News Archive

Kaenon Polarized announces 'Road to the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup' By Sail-World, 6:35 PM Thu 9 May 2013
Kaenon Polarized, the Newport Beach-based performance and lifestyle sunglass brand, and proud supporter of sailing, and youth sailing specifically, has announced the launch of the 'Road to the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup.' The social media campaign following three very talented young sailors is now live on www.kaenon.com. ...[more]

Kaenon News: Inspired Looks from Kaenon's Women's Collection By Kaenon, 7:24 PM Tue 12 Mar 2013
Check out the latest news from Kaenon sunglasses - it's all about your style. Inspired looks from Kaenon's Women's Collection. Buy online, or from your local Kaenon stockist - find one close to you with the store locator ...[more]

Hutt International Boy's School win the Harken Schools Regatta 2013 By Amber Roberts, Auckland , 2:33 PM Sun 10 Mar 2013
Hutt International Boys School from Upper Hutt, Wellington, extended their lead on the water today to claim victory in the Harken Schools Regatta 2013. George Gautrey and his team of Callum Pritchard, Dan McDowall and Jono Francis sailed a very consistent regatta, with an impressive 17 points overall and only dropping their worst result, which was still an impressive fifth placing. ...[more]

Ten teams line up for RNZYS Harken Teams Regatta 2013 By Amber Roberts, 12:30 PM Fri 8 Mar 2013
Ten teams of talented youth sailors from schools around New Zealand are descending on the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron for this weekend’s Harken Schools Regatta. This event was established in 2007 by the then RNZYS Youth Committee as a great way to showcase the Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme amongst school age sailors in the wider Auckland Region. ...[more]

Harken Youth International: RNZYS crew wins by a 3 second margin By Amber Roberts, Auckland , 6:52 PM Sun 24 Feb 2013
Scott Barnes and his team of Jackson MacFarlane, Rawiri Geddes and Michael Boucher representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron win the Harken Youth International Match Racing Championship 2013! Barnes beat Adam Middleton (RPNYC) 2 nil in this afternoon’s final. Barnes took the first race by 36 seconds, and in the second Middleton came back on the second beat. The wind was shifty and Midd ...[more]

Barnes & Gilmour lead on Day 2 of the RNZYS Harken Youth International By Amber Roberts, Auckland , 7:05 PM Fri 22 Feb 2013
Scott Barnes (RNZYS) and Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) still hold the lead with 8 wins each on day two of the RNZYS Harken Youth International Match Racing Championships 2013. After another day of impressive close racing on the water, the duo hold a two point advantage over the four next placed skippers all tied on 6 wins each. ...[more]

14 Teams in RNZYS Harken Youth International Match Racing title By Amber Roberts, 8:09 PM Tue 19 Feb 2013
Fourteen teams of talented youth sailors from around the world arrive at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron for this week’s Harken Youth International Match Racing Championships. Teams from Sweden, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand are getting ready to do battle on the Waitemata Harbour for the illustrious Harken Cup! ...[more]

Hazard and Steele into all NZ final - Harken Int'l Youth Match Racing By Damian Devine, Newport , 5:01 PM Sat 24 Nov 2012
Defending Harken international youth match racing champion Dave Hazard and Chris Steele both representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron will battle it out in