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13 March 2026, America’s Cup Recon, Emirate Team New Zealand, Taihoro, AC75, Day 2 // Photo credit: Sam Thom / Americas Cup
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ETNZ Taihoro takes flight on Waitematā Harbour in first full AC75 test session

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Emirates Team New Zealand has completed an important early sailing session with its reconfigured AC7...
Team NZ launches its upgraded AC75. // Photo Credit: Supplied / Team NZ
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Taihoro reborn: Team NZ launches upgraded AC75 ahead of America’s Cup defence

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Team New Zealand's boat Taihoro is officially out of the shed and ready to hit the water ahead of ne...
2026RNI Leg4 Sat 14 Mar 1500
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2026 Doyle Sails RNIs: Fleet reshapes constantly as Leg 4 unfolds on the long run to East Cape

Round North Island (RNI)
The first 24 hours of Leg 4 in the 2026 Doyle Sails RNIs has become a moving tactical puzzle rather ...
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Emirates Team NZ and Taihoro out on the water for the first time ahead of AC38!

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Team New Zealand and their AC75 are out on the water today - first time. A good day for it, no la...
Explore Racing finish the 2026 RNIs // Photo credit: SSANZ
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Live: 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race

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The 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race will be held from 28 February to 15 Ma...
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PIC Harbour Classic 2026: Auckland’s great harbour sailing festival

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Racing, cruising, and celebration combine when the PIC Harbour Classic returns to Auckland’s waterfr...
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36 Degrees invites Beneteau and Lagoon owners to join Harbour Classic rally weekend

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Auckland’s PIC Harbour Classic will provide the backdrop for two dedicated owner rallies, bringing t...
SSANZ map of Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Sailing Race
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Leg 4 set to decide the 2026 Doyle sails RNIs as fleet prepares for Napier start

Round North Island (RNI)
The final leg of the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race is now in sight, with...
Long John Silver // Photo credit: Penelope Wilson
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2026 Marauder 8.4 Championship: Alan Wright design still racing strong in the Hauraki Gulf

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A tough weekend of wind, patience and persistence saw the Marauder 8.4 fleet finally get racing unde...
Etchells Racing at RBS // Photo credit: Mark Thomson
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The Business wins 2026 Bay of Islands Etchells Cup Regatta

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Fourteen Etchells battled through six races in the Bay of Islands as Russell Boating Club’s growing ...
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Elliott 7.8 Ex Machina strikes gold in Route 66 Coastal Yacht Race

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Elliott 7.8 Ex Machina claims overall handicap victory When the 2026 Marsden Cove Route 66 Coastal ...
Leg 3 has finished for the three lead boats // Boating New Zealand
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Leg 3 of the 2026 Doyle Sails RNIs turns into a Napier sprint as Explore Racing takes line honours a...

Round North Island (RNI)
A fast Cook Strait crossing, tactical coastal routing, and tight handicap racing shaped the run from...
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Palm Beach Motor Yachts confirms three year partnership with Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Yout...

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Legendary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race winning skipper and champion sailor Mark Richards, and the ...
Motorboat III provisionally wins Race 1 from Waitemata Harbour to Mangonui Harbour in the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
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Explore Racing closes on Napier as Leg 3 of the 2026 Doyle Sails RNIs battle intensifies

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The third leg of the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race is entering its final...
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Emirates Team New Zealand begins new AC75 sailing phase in Auckland

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Taihoro, the boat that carried the team to victory in Barcelona nearly 18 months ago was ready to be...
SSANZ map of Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Sailing Race
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Leg 3 begins after a bruising Leg 2

Round North Island (RNI)
After a wet and tactical 480 nautical mile second leg, the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two H...
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Emirates Team New Zealand relaunch AC75 for America’s Cup today

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Emirates Team New Zealand will relaunch their AC75 in Auckland this afternoon. It will be the first ...
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2026 Doyle Sails RNI Leg 2 delivers strategy, survival and a thrilling finish

Round North Island (RNI)
Leg 2 of the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race threw up hard early condition...
2026 RNI Leg 2, Thursday 5 Mar, 07:10am // YB Tracker
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2026 Doyle Sails RNI leaders closing on Leg 2 finish today

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The 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race fleet has stretched dramatically over ...
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Tactical decisions loom off Taranaki as Leg 2 of the 2026 Doyle Sails RNIs enters fourth day

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Crews racing in Leg 2 of the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race are now appro...
Niksen, the Dehler 300D: An impressive speed machine that’s added another dimension of competitiveness to the local racing scene.
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Explore Racing regains narrow lead in 2026 Doyle Sails RNIs as Leg 2 battle intensifies

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Crews racing south on Leg 2 of the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race are now...
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Fleet spreads west on tactical opening day of Leg 2 in 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Hande...

