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Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

L-R Nick Roberts with. navigator, Andrew Hall //. Photo credit: Akonga
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 th...
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Clockwork following Mr Kite II, still in Waitemata Harbour // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

LIVE: 2026 Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

--- RESULTS PHRF handicap — 2026 Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race — f...
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Motorboat III cross the finish line in the 2026 Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race. // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

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...
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Equilibrium heads towards the finish line // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
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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 ...
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Mr Kite II close to the finish line // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

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 A...
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Clockwork - Start of 2026 Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

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 Aucklan...
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Clockwork - Start of 2026 Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

Heading home — the Three Kings fleet turns south

Clockwork says they will see us later today. Mr Kite II says they are coming in ...
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Start of the 2026 Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

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 ...
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Ākonga at the start of the 2026 Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

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 Motorboa...
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Steve Mair firmly at the helm of his Shaw 12, Clockwork // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

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 sev...
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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
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

The night before: Three Kings briefing at the Squadron

The weather and safety briefing for the Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race was he...
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Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

​​Higher Ground: Small boat, big ambitions

Higher Ground, the Ross 1066 is not a big boat. At 10.66 metres she will be the ...
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Seizing the day: Carpe Diem heads to the Three Kings

Thirty years after Greg Elliott drew her lines and Phil Bish of Bish Marine buil...
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Clockwork heads north again

Steve Mair and the Clockwork crew are back for the Three Kings Offshore Yacht Ra...
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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...
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The canting Kite that loves a fight

Nathan Williams has owned Mr Kite II for six years, been to the Three Kings twic...
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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
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

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 b...
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Equilibrium // Photo credit: Insight Media - Formerly Jacob Fewtrell Media
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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 too...
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Vixen Racing in the 2025 PIC Coastal Classic // Photo credit: Kirsten Thomas Boating / New Zealand
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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 thi...
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Ākonga at the start of 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race. // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
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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 ...
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Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

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...
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2024 RNZYS Helly Hansen Three Kings Race. // Photo credit: Suellen Hurling / Live Sail Die
Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race

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 a...
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