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The New Zealand SailGP Team, the Black Foils, have confirmed they will not compete at the KPMG Austr...

19 February 2026

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Black Foils outline technical sequence behind Auckland SailGP collision

The New Zealand SailGP Team, the Black Foils, have provided their clearest account yet of the events...

19 February 2026

Louis Sinclair, SailGP recovery // Photo credit: Black Foils

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Louie Sinclair discharged as Black Foils focus on recovery after SailGP collision

The New Zealand SailGP Team, the Black Foils, have confirmed that grinder Louis Sinclair has been di...

19 February 2026

Feather, an Arch Logan classic launch // Auckland Wooden Boat Festival

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Where power meets purpose in the wooden boats of Auckland

For visitors walking the docks, the key to understanding the fleet is simple. Look at the hull, look...

19 February 2026

Aftermath of the collision between the Black Foils SailGP Team helmed by Peter Burling and DS Automobiles SailGP Team France helmed by Quentin Delapierre, with support boats of the SailGP Fleet, on Race Day 1 of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Auckland, New Zealand. Saturday 14 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 2 2026 Season. Photo: Simon Bruty for SailGP.

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Peter Burling and Blair Tuke speak after SailGP Auckland crash

The following is a full, unedited transcript of the media briefing with Black Foils co CEOs Peter Bu...

19 February 2026

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Women in Marine to launch at the 25th Auckland Boat Show

The 25th edition of the Auckland Boat Show will open with a powerful new initiative, the inaugural W...

19 February 2026

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Black Foils and DS Team France out of Sydney SailGP as review continues

New Zealand and France will not compete at next weekend’s KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix, following the...

19 February 2026

Extreme 795 Game King // Photo credit: REDHOT Marine

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Extreme Boats to unveil new model at 2026 Auckland Boat Show

Extreme Boats will headline the 2026 Auckland On Water Boat Show with the exclusive unveiling of an ...

19 February 2026

Lady Rebecca // Photo: Auckland Wooden Boat Festival

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Lady Rebecca and the surf born story of the Swampscott dory

If you walk past Lady Rebecca at the Auckland Wooden Boat Festival and assume she is just another pr...

18 February 2026

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Grand Banks Yachts 54 at the 2026 Auckland Boat Show

Grand Banks

Seventy years is no small milestone in boatbuilding. In that time, Grand Banks Yachts has built a re...

18 February 2026

Upwind R603 - L3 - Paul MacIntosh and Vaughan Snowdon, R589 - Merde - David Pairman and Peter Holder, R601 - Rampant - Tim Bartlett and Matt Hix // Photo credit: rclass.org

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76th Leander Trophy decided in testing Lyttelton conditions

Leander Cup (R Class)

The 76th Leander Trophy, the R Class National Championship, was decided in classic Canterbury fashio...

18 February 2026

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Eight days across the Tasman on a Seawind 1170

Seawind

The Auckland Boat Show bound Seawind 1170, Sweet Disposition, is covering nearly 1200 miles of Tasma...

18 February 2026

2026 SailGP Auckland. NZ vs France crash. // Photo credit: Boating NZ / Roger Mills

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French team ruled out of Sydney as injured sailors continue recovery after Auckland SailGP crash

The fallout from the dramatic collision at the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix continues, with DS Au...

18 February 2026

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X3 Centreboard Yacht

Boat Profile

First discussed on our pages in 2006, the X3 has resurfaced at just the right time. With trailer sai...

17 February 2026

TURAKINA // Photo credit: Classic Yacht Association

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Turakina, a kauri classic with Mt Eden roots

Designed in 1949 by Arnold “Bill” Couldrey, an apprentice of Arch Logan, Turakina carries the unmist...

17 February 2026

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Laissez Faire, a seriously capable 2012 Beneteau Oceanis 58 cruiser with the comfort to stay onboard...

Boat Profile

A 2012 Beneteau Oceanis 58 designed for proper cruising When the Oceanis 58 was introduced at the 2...

16 February 2026

The SailGP F50 catamaran fleet with the Auckland Harbour Bridge in the background, on Race Day 1 of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Auckland, New Zealand. Saturday 14 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 2 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Simon Bruty for SailGP.

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SailGP split fleet format sets up a very tense Auckland showdown

Auckland’s ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix will conclude under SailGP’s split fleet format, with 11 ...

15 February 2026

Catalina (left) is now a confident and experienced sailor. // Photo credit: RNZYS

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Jumping in the deep end: crewing on classic boats

Stepping aboard a classic yacht can feel like stepping back in time. Long overhangs, varnished timbe...

15 February 2026

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2026 SailGP Auckland, drivers react after France and Black Foils incident in Auckland

In interviews conducted by SailGP following racing on Day One of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix...

14 February 2026

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Black Foils put Amokura through shakedown sail on Waitematā Harbour

Peter Burling admits the timing could not be better. After weeks of intense repair work on Amokur...

13 February 2026

Amokura out on the water today // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand

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SailGP brings Sunday racing forward in Auckland as thunderstorms loom over Waitematā Harbour