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EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND FIRST TO SAIL THE NEW AC75

With the weather clearing in Auckland, Emirates Team New Zealand took advantage of a window to quietly launch the raceboat that will defend the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona in October. The hopes of this sailing-mad nation rest on a progressive and heavily refined design, a (big) step-on from their America’s Cup winning boat ‘Te Rehutai’ of AC36. The full naming ceremony and blessing is not scheduled until later this month, but time is a valuable currency in this competition and the clock is ticking.

The shore crew worked quickly to step the mast – noticeably more aft of the foil arms than on the previous generation and the new boat was towed out to begin its early commissioning on a residual and gradually lessening breeze up the Hauraki Gulf.

What we see from the initial underbelly shots is a slenderer bustle/skeg running all the way aft having begun at a micro-chine on the bow. A more pinched and acute stern houses a neatly hung rudder off the back of the skinny bustle taper whilst at the foil arm junction there is a neat volume-reducing indent that announces the ‘crew-area’ of the hull that is exquisitely shaped with a slight concave.

As we saw on the Alinghi Red Bull Racing reveal, the hull is aggressively flared off the bustle to produce an almost flat flaring that runs aft whilst the crew pod area tapers smoothly as opposed to the harsh cut-out that was on display by the Swiss. The foil arms and indeed the foils themselves looked to be either legacy or very much base models and it’s totally understandable that the teams won’t be revealing anywhere close to final foil iterations until much closer to the competition.

The bow and foredeck profile is conservative, eschewing the ‘Venturi’ bumps or tunnel profile that we saw on the Swiss reveal, and expect elsewhere, although the hull/deck join is certainly a nod to aero simulation and modelling. The bow itself is sharp and thin, coming to the minimum volume quickly after a fine entry – certainly a consideration for the expected waveforms in Barcelona - and from bow-on the hull flairing is very evident. Up forward, just ahead of the trim station, the jib tracks and the 3D trim mechanism are sunk into small pods either side. From dead astern, the form is virtually elliptical, tapering smoothly to the transom. What it screams all over is ‘efficiency’ and there looks to be barely a millimetre that hasn’t been pored over in the design office.

Out on the water during the tow test, the crew configuration could be seen, and Emirates Team New Zealand will be running with four crew in each pod with the cyclors aft, the helm position immediately after the cyclors and the trimmer in the forward position – a standard set-up that they used on Te Rehutai. The deck moulding is super clean and flares up to mould into the crew pods, creating a very clean flowing lower section where the aero is most disturbed. 

Not only did Emirates Team New Zealand launch, step the mast and tow-test but the sailors also managed to launch sails and be the first boat of the new AC75 cycle to actually sail – big milestone for the 37 th Louis Vuitton America’s Cup. And it was here where we saw some great sail detailing, with the neatest clew area yet seen on an AC75, with the fairing extending low-down like an anvil stretching to the mainsheet traveller – quite where the controls are housed (presumably within the double-skin mainsail) is what the recon will reveal soon. Great detailing that we will see a lot more of in the coming weeks. On this maiden sail, the mode was low and fast with the end-plating effect very much in evidence as Blair Tuke and Andy Maloney rode that ride-height super-close to the water's surface.

It was a long day on the water with the new boat returning to base in the dark after a small issue with lowering the port skin after the halyard lock stuck, but Peter Burling, skipper for Emirates Team New Zealand seemed stoked with the new boat saying: “Awesome day to get the raceboat out of the shed, get everything calibrated, get through all our checks and then get a short sail in at the end of the day just before we lost the light. It was absolutely amazing and incredible effort by everyone involved in the team to get that done...it was pretty incredible to be able to sheet on and get a few foiling tacks straight off the  bat but the boat felt really good, it felt quite like we predicted it to which was nice as well, and now we’re looking forward to going back and having a good look at the data and trying to make good plan going forward.”

Talking about the overall design, Pete added: “We’ve definitely been pretty aggressive with the design, so we're really happy with what we’ve produced. It's been really cool to see Alinghi (Red Bull Racing) as well and I think we'll see a few more boats very soon. This is the most exciting time when you get to see what everyone's been up to for the last two years, so to wheel it out of the shed and finally have it out in the open and be testing and developing on it was incredible.”

