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Golden Globe Race

Golden Globe Race week: Guillou’s lead grows to 870 miles

Damien Guillou ends the week 870 nautical miles clear in the Golden Globe Race 2...
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Boating News

Pantaenius signs on as naming partner of Bay of Islands Sailing Week

Three-year deal sees the regatta become Pantaenius Bay of Islands Sailing Week
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Stabicraft 2200. // Photo courtesy Stabicraft
Boating News

Stabicraft 2200 Supercab replaces the 2100

The 2100 Supercab, gold gate prize boat at the 2013 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat ...
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Bay of Islands Sailing Week

The Bay of Islands Sailing Week beach party is back at Otehei Bay

Ask anyone who has done Bay of Islands Sailing Week what stuck with them, and pl...
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Safety & Education

CPC boat-building programme gives Kiwi boaties confidence ahead of summer

With summer approaching and thousands of New Zealanders preparing to get back ou...
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Golden Globe Race

Golden Globe Race 2026: Guillou battles South Atlantic gales

Two fierce depressions have interrupted Damien Guillou's run towards the Cape of...
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Boats

Off-grid superyacht catamaran Sitara for sale at EUR 4.9m

The 24.99 m VisionF catamaran Sitara has 34 solar panels on her roof, 175 kWh of...
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Coastguard Rescues

Five rescued last night after boat sinks near Ponui Island

Five people were rescued from the water in the Hauraki Gulf last night after the...
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Boat Bling

PredictWind Puts Boaters Back in Control of Their Starlink Data Offshore

Marine weather forecaster PredictWind has released new data control modes for Da...
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Coastal Classic

Coastal Classic grinds to a halt as Another Duchess, Motorboat III and Diablo retire

The breeze faded to nothing north of Kawau on Friday evening, and the 2026 PIC C...
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PIC Coastal Classic 2026 - Prestart. Photo credit: Roger Mills
Coastal Classic

Coastal Classic fleet lines up under grey skies, with Russell a long way off

With 20 minutes to the start, the PIC Coastal Classic fleet is filling the harbo...
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Bay of Islands Sailing Week

Every boat tracked live at Bay of Islands Sailing Week

From the start gun in Opua to the last boat home, the 2027 fleet will report its...
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Coastal Classic

Coastal Classic fleet heads north into a fading breeze

The final briefing before tomorrow’s PIC Coastal Classic told 100 crews what mos...
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Coastguard Rescues

Helicopters seen off Whiritoa as Waihi Beach kayaker remains missing

Boating NZ tracked two helicopters flying the coast either side of Waihi Beach a...
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Coastal Classic

Lucky stays home as 100 boats enter the Coastal Classic

The boat that took line honours in last year’s PIC Coastal Classic won’t be on t...
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Kawau Classic

Kawau Race Week grows into the Evolution Sails Kawau Classic

Kawau Race Week is back for a second year, now as the Evolution Sails Kawau Clas...
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Built in Henderson by Alloy Yachts, the 43.9m Encore pairs Dubois lines with a powerful sailing rig - Encore superyacht // Photo courtesy McD Yachts
Boats

Superyacht Encore for sale after a homecoming refit at Orams Auckland

Thirteen years after she was launched from Alloy Yachts in Henderson, the 43.9-m...
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Safety & Education

New rescue watercraft capability now operational for Coastguard Queenstown

Coastguard Queenstown now has a rescue watercraft operational on Lake Whakatipu,...
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AC38

Luna Rossa beats Team NZ in the America’s Cup Naples final

The Italians won the fleet racing and the final, and left Naples as the team to ...
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26 September 2026. Louis Vuitton 38th America's Cup - Preliminary Regatta Naples Race Day 2 fleet. Photo credit: Ricardo Pinto / America's Cup
AC38

Outteridge’s Saturday puts Team NZ in line for the Naples final

Emirates Team New Zealand opened Saturday with an eighth and finished it second ...
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AC38

Burling puts Luna Rossa on top after Naples Day 1 drama

Two abandoned races, a capsize on the start line and a one-second finish between...
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Boating News

Whitianga Marina takes top honours in national marina awards

Whitianga Marina has been named both Marina of the Year and Boatyard of the Year...
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Boating News

Brunswick names Aine Denari as new CEO, Foulkes to retire

The changeover doesn't stop at the CEO's office. David Everitt, Brunswick's Lead...
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SailGP 2026

Black Foils miss Geneva final by a point as Los Gallos win and BONDS clinch

The Black Foils led the first mark of their last pool race and finished second. ...
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Golden Globe Race

Golden Globe Race week one: two leaders clear, two contenders lost to Chichester Class

The rules make sure of that. Entrants sail identical-era yachts, production boat...
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SailGP 2026

Black Foils second in Group B after a light-air opening day in Geneva

Peter Burling's crew finished second, third and fourth in their three races with...
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AC38

Statement from Emirates Team New Zealand: Statement on legal action with North Sails

We have not yet been served with any filings although have only just become awar...
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Golden Globe Race

Golden Globe leaders stretch to 60-mile lead as fleet splits on breeze

Six days into the 2026 Golden Globe Race, the fleet is dividing itself along a c...
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Ocean Race Atlantic 2026

Aotearoa Ocean Racing: A class of its own in the Ocean Race Atlantic

The Ocean Race Atlantic was really two races in one. Five foiling IMOCAs fought ...
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Ocean Race Atlantic 2026

Ocean Race Atlantic: Kiwi entry MSIG Europe races the weather for final finish

Five boats are home. Conrad Colman's Aotearoa Ocean Racing crew aboard M...
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United by the Ocean wins the Ocean Race Atlantic 2026 // Photo courtesy: The Ocean Race
Ocean Race Atlantic 2026

Eight minutes after eight days: United by the Ocean wins, Kiwi crew races on

Paul Meilhat's United by the Ocean has won the inaugural Ocean Race Atlantic by ...
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Ocean Race Atlantic 2026

Ocean Race Atlantic: Colman vows to “Mop Up” as Malizia’s woes continue

Conrad Colman's Aotearoa Ocean Racing crew remain 480nm off the lead aboard MSIG...
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Nemo on the trailer. // Photo credit: U-Boat Worx
Boats

A brand-new submarine is for sale in New Zealand, and the money goes to ocean conservation

A two-person submarine that has never touched the water is for sale through a Ne...
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Boating News

Ocean Race Atlantic: Malizia Hit by Double Failure as 11th Hour Racing Takes the Lead

11th Hour Racing has taken the overall lead in the Ocean Race Atlantic after Mal...
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SailGP 2026

SailGP Spain Sail Grand Prix | Valencia: Day One Report

Valencia's first SailGP weekend delivered six races, a dying breeze, and a day o...
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Boating News

Paid parking kicks in at Okahu Bay, yacht club still unhappy

Paid parking has arrived at Okahu Bay, coming into effect on Thursday 3 Septembe...
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Ocean Race Atlantic 2026

Ocean Race Atlantic: Malizia Retakes Lead as MSIG Europe Battles Broken Furling Gear

Malizia has reclaimed the overall lead in the Ocean Race Atlantic, while Conrad ...
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Ocean Race Atlantic 2026

Day 2 update: Ocean Race Atlantic Lead Changes Hands as United by the Ocean Overtakes Malizia

United by the Ocean has snatched the overall lead in the Ocean Race Atla...
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Government

Lifejackets set to become compulsory on small craft this summer

New Zealand boaties running craft of six metres or less are about to face a new ...
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News

40 years of Boating New Zealand: How a trip to the receiver’s office started a magazine

August marked forty years since the first edition of Boating New Zealand went to...
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