Emirates Team New Zealand collected the top honour at the 2025 Barfoot & Thompson Yachting Excellence Awards on Friday night, with the inaugural Peter Lester Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sailing also introduced in honour of the much-loved late sailor, coach, and commentator.
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Yachting New Zealand
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Tom Saunders celebrated his return to the world stage with New Zealand’s second medal of the short international sailing season, claiming silver in his first major regatta since the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Yachting New Zealand
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Auckland — Plenty of hard work and a touch of Olympic inspiration has propelled one of New Zealand's most promising double-handed crews to success at the country's premier domestic sailing event.
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Yachting New Zealand
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Twelve sailors will represent New Zealand in nine of the 10 Olympic classes at July's Olympic test event in Marseille, just over a year out from the Paris Games.
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Yachting New Zealand
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He's sailed around the globe, competed in many of the world's most iconic yacht races, and lifted the America's Cup four times - yet nothing has made veteran Kiwi sailor Matthew Mason prouder than witnessing his young son's rare sailing feat over the weekend.
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Yachting New Zealand
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Tom Saunders was hurting after narrowly missing out on a medal on the final day of the ILCA 7 (Laser) world championships in Mexico but also excited about his ability to consistently be near the top at major regattas.
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Yachting New Zealand
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New Zealand's top Olympic class sailors emerged from their first block of international competition in two years knowing they're not too far off the top.
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Yachting New Zealand
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Five New Zealand crews will contest the medal races on the final day of racing at the French Olympic Week regatta in Hyeres tonight (NZ time), with two windfoilers in with a chance of finishing on the podium.
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Yachting New Zealand
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New Zealand's first foray into the international sailing scene for some time has finished with three top-10 results after the final day of the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma.
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Yachting New Zealand
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Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson used their pace downwind to good effect today to put themselves in contention in the Nacra 17 after day four of the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma.
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Yachting New Zealand
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Auckland City — A fantastic fleet of 37 Lasers participated in the 41st edition of the RSA Laser Regatta at Panmure Lagoon Sailing Club this Sunday with sailors coming from as far away as Port Ohope, Onerahi, Hamilton and the four corners of Auckland to compete in this much anticipated annual event.
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Auckland — The final day of racing scheduled in the A Class Catamaran World Championships was basically a drifter when the crews arrived at the Takapuna Boating club this morning.
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The Auckland to Bluff Ocean Race has received a major boost with “Team Australia”, the record-breaking 60ft trimaran, planning to take part in the inaugural race which sets sail from Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour on Sunday, 9 February 2014.
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Auckland City — Auckland, New Zealand's 'City of Sails', has been confirmed as the halfway stopover port for the gruelling, round-the-world Global Ocean Race in 2014.
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Tourism New Zealand
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New Zealand’s 2012 Olympic gold medal winning sailing pair have announced that they will campaign again with the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in their sights.
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Yachting New Zealand
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Orbit Corporate Travel Sailor of the Year for 2012 has been awarded to Olympic golden girls Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie, while their coach, Nathan Handley has been named 2012 Singapore Airlines Coach/Official of the Year.
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Yachting New Zealand
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Yachting New Zealand is proud to announce that New Zealand’s premier Olympic and Paralympic Class regatta has a new name: Oceanbridge Sail Auckland.
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Auckland — Emirates Team New Zealand is ratcheting up its AC72 sailing programme, moving on from primarily conducting reliability and system testing to a focus on racing and speed development.
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Emirates Team New Zealand
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Emirates Team New Zealand says the America’s Cup event organizer’s decision to abandon development of a team hub on the San Francisco waterfront is irresponsible and another let-down for San Francisco.
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Peter Burling's Olympic silver medal has opened the door to an exciting opportunity to helm Team Korea's AC45 for the coming round of the America's Cup World Series set to start in San Francisco on October 2nd.
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Steinlager II and Lion New Zealand star at Auckland On Water Boat Show Two of Sir Peter Blake's most famous yachts, Steinlager II and Lion New Zealand, will feature at this year's Auckland On Water Boat Show which runs from 27 to 30 September in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour.
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Emirates Team New Zealand has ended speculation on whether the team’s AC72 catamaran could lift itself clear of the water and sail on its dagger board foils.
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