This was a statement day for the Defenders of the Louis Vuitton 37 th America’s Cup. With the Swiss boat revealed and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli launching on Saturday, Emirates Team New Zealand beat them all to the punch by actually getting sailing. Great team effort by the ruthlessly efficient Kiwis. The new era of the America’s Cup has well and truly begun. (Magnus Wheatley)

On-Water Recon Report – Emirates Team New Zealand: Today Emirates Team New Zealand launched their America's Cup race boat, Boat 3 AC75. After a long morning of waiting for the weather to clear up enough, the shed doors opened, and the boat rolled out into the sunshine for the first time. Sporting the same paint job as ‘Te Rehutai’ did for testing early in this cycle, you could have mistaken B3 for Te Rehutai, however changes were very noticeable.

The team rolled the boat out of the shed at 12:22 into the forecourt in front of the base, then proceeded to start the necessary calibrations required. As they completed a 360° spin with the boat for compass calibrations, recon got its first good look at the boat from all angles and while it has roots in the design of ‘Te Rehutai’, there have been significant design changes.

The shore crew worked quickly and effectively to step the rig, with all systems seeming to run smoothly during the stepping process. The base was alive with everyone coming down to watch the boat splash for the first time. A host of people quickly sprang into action on the boat once it was secured on the dock, starting a range of system checks and calibrations. We saw for the first time, the ‘cyclors’ joining the sailing crew, running through essential dock checks. Seen for the first time now was the configuration of the sailors onboard the yacht. With two cyclor pods aft of the helm and trimmer on each side of the yacht. Spending roughly an hour running over on the dock, the team departed to start some tow testing down the harbour. Docking out at 15:40.

In a moderating westerly breeze, the team completed a long foil tow heading east down the harbour and towards the ‘Back Paddock’, towing at times with speeds in the high 30's and low 40's. Dropping off the tow, the boat rounded up, and the chase boat came alongside to start working on hoisting sails for the first time. Spending roughly one hour working on hoisting both mainsails and a J4, the shore crew returned to the chase boat, and the sailing team started getting the boat sailing upwind.

With a very controlled speed build and take-off, the new boat was officially flying under sail and started accelerating upwind. Looking in control, the team went into a few tacks, completing them fully foiling. Being late in the day, and quickly running out of light, the team stopped sailing after just 10 minutes and began getting the sails down. This ended with a slight delay as they had trouble getting the port mainsail off the lock and had a man up the rig working on it for quite some time, eventually getting it sorted; the team towed back towards the base in the dimming evening light and hit the dock just after sunset at 18:20.

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Everything you need to know about the 37th America’s Cup

Follow all the latest insight, analysis and reports from the 37th America’s Cup as teams fight it out to win the oldest International trophy in sport.

Which teams are in the 37th America’s Cup?

In 2021 four teams raced in fully foiling AC75 monohulls which were conceived specifically for the event by then Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand and Challenger of Record, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli.

These same four teams have returned for the 2024 America’s Cup and are by joined by two additional teams, bringing the total number of entries up to 6.

Emirates Team New Zealand – America’s Cup Defender

As the current holder of the America’s Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand will be racing again in the 37th America’s Cup. As the Defender, the Kiwis are guaranteed a spot in the America’s Cup regatta itself.

Any other challengers will need to race each other in the Louis Vuitton Cup to win the right to be the single challenger in the America’s Cup regatta itself.

Emirates Team New Zealand represent the Royal Auckland Yacht Club in America’s Cup racing.

tight racing between the British and the French. Photo: Ricardo Pinto / America’s Cup

INEOS Britannia – America’s Cup Challenger of Record

The Challenger of Record is the name given to the first yacht club to challenge the holder of the America’s Cup once it has been won.

When Emirates Team New Zealand successfully completed their defence of the America’s Cup in 2021, the Royal Yacht Squadron immediately issued a challenge on behalf of Ben Ainslie’s INEOS Team UK (now called INEOS Britannia), so they are Challenger of Record for the 37th America’s Cup .

INEOS Britannia and Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team has strengthened an exhausting relationship, with the British challenger standing to benefit from the technical and engineering experience of the multiple World Champion F1 team.

Photo: Job Vermeulen/America’s Cup

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli has a very long America’s Cup history having first competed in 2000 and has taken part in every Cup since (with the exception of the unique 2010 Deed of Gift match).

