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NZ Rigging opens rigging-service loft in Westhaven - get 25% discount! By Sail-World, 4:20 AM Fri 16 Mar 2012
NZ Rigging has opened a dedicated Rigging – service loft in Downtown Auckland, The new loft is located upstairs in the old sail loft in the Pier 21 yard located in Westhaven. To celebrate the opening of the new facility NZ Rigging are offering massive discounts for Sail-World readers- 25% off all Running Rigging Ordered and delivered for the rest of March 2012. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race: Team Sanya's sails get serviced at Doyles By Richard Gladwell, 10:13 AM Wed 14 Mar 2012
Team Sanya has checked her Volvo Ocean race inventory into Doyle Sails loft in Auckland's Avondale for a full service ahead of the start of the fifth Leg on Sunday, and In Port racing starting tomorrow, Thursday. Doyle's Chris McMaster says that Team Sanya will be getting some new sails including a fractional Code Zero for the next leg. 'We only started discussing the sail four days ago with Mi ...[more]

Harken Schools Regatta 2012 Champions St.Kentigern College By Sara Tucker, Auckland , 9:17 PM Mon 12 Mar 2012
What a difference a drop makes! In a nail biting finish to the Harken Schools Fleet Racing Regatta, between the two St.Kentigern College and KeriKeri High Schools teams, the final results were a tie for first place and only 1 point difference between the top six crews. Michelle Tait and her crew of Jake Tyndall, Jess Allen & Joseph Kearney were the winners on countback and the 2012 Harken ...[more]

Harken Schools Regatta - 14 teams, 10 races completed on Day 1 By Sara Tucker, Auckland , 9:09 PM Sun 11 Mar 2012
A fantastic day on the water with 10 races completed, five for Group A and five for Group B in the Harken Schools Regatta. Leading group A with a perfect scorecard of 5 wins is the St. Kentigern College team of Michelle Tait, Jake Tyndall, Jess Allen and Joseph Kearney. ...[more]

2012 Harken Youth International Match Racing Championships By Michelle Tait, RNZYS , 5:45 AM Tue 21 Feb 2012
Friday 10th to Tuesday 14th February five sailors from Bucklands Beach Yacht Club competed in the Harken Youth International Match Racing Championships held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron on the Elliott 7’s. ...[more]

Harken Youth International: Steele takes the lead into Round Robin 2 By Melanie Benton, 7:35 PM Sun 12 Feb 2012
Former World Optimist Champion, Chris Steele from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has moved up the leader board, winning all of his five matches today. With a total of ten wins overall he is one point clear of Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s Jordan Reece, who also posted an impressive five wins from five matches today. ...[more]

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke - a meteoric rise in the Olympic 49er By Richard Gladwell, 10:48 AM Wed 21 Dec 2011
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke were today announced as part of the NZ Sailing Team for 2012 Olympics in Weymouth. They will sailing the Mens Skiff event, sailed in the 49er class. They teamed up after the 2008 Olympic regatta in Qingdao to learn the ropes in the 16ft twin trapeze, Olympic skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite, which debuted in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. ...[more]

Wednesday Night Blast: Pressing the 'Go' button By Ben Gladwell, 9:40 PM Tue 20 Dec 2011
Ben Gladwell was in action again with his Go-Pro, this time on board a Shaw 650 in 25kts of breeze on the Waitemata. Hang on for the ride! ...[more]

Harken Performa winches to feature on new Class 40 yacht By Daniel Johnston, 11:18 PM Wed 16 Nov 2011
The latest in the line of Class 40 racing yachts is well on its way to completion at Hakes Marine in Wellington and will feature the latest in a new line of winches from hardware specialist Harken. The Harken Performa is based on the popular Harken Radial winch which has quickly gained a reputation as an efficient and lightweight option for the racer/cruiser. ...[more]

Penfold Audi Sport goes carbon By Sail-World, 8:16 PM Wed 2 Nov 2011
Melbourne based yachtsman Dave Ellis has upgraded his Archambault A31 'Penfold Audi Sport' with a custom designed Carbon mast from NZ Spars and Rigging. Dave sailed 'Penfold Audi sport' last season with the factory issued Alloy mast to some great results under IRC, but with Dave been the perfectionist that he is he wanted more, Everyone knew from Day 1 the alloy mast was on the softside and D ...[more]

