Wells’ road to becoming our first female Optimist national champion — and the support that helped make it happen 👉 https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/15/zofia-queen-of-the-optimists/

Newsroom
New Zealand International Optimist Dinghy Association
SheSails NZ
New Plymouth Yacht Club
Glendowie Boating Club

Congratulations to all the winners at the 2026 Open Skiff NZL nationals -fantastic racing, and a great event hosted by Bay of Islands Yacht Club! 👏

📸 Insight Media