For the 36th America’s Cup Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli were the challenger of record. They also won the challenger selection series so it was this Italian team who took on Emirates Team New Zealand for the America’s Cup itself.

The team has returned for the 37th America’s Cup though this time they are not the official challenger of record.

Photo: Ian Roman / America’s Cup

American Magic

Eliminated in the louis vuitton cup semi-final.

In 2021 the New York Yacht Clubs’ American Magic was also competing, though their event was ultimately ruined by a capsize in the early part of the regatta . They did get the boat rebuilt but it never got back up to speed and they made an early exit.

The 2021 campaign marked the return of the New York Yacht Club to the America’s Cup. The NYYC held the America’s Cup from its inception in 1851 right the way through to 1983, when they were defeated by the Royal Perth Yacht Club’s Australia II .

American Magic are, once again, representing the New York Yacht Club in the 2024 America’s Cup

The Alinghi Red Bull Racing AC75 was first to launch and has one of the most radical hull shapes. Photo: Olaf Pignataro/Alinghi Red Bull Racing

Alinghi Red Bull Racing

Another team making a return to the America’s Cup scene after a long break will be Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi team. The Swiss team won the America’s Cup in 2003 and then completed a successful defence in 2007.

However, a serious falling out over the potential rules for the next America’s Cup saw Alinghi taken to court by Larry Ellison and his BMW Oracle team, the 2010 America’s Cup was held between Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing in a Deed of Gift match that saw the teams fight it out in huge multihulls.

BMW Oracle won the contest and Alinghi stepped away from America’s Cup racing.

Alinghi’s return was a welcome one and their Cup history alongside their partnership with Red Bull Racing should have seen them a solid challenge from the off. Unfortunately the complexity of the AC75s is clear and this team had too much to do to catch up to those involved in the 2021 Cup.

Alinghi was eliminated from the competition by INEOS Britannia in the Louis Vuitton Cup Semi-Final.

Orient Express Racing Team

Eliminated louis vuitton cup round robin series.

The French entry to the 2024 America’s Cup was long rumoured but it was not until quite late in the day that they officially announced their intention to challenge.

It was in early 2023 that the official announcement came of a French AC entry, backed by Accor Group and its brands Orient Express and ALL-ACCOR Live Limitless.

As a fairly late challenge they will had a lot to do to be competitive, but they struck a great – and controversial – deal with Team New Zealand to buy their boat design, so were able to skip a few steps on the learning curve.

Ultimately the French team did better than many expected, but their comparative lack of AC75 experience saw them knocked out in the first found of the Louis Vuitton Cup.

What boats are in the 37th America’s Cup

The class of boat to be used in the 2024 America’s Cup is once again the AC75 . These boats were first brought in ahead of the 36th America’s Cup so this will be their second outing.

The foiling monohulls are slightly different in 2024, with rules being tweaked partly aimed at improving light wind performance and reducing crew numbers from 11 to 8.

Teams are only be allowed to build one AC75 and nationality rules are strict this time around requiring 100% of the race crew for each competitor to either be a passport holder of the country of the team’s yacht club or to have been physically present in that country for 18 months of the previous three years prior to 17th March 2021.

Emirates Team New Zealand saw success in 2017 in Bermuda with their Cyclors . Having been banned in 2021, these have made a return for the 37th America’s Cup.

Barcelona, the venue for the 37th America’s Cup

Where is the 37th America’s Cup held?

Barcelona, Spain was selected in 2022 as the venue for the 37th America’s Cup , marking the first time a New Zealand team has chosen to defend a Cup win overseas.

The home city of Emirates Team New Zealand and the venue for the 36th America’s Cup, Auckland, had an exclusive period in which to tender for the regatta immediately after the Kiwis’ successful defence in 2021, but the sums on offer were not enough, and Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton cast the net wider internationally after rejecting a NZ$99 million (£50 million) offer from the New Zealand government.

A number venues were mooted including: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Cork, Ireland; Malaga, Spain, but Barcelona eventually won out.

When is the 37th America’s Cup?

The America’s Cup will be held in 2024 in Barcelona. Racing in the 37th America’s Cup Match itself, which is a best of 13 (first to seven) format will start on Saturday 12th October 2024 and could run all the way to the 27th October should all the races be needed to pick a winner.