NZ Spars and Rigging instrumental to BSL's Global Ocean Race success By Sail-World, 10:12 AM Tue 1 Nov 2011
Ross and Campbell Field victory on Leg 1 of the Global Ocean Race has been attributed in part to spars and systems from New Zealand Spars and Rigging. Ross Field wanted to work with new companies when he embarked on his campaign to race two handed around the world in a 40ft boat, and he elected to team up with New Zealand Spars and Rigging, when it came to readying BSL for the mammoth voyage. ...[more]

More sun than wind at the Harken Labour Weekend Regatta at the BOIYC By Andy Greager, Bay of Islands Yacht Club , 5:52 AM Tue 25 Oct 2011
A mixed fleet of skiffs, catamarans and single handed dinghies got together this weekend for the annual HARKEN Labour Weekend Regatta at the Bay of Islands Yacht Club. Everyone enjoyed the three days in the Bay of Islands. In contrast to the fun reaches on Saturday, the course races on Sunday and Monday suffered from light and shifty winds. ...[more]

Images of the Stack Winter Champs 2011 - Murrays Bay - Day 2 By Murrays Bay Sailing Club, Auckland , 9:34 PM Mon 17 Oct 2011
The annual Winter Champs Regatta is being sailed off Murrays Bay Sailing Club sponsored by Stack the Business Interior Specialists. Here's a gallery of images from the first day of sailing. ...[more]

Images of the Stack Winter Champs 2011 - Murrays Bay - Day 1 By Murrays Bay Sailing Club, Auckland , 12:13 PM Sun 16 Oct 2011
The annual Winter Champs Regatta is being sailed off Murrays Bay Sailing Club sponsored by Stack the Business Interior Specialists. Here's a gallery of images from the first day of sailing. ...[more]

STACK Winter Champs 2011 Coaching programme wraps up By David Gunn and Brian Haybittle, Auckland , 7:42 PM Wed 12 Oct 2011
The coaching programme for the STACK Winter Champs 2011 wraps up today after two days of intensive on the water coaching. 120 of New Zealands best young sailors were coached in some testing conditions by 20 of our best young coaches. The annual Winter Champs Regatta is being sailed off Murrays Bay Sailing Club 14th to 16th October. Sponsored again by STACK the Business Interior Specialists. ...[more]

STACK Winter Champs 2011 - Murrays Bay 14th to 16th October 2011 By David Gunn, Auckland , 6:36 AM Wed 5 Oct 2011
The annual Winter Champs Regatta is being sailed off Murrays Bay Sailing Club 14th to 16th October. Sponsored again by STACK the Business Interior Specialists. A regular part of the STACK Winter Champs Regatta is the junior coaching which is run prior to the competition. The coaching this year is being run by Andrew Brown of Force Racing who will be coordinating coaches and sailors. ...[more]

Yachting NZ:Yachting Digest for January - September 2011 By Yachting NZ, 10:07 PM Mon 26 Sep 2011
Yachting Digest is produced bi-monthly by Yachting New Zealand's Keelboat and Offshore Race Committee (KORC) to keep boat owners informed about issues related to racing and cruising, including safety, boat registration and handicapping. It contains new of interest to keeler, multihull and trailerboat owners ...[more]

Harken NZ Newsletter - August 2011 - Focus on Safety By Harken NZ, 8:48 AM Mon 5 Sep 2011
Spring is upon us and it is a great time to look at the summer ahead and some lifesaving products available for sailors in the know. Also in this month's release we follow the very recent capsizes of maxi's 'Rambler 100' and 'IDEC', announce an exciting new agency, and have a look at options for the cruising sailor. ...[more]

Harken NZ Newsletter - July 2011 - Cruising, Racing and Boat Show By Harken NZ, 8:48 PM Sat 27 Aug 2011
We talk about some great options for cruising boats and give you the opportunity to walk away with even more Harken Sport product in this month's competition. The Rugby World Cup promo machine will be in full swing so don't forget to book your tickets at the Auckland International Boatshow (September 15-18th). Held in the new events facilities in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour this year will be one no ...[more]

Team Jolly update on the Olympic Womens 470 at Weymouth By Polly Powrie and Jo Aleh, 7:44 PM Sat 27 Aug 2011
The overall result was not what we were looking for, obviously we went to Weymouth looking to win, and after some a) Weird boat things, and b) Rather poor decision making at times, we came away with a fourth, which was a little surprising, considering how badly we sailed at times, we were happy to just make the medal race! ...[more]

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