Round North Island (RNI)
The opening day of Leg 2 of the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race has quickl...
SailGP 2026 Sydney Race Final // SailGP Media
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Taylor Canfield claims first-ever SailGP event title

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After seven fleet races in light and unstable breeze, the three boat final at the 2026 SailGP Sydney...
ROCKWOOL Racing SailGP Team helmed by Nicolai Sehested ahead of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team helmed by Dylan Fletcher during racing on Race Day 1 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia. Saturday 28 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Felix Diemer for SailGP.
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Denmark time it right as the Harbour tilts the script in the final fleet race in Sydney SailGP

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Heading into Race 7, the final fleet race of the 2026 SailGP Sydney event, Spain’s Los Gallos led th...
SailGP 2026 Sydney Race 6 // SailGP Media
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United States master light air in Race 6 as Sydney SailGP leaderboard tightens

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Sydney Harbour delivered its most testing race—not by speed but by decisions made in slow racing con...
SailGP 2026 Sydney Race 5 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
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Emirates GBR take control in light air in Sydney SailGP Race 5

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Sydney Harbour delivered a tactical light air contest on Sunday as Emirates Great Britain claimed vi...
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Spain edge ahead in Sydney on day one of SailGP event

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Sydney Harbour did what it always does when the breeze refuses stay in one direction, ...
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Explore Racing fastest to Mangōnui as Motorboat III claims handicap honours in Leg 1 of the 2026 Doy...

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The 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race is underway, with a fast and hard foug...
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LIVE VIDEO: New Zealand Jetsprint Championships from Wanganui

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LIVE VIDEO: New Zealand Jetboat Championships from Wanganui
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Australia close Day 1 with commanding Race 4 SailGP victory

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Australia secured a decisive win in Race 4 to close the opening day of SailGP Sydney 2026, restoring...
The fleet in the Waitemata. // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
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RNI 2026 – Start line massive photo gallery

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Enjoy the start line photos that our team captured today. We have uploaded every photo to the galler...
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Spain master unstable breeze in penalty-filled Sydney Race 3

SailGP 2026
Race 3 in Sydney delivered one of the most chaotic starts of the weekend, with shifting breeze, unst...
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Shifting Sydney breeze reshapes the leaderboard in Race 2

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Like Race 1, Race 2 of the 2026 SailGP Sydney unfolded in a lighter, unstable breeze. Following A...
Silhouette of the F50 catamaran sleet racing past the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Race Day 1 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia. Saturday 28 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Brett Phibbs for SailGP.
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BONDS Flying Roos strike first in a light air scrap in the first race 2026 Sydney SailGP

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Sydney Harbour delivered a tactical opener to the 2026 SailGP Sydney opener. With the...
The fleet in the Waitemata. // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
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Motorboat III leads the fleet as the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Yacht Race gets underway on...

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Twenty six two-handed crews start the 1,210 nautical mile anticlockwise lap around Aotearoa’s North ...
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2026 RNIs: Meet the teams

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The 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race brings together one of the most divers...
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KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix (Press Conference): racing returns under sharper focus

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The KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix arrives with unfinished business. Auckland changed the tone of th...
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SailGP Sydney pre-race press conference as it happened (formerly our live coverage)

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We are running a live for this press conference; it's the first pre-race press conference since the ...
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Sydney SailGP weather throws out the usual Harbour script

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An uncommon easterly and tidal nuances around Shark Island could turn this weekend’s racing into a t...
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Sydney SailGP 2026: Five storylines to watch on Sydney Harbour

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Sydney Harbour hosts the next round of the 2026 SailGP season this weekend. The fleet will be smalle...

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