New Zealand Yachting Excellence Awards

Emirates Team New Zealand collected the top honour at the 2025 Barfoot & Thompson Yachting Excellence Awards on Friday night, with the inaugural P...

This category is supported by Orbit World Travel. The Orbit World Travel Sailor of the Year 2025 is Emirates Team New Zealand. Emirates Team New...

This category is support by Barfoot & Thompson. This years winner of the Barfoot & Thompson Male Sailor of the Year is Sean Herbert. Kiw...

The Female Sailor of the Year Award is supported by Barfoot & Thompson. Barfoot and Thompson is the title sponsor of the Yachting Excellence Aw...

The Young Male Sailor of the Year award is supported by NZL Sailing Foundation. The NZL Sailing Foundation is an independent charitable trust offer...

This category is supported by NZL Sailing Foundation The NZL Sailing Foundation Young Female Sailor of the Year is Stella Bilger. iQFOiLer Stell...

The Peter Lester Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sailing is presented each year by Yachting New Zealand to recognise people and groups who have ...

The category is supported by Millennium Hotels and Resorts NZ. The winner of the Millennium Hotels and Resorts NZOfficial of the Year this year is ...

This category is supported by North Sails. The winner of the North Sails Sportsmanship Award Sailability Wellington, received by Don Manning, CE...

This category is supported by MAST Academy The MAST Academy Young Leadership Award goes to Lucas Hebberd More details to follow

This category is supported by PredictWind. The PredictWind Emerging Talent Award winners are: Blake Batten Zofia Wells Charlotte Handley...

Yachting New Zealand Emerging Coach of the Year: Sophia Morgan More to follow shortly

This category of the awards is supported by Radix Nutrition. Radix Nutrition Performance Awards: 2.0 Racing Team Megan Thomson and her ...

Service Award winners category is sponsored by Yamaha Motor NZ. The Yamaha Motor New Zealand Service Awards, part of the Barfoot and ...

Boating New Zealand will be at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron with updates, interviews, and results as they come in.