August 27th The 2011 Laser Canterbury Champs will be held in Akaroa February 12th - 13th hosted by the Akaroa Sailing Club.

August 25th Akaroa Classic & Traditional Boats Regatta regatta is on 20th - 21st November 2010 and will again be centered on the Akaroa Recreation Ground. More information on the Canterbury Classic Boats Website

August 23rd Event Preview: 29th HSBC Premier Coastal Classic New Zealand's premier fleet yacht race from Auckland to Russell in the Bay of Islands, will get underway again this year on Friday 22 October. The event which can attract over 200 boats has been held annually since 1982. View Website Here

August 16th The Sunburst Nationals will be hosted by the Pigeon Bay Boating Club from the 21st - 24th January 2011. Pigeon Bay is the largest north-facing bay on Banks Peninsula, just 25 minutes drive over the hill from Akaroa. The Sunburst is a popular two-handed dinghy with a large number of sailors around New Zealand. View Sunburst Association Website

August 8th Event Preview: Taranaki Wave Classic October 22-25 2010 is New Zealand's premiere windsurfing event. Held on the awesome coastline of the Taranaki peninsula, past events have seen some world class wave-sailing conditions. A major supporter is local windsurf manufacturer Carbon Art and a cool place to stay for competitors is The Wavehaven in Oakura. View Event Site >>

July 10th The Zephyr Class, which is a popular New Zealand dinghy that has been around for almost 50 years, are holding their upcoming National Championships in Akaroa 20th to 23rd January 2011. View the Zephyr Class Website for more details.

June 6th Emirates Team New Zealand continue their impressive form winning 3-2 in the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta at La Maddalena, Italy. Although having to dig deep and come back from being 2-0 down to the Russian Team Synergy. See action of upcoming events on the Louis Vuitton Trophy Site or the ETNZ Site Here

April 18th The 2010 Young 88 Nationals were as competitive as ever with 21 teams racing in some excellent autumn conditions out on Aucklands Hauraki Gulf. Some of New Zealand's top keel boat racers were skattered throughout the teams and the winning boat was "Flash Gordon" skippered by Team New Zealand bowman Jeremy Lomas...Read Ollie's Report Here or go to NZ Young 88 Site

April 3rd Auckland has won its bid as host city in one of the stops for the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race. And Emirates Team New Zealand will work with Spanish sponsor Camper to enter their own challenge! The Kiwi's should be very competitive with the huge depth of talented offshore sailors and also knowledge from race veteran Grant Dalton.

April 1st The Optimist Class is looking very strong in New Zealand with a huge turnout of over 280 sailors attending this years National Champs recently held at Whitianga. New Zealand will host the Optimist World Champs in Napier 2011 so things can only get better! See NZ Optimist Site Here

March 21st Emirates Team New Zealand has won the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta beating Italy's Mascalzone Latino Audi Team (also with a Kiwi skipper Gavin Brady) 2-0. ETNZ will now head to Europe to defend their TP52 European title. Listen to ETNZ report Here

March 7th The 2010 Young 88 South Island Champs were held in Akaroa Harbour over two days of great conditions. The event was won by "Medium Dry" skippered by Anthony Leighs. You can view Ollie's Report / Photos Here or Young 88 Class Website Here

March 6th Dean Barker (NZL) shows that he is still New Zealand's top Skipper by winning the 2010 Omega Auckland Match Racing Regatta. Dean and his crew (Ray Davies, Jeremy Lomas, Don Cowie, James Dagg & Tony Rae) beat Ben Ainslie (GBR) 2-0 in the final with Adam Minoprio (NZL) taking 3rd place by defeating Torvar Mirsky (AUS). The regatta was run by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in the one-design Farr MRX yachts and was the first event in the Auckland Festival of Sailing. For more information on the festival Click Here

March 3rd A very enthusiastic group of students from Okains Bay School get their first chance to sail thanks to Yachting NZ's sailing Have-a-Go programme and instructor Riccardo Ingrosso! The conditions were excellent with lots of sun and wind! Photos Here

February 28th The Presidents Cup & Canterbury Keel Boat Champs were held this year in Akaroa Harbour. The tsunami warning from the earthquake in Chile meant that only three races were run in nice NW conditions! Ollie's Report Here or offical results Here

February 14th The 60th Leander & R Class Skiff Nationals were held over 4 days of great sailing conditions on Lyttelton Harbour. This exciting NZ development class is continuing to push the limits of double-handed skiff sailing with the winning crew of Paul Roe / Dan Leech showing that they have well and truly made the leap to Hydofoiling! Read Ollie's Event Report Here or for the offical results and more photos/movies visit the R Class Skiff Website

December 6th Adam Minoprio (NZL) age 24, along with his team ETNZ/Black Match, becomes the 2009 ISAF Match Racing World Champion defeating triple Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie (GBR) of Team Origin 3-0 in the Monsoon Cup final. View final results Here

November 30th Yachting NZ's sailing Have-a-Go programme makes it back to Akaroa and this year students from Duvauchelle School as well as Akaroa Area School get to sail. Thanks to instructor Riccardo Ingrosso for a great couple of days! Check out photos Here

October 11th The young New Zealand Match Racing Team skippered by Adam Minoprio are leading the 2009 ISAF World Match Racing Standings going into the final competition, Monsoon Cup which will be decided in Malaysia. Follow ETNZ/Black Match team's results Here

September 19th Emirates Team New Zealand Team New Zealand won their fourth regatta on the trot and are the Audi MedCup 2009 champions. Strong winds made for some very exciting conditions in this final regatta of the serries. Check out the photos on Event Site Here

Racing Programmes for the Akaroa Sailing Club (dinghy racing) and the Akaroa Cruising Club (keelboat racing) upcoming 2009-2010 season can now be viewed here on Calendar Page

August 24th Emirates Team New Zealand has made it three in a row winning the Portugal Trophy regatta and is leading on the Overall Points Table in the Audi MedCup. See Event Site

America's Cup When the 33rd America’s Cup Match finally takes place between Alinghi and BMW Oracle it looks like it is going to be as exciting as ever! Both teams new boats are now in the water and Alinghi has chosen a giant Catamaran while BMW Oracle has opted for a Trimaran. To see footage on YouTube of the boats Click Images to the Right

August 5th NZL32 Black Magic made her way into the NZ Maritime Museum in Auckland as part of the new Tribute To Sir Peter Blake Exhibition. To see the Time Lapse video on YouTube of her being installed into the building through a gap with 50mm to spare Click Here

June 27 Ericsson 4 wins the 08/09 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Torben Grael (BRA) including 4 Kiwi Crew Members! The race started in Spain in October 2008 and finished in Russia with the teams sailing over 37,000 nautical miles at speeds of up to 30 knots! See Event Site

March In Term 1 a group of Akaroa Area School students completed the Yachting NZ Learn-to-Sail Level 1 course over several weeks getting out on the water on Wednesday afternoons. Everyone improved their skills heaps and were all sailing confidently by the end of the season. Photos Here

November 11-12th Two classes from Akaroa Area School took part in Yachting NZ's sailing Have-a-Go programme with Instructor Candice Clough from Maryland USA. The weather threw in a bit of everthing from strong winds and hail to bright sunshine but everone ended up sailing and had a great time! View photos Here