The America’s Cup will be proceeded by the challenger selection series, which will see which of the five challengers gets the honour to race New Zealand for the Cup itself.

Racing for the Challenger Selection Series – officially the Louis Vuitton Cup, will take place between the 29 August 2024 and 7 October 2024.

Match Racing

Though the America’s Cup was first raced for in 1851 ( and won by the schooner America from which the trophy gets its name), this race was between a fleet of boats. A challenge by the British in the 1870s was also conducted as a fleet race.

By the 1880s, following a protest from the British, the America’s Cup was decided in a head-to-head match race where two boats sail against each other.

Match racing is a particular skill and encourages aggressive manoeuvres using the rules to put your opponent at a disadvantage. This cut-and-thrust racing, where the only objective is to beat your opponent, has long been at the heart of America’s Cup racing and produces a thrilling spectacle.

You can catch all the latest America’s Cup news, analysis and videos right here on Yachtingworld.com

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4:43pm - And that's the end of the day's racing, before it even begins. The racing window has closed and Mother Nature has carried the honours.

Surely tomorrow, we'll be better prepared... such a shame for the record paying crowd, who go home without seeing any racing.

Join us again at 3pm Sunday for live updates of the revised racing scheduled.

4:33pm - Still no racing, due to "mammals on course", which is a little embarrassing. The same thing happened last year and dolphins are quite common in this area, so it wouldn't have takent much foresight to make sure they had something to do somewhere else today.

The opening race has been delayed, after a dolphin was sighted on the course. SailGP is known for its respect for the ocean and nature, so wellbeing of wildlife comes before racing.

2:57pm - Great Britain have been docked points - both from the NZ regatta and the season standings - after a training incident with Spain.

The Brits collided with the Spanish boat during the third practice race on Friday and the penalty may have ended their chances of reaching the series final at San Francisco.

"We’re licking wounds from that issue," said GBR driver Giles Scott. "It's really, really frustrating, but tomorrow's a new day - we'll come out swinging and see what the weekend's got."

The British now sit seventh overall, 11 points out of the top-three cutoff for the final.

Kia ora, good afternoon and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of NZ Sail Grand Prix at Christchurch's picturesque Lyttelton Harbour.

Last year saw the international sailing circuit visit the South Island for the first time and many of the participants described the stopover as the best of the year.

This event was scheduled for Auckland, but unavailability of suitable venues forced organisers to return to Lyttelton, which isn't a bad back-up option.

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The home team were pipped by Kiwi skipper Phil Robertson and his Canadian crew in 2023, but the newly branded 'Black Foils' are determined to take honours this weekend, after back-to-back success at Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Driver Peter Burling wans't at the wheel for the last regatta at Sydney, while he was on babywatch, so he'll chase a hattrick of victories at Christchurch.

Saturday's racing will consist of three fleet races, while Sunday will see two more, plus the three-boat final.

The fleet and championship standings are:

Australia - Tom Slingsby  

New Zealand - Peter Burling

Denmark - Nicholai Sehested

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France - Quentin Delapierre

Great Britain - Giles Scott

United States - Taylor Canfield

Canada - Phil Robertson

Germany - Erik Heil

Switzerland - Nathan Outteridge

Join us at 3pm for the first race.

TAB Odds: Australia $2.90, New Zealand $3.25, Denmark $8, France $11, Spain $11

Canada's Kiwi skipper out to spoil homecoming party again at SailGP Christchurch

The black boat isn't the only one chasing a 'home' win at the New Zealand round of SailGP this weekend.

Last year, Kiwi Phil Robertson stole the show, when he drove his Canadian team to victory on Lyttelton Harbour.

Robertson is back in the country for the first time since the famous win and his sights set on a repeat effort this weekend, but defending his title isn't the only reason to come home.  

"It's pretty hard to compete with New Zealand coffee around the world," Robertson told Newshub. 

As it turns out, that rule applies to most beverages - including the alcoholic variety.

"I definitely like the local craft breweries and get into it... but I still love a Speights," he joked.

Come Sunday, he'll hope those beers will be celebratory. Last year, he helped Canada achieve their only event win to date, spoiling the party for local hero Peter Burling and the NZ boat.

"That was up there," he reflected. "That was massive."

Not everything about being home is bright and sunny.  

"It's cold here, but the colder air brings a denser air, so you go faster," he noted.

The ever-comical Robertson has his own way of describing windy conditions at the last event in Sydney.

"You've got to bring your brown undies and buckle up, because it's going to be a wild ride," he said.

Robertson confirms those brown undies have been included in his luggage this weekend.

"I packed my brown undies, but hopefully I won't need them, because I love the speed."

That should be music to the ears of a record 22,0000 spectators who will make this weekend the world's largest ever ticketed sailing event.  

"An event like this here in Christchurch, I'm really hoping it inspires the local kids down here to get into it, because it's a wicked sport and there's so many opportunities around the world," he said.

If Robertson can go back-to-back for Canada, there would be no better example set.

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The foundations of the city were laid in 1840 and the occasion was immediately marked by a regatta on the harbour.

It was an appropriate portent of things to come as yachting and boating flourished on the harbour and ultimately grew to enjoy an international reputation.

Eleven years later, a small group of yachtsmen made the first attempt to establish an Auckland Yacht Club. It was short lived, as were several subsequent efforts at getting a club off the ground.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron traces its origin back to the 1871 incarnation of the Auckland Yacht Club, with 30 yachts and 120 members on its register.

By then, the city had grown from a scattering of tents and shacks into a much more substantial and thriving venture, with the harbour playing a central role in its progress.

By the turn of the century, yacht racing was a thriving sport, attracting crowds of spectators and detailed reports in the local newspapers. Under the leadership of some of the city’s prominent captains of industry and commerce, the AYC showed continued growth.

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In 1901, the AYC changed its name to the New Zealand Yacht Squadron. The following year the Squadron celebrated a major milestone when it received a warrant in the name of King Edward VII elevating its status to a Royal club.

With this recognition membership numbers almost doubled from 157 in 1901 to 300 in 1903.

During both world wars, yacht racing was largely suspended in Auckland. Members of the RNZYS served in all theatres of both wars and in all the armed services.

A number of members who owned launches and were not able to serve abroad were involved in harbour defence and patrol duties.

To accommodate steady growth, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron moved through a succession of rented premises in the city until in 1955 it bought a handsome two-storey brick house in Parliament Street with sweeping views over the Waitemata Harbour.

A decade later, the RNZYS acquired its current premises at Westhaven, first as a lease and subsequently as a purhase.

From the 1960s, the RNZYS was at the forefront of a steady rise in international competition. In 1966, James Davern sailed his yacht  Fidelis across the Tasman Sea and swept to line honours victory in the grueling 630 mile Sydney-Hobart Race.

Fidelis set a new race record and the 17-hour margin between 1 st and 2 nd still stands as the longest in the race’s history.

Three years later, Chris Bouzaid and a RNZYS crew took on the elite of international yacht racing.

Travelling to Heligoland, Germany, Bouzaid and his  Rainbow II crew won the prestigious One Ton Cup against a line up of seasoned competitors from the USA, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Holland and Switzerland.

On the foundations laid by these successes, the RNZYS trophy cabinets have played host to some of the biggest prizes in world yachting including the Half, One and Two-Ton Cups, the Admiral’s Cup, the Kenwood Cup, the Champagne Mumm World Cup, the Whitbread Round the World Trophy, the Louis Vuitton Trophy and the America’s Cup.

Carrying the RNZYS burgee into battle, Team New Zealand won the America’s Cup in San Diego in 1995, then successfully defended it on the Hauraki Gulf in 2000.

After losing to Switzerland in 2003, the RNZYS became the only yacht club in the world to challenge and win the America’s Cup twice when Emirates Team New Zealand scored a 7-1 victory over Oracle Team USA in Bermuda in 2017.

Coinciding with the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s 150th sesquicentenary in 2021, Emirates Team New Zealand successfully defended the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland, defeating Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli 7-3 in the America’s Cup Match and ensuring the RNZYS remains the Home of the America’s Cup.

By agreement between the RNZYS and Emirates Team New Zealand, the 2024 defence of the America’s Cup will take place in Barcelona, Spain. The Challenger of Record is the Royal Yacht Squadron.

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The nzpba is the governing body in new zealand for circuit power boat racing..

The NZPBA is affiliated to the New Zealand Power Boat Federation Inc. who are in turn affiliated to the world governing body the UIM (Union International Motonautique).

ere in NZ we race many types of craft on oval or triangular left hand turn tracks which range in overall length of between 1 and 2 kilometers. Our courses are on New Zealand’s many inland waterways, lakes, rivers and sheltered harbours.

Circuit racing boats include Hydroplanes, Racing Runabouts, V-Bottoms and Tunnel Boats. They range in size and speed from ten (10) foot long with a top speed of 60 kph boats through to the big GP Hydroplanes that are seven (7) metres in length and capable of speeds of over 250kph.

On this site you will find class descriptions, race team profiles, our race calendar, racing news, classified advertisements, contact details for provincial clubs, drivers clubs and our national executive as well as photo galleries of our current and past racers. There is also a growing page of links to other boat racing sites.

Modified Hydroplane

Event Entry Page

2024/25 ENTRY FORMS QUICK SEARCH

Calendar 2024-25

2024/25 Race Calendar Check for events near you.

Tech News covers areas from UIM tech updates to new materials and engines.

For links to videos and other racing groups click here.

Classifieds Boats

If it's complete boats, parts, new or second hand you're after, click here.

RACING IMAGES

NZPBA Race Classes

Nzpba clubs.

Please don’t hesitate to contact NZPBA via the Secretary or any of our Provincial Clubs for more information on the exciting sport of power boating. Vist our clubs below.

Cambridge-Waikato Power Boat Club Inc

Lake Arapuni Powerboat Club

Lake Kaniere Yacht & Power Boat Club Inc

Lakeland Power Boat Club Inc

Manawatu Power Boat Club

Manukau-Auckland Speedboat Club Inc

New Brighton Power Boat Club Inc

NZPBA Grand Prix Hydroplane Drivers Club

Rotoiti Power Boat Club Inc

Southland Power Boat Club Inc

Wairarapa Powerboat Club

Wanganui Motor Boat Club Inc

Wellington Power Boat Club Inc

New Zealand Radio Yachting Association Inc.

The home of Radio Sailing in New Zealand

Sailing radio-controlled yachts in New Zealand … a range of classes and affilated clubs nationwide… Join us…

Radio Sailing

Radio sailing is a popular exciting sport in New Zealand. There are a number of classes of radio-controlled yachts that you can choose to sail for fun and in competitions.

The NZRYA have affiliated Class Associations for these different classes of RC yachts.

There are radio-controlled yacht  sailing clubs  around the country that you can choose to join. Clubs are located as far north as Keri Keri and as far south as Otago and Cromwell.

Latest Radio Yachting News

2024 kapiti iom championships, 2024 northland championships – day 2 (15 september 2024).

A much better Day 2. The wind settled in from the Southerly direction overnight but was still variable from lower A to Mid B in … Read more

2024 Northland Championships – Day 1 (14 September 2024)

An ominous start to the event with the wind swinging through 150deg and inconsistent breeze. Eventually got underway dealing with the shifting breeze as best as … Read more

Latest Race Results

2024 df95 south island championships race officer report.

Attached is the Race Officer report for the 2024 DF65 South Island Championships.

Taranaki Classic IOM Regatta 

The New Plymouth Radio Control Yacht Club hosted the Taranaki Classic IOM Regatta at Lake Rotomanu in Fitzroy, New Plymouth, on the weekend of the … Read more

 2024 Wellington Regional DF Champs

Attached is the Race Officer’s report

Latest NZRYA News

2023 agm chairman’s report and treasurer’s report, minutes of the 2023 nzrya agm.

Attached are the minutes of the 2023 NZRYA AGM.

