Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race
Biblical night at the Kings: Ākonga’s crew earns their stripes
Nick Roberts and the crew of the Dehler 41 Ākonga called in from the water on the final leg of the 2026 Three Kings Race. Wha...
LIVE: 2026 Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race
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RESULTS
PHRF handicap — 2026 Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race — final results
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Motorboat III crosses the 2026 Three Kings finish line — happy days — watch
Damon Jolliffe and the Motorboat III crew cross the finish line just west of the Auckland Harbour Bridge at 16:58 on Saturday...
Equilibrium crosses the 2026 Three Kings finish line — third on the water and loving it — watch
Graham Matthews and the Equilibrium crew cross the finish line just west of the Auckland Harbour Bridge at 16:10 on Saturday ...
Mr Kite II crosses the 2026 Three Kings finish line – coming in hot – watch
Nathan Williams and the Mr Kite II crew cross the finish line just west of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, completing the 500 na...
Clockwork crosses the line in the 2026 Three Kings – watch the moment
Steve Mair and the Clockwork crew cross the finish line just east of the Auckland Harbour Bridge in a record-breaking 2 days,...
Heading home — the Three Kings fleet turns south
Clockwork says they will see us later today. Mr Kite II says they are coming in hot. Motorboat III is doing 18.5 knots with R...
Stars, sails and something on the stove — the Three Kings fleet checks in the AM on Fri 17
If the first night of the Three Kings Offshore had a theme, it was glamour. Not the red carpet kind. The kind you only get of...
Wet, fast and a long way from home — the Three Kings fleet at 24 hours
The pies were in the oven on Ākonga yesterday. This morning the crew of Motorboat III were up their mast. And somewhere out a...
Clockwork leads the charge north as Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race fleet splits in two
Steve Mair's Shaw 12 roared into the lead after a blistering start, with the seven-boat fleet dividing sharply within minutes...
The night before: Three Kings briefing at the Squadron
The weather and safety briefing for the Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race was held very close to where it will start t his mo...
Higher Ground: Small boat, big ambitions
Higher Ground, the Ross 1066 is not a big boat. At 10.66 metres she will be the second smallest on the Three Kings startline ...
Seizing the day: Carpe Diem heads to the Three Kings
Thirty years after Greg Elliott drew her lines and Phil Bish of Bish Marine built her in Auckland, Carpe Diem is going offsho...
Clockwork heads north again
Steve Mair and the Clockwork crew are back for the Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race. The Shaw 12, starts on 16 April in the Ro...
Three Kings spearfishing trip: chasing kingfish at New Zealand’s edge
A raw look at a spearfishing mission to the Three Kings Islands and the platform aiming to tell more stories like it.
Mich...
The canting Kite that loves a fight
Nathan Williams has owned Mr Kite II for six years, been to the Three Kings twice, and finished near the front both times. Wi...
Déjà vu for Motorboat III as she heads back to the Three Kings (with a different name!)
Motorboat III last raced the Three Kings in 2024, though she was called Serena back then, and Josh Adams was at the helm. Ada...
Equilibrium heads to Three Kings again, the skipper is the oldest in the fleet!
Graham Matthews knows this race well, and he knows how to win it. In 2024 he took overall honours on fully crewed handicap on...
Vixen Racing withdraws from Three Kings as Cyclone Vaianu intervenes (Sharon’s video in this a...
The Three Kings Offshore Race will start without one of the exciting entries this year, after the Vixen Racing team decided t...
North to the Three Kings: where Ākonga’s Hobart campaign starts
The Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race is one of the tougher offshore races on the New Zealand calendar. A start at Waitematā, n...
Sailing the edge of New Zealand: the Three Kings offshore yacht race
The Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race is now just over a week away, starting on 16 April. Early signs point to a fair start, bu...
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race 2026 nears start with fleet taking shape
One of New Zealand’s toughest offshore challenge returns, with a compact fleet and a tight entry window still open.
The Th...