Reminder to Vote – 2023 NZRYA Inc AGM Ballot

Dear Members, Thank you to all those members who have voted on the motions in the NZRYA Inc 2023 AGM. To those that have not … Read more

Ranking Regatta

Event Location

Anzac Bay - Waiheke Island Radio Yacht Club

Awatea Lake, Paraparaumu - Kapiti Radio Yacht Club

Best Island - Nelson Radio Sailing Club Inc

Kai Iwi Lakes

Lake Dunstan - Cromwell Radio Yacht Squadron

Lake Manuwai - Kerikeri Radio Yacht Squadron

Lake Pegasus - Pegasus Radio Sailing Club

Lake Rotomanu - New Plymouth Radio Control Yacht Club

Lake Rotoroa, Hamilton - Waikato Radio Yacht Club

Lake Rua, Harewood - Christchurch Model Yacht Club

Lake Taurikura - Tauranga Radio Sailing Club

Orakei Basin - Oarakei Yacht Club

Quarry Lake - North Shore Radio Yacht Squadron

Regency Lake - Gulf Harbour Radio Yacht Club

Southern Reservoir - Otago Radio Yacht Club

St Mary's Bay, Westhaven, Auckland

Vauxhall Yacht Club

Victoria Lake, Hagley Park - Christchurch Model Yacht Club

Wattle Farm - Northern Marine Model Society

Whitby Lower Lakes - Wellington Radio Yacht Club

Winstones Lake, Otaki - Kapiti Radio Yacht Club

Event Organizer

Christchurch Model Yacht Club

Cromwell Radio Yacht Squadron

Gulf Harbour Radio Yacht Club

Kapiti Radio Yacht Club

Kerikeri Radio Yacht Squadron

Nelson Radio Sailing Club

New Plymouth Radio Control Yacht Club

North Shore Radio Yacht Squadron

Orakei Yacht Club

Otago Radio Yacht Club

Pegasus Radio Sailing Club

Tauranga Radio Sailing Club

Waiheke Island Radio Yacht Club

Waikato Radio Yacht Club

Wellington Radio Yacht Club

Westhaven Radio Sailing

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october 2024

2024 fri 04 oct All Day sun 06 IOM National Championships Class IOM Event Type National, Ranking Regatta Event Organized By Cromwell Radio Yacht Squadron Lake Dunstan - Cromwell Radio Yacht Squadron , Partridge Road, Cromwell 9310, New Zealand

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october 4 (Friday) - 6 (Sunday)

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Partridge Road, Cromwell 9310, New Zealand

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2024 sat 19 oct All Day sun 20 DF65 Nationals Class DF65 Event Type National Event Organized By Kapiti Radio Yacht Club Winstones Lake, Otaki - Kapiti Radio Yacht Club

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october 19 (Saturday) - 20 (Sunday)

november 2024

2024 sat 09 nov All Day sun 10 DF95 Nationals Class DF95 Event Type National Event Organized By Cromwell Radio Yacht Squadron Lake Dunstan - Cromwell Radio Yacht Squadron , Partridge Road, Cromwell 9310, New Zealand

november 9 (Saturday) - 10 (Sunday)

2024 sat 16 nov All Day sun 17 Murray Rountree IOM Regatta Class IOM Event Type Ranking Regatta, Regional Event Organized By Wellington Radio Yacht Club Winstones Lake, Otaki - Kapiti Radio Yacht Club

november 16 (Saturday) - 17 (Sunday)

2024 sat 16 nov All Day Des Towson Memorial Electron Regatta Event Type Club Event Organized By Gulf Harbour Radio Yacht Club Regency Lake - Gulf Harbour Radio Yacht Club , Regency Park Drive, Gulf Harbour, Whangaparāoa 0930, New Zealand

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All Day (Saturday)

Regency Park Drive, Gulf Harbour, Whangaparāoa 0930, New Zealand

2024 sun 24 nov All Day 2024 Taranaki DF65 Championships Class DF65 Event Type Regional Event Organized By New Plymouth Radio Control Yacht Club Lake Rotomanu - New Plymouth Radio Control Yacht Club , Clemow Road, Fitzroy, New Plymouth

All Day (Sunday)

Clemow Road, Fitzroy, New Plymouth

2024 sat 30 nov All Day sun 01 dec 2024 National EC12 Championships Class EC12 Event Type National Event Organized By Kapiti Radio Yacht Club Winstones Lake, Otaki - Kapiti Radio Yacht Club

November 30 (Saturday) - December 1 (Sunday)

2024 sat 30 nov All Day sun 01 dec DF65 South Island Championships Class DF65 Event Type Regional Event Organized By Nelson Radio Sailing Club Best Island - Nelson Radio Sailing Club Inc , Barnett Ave, Best Island, Nelson

Barnett Ave, Best Island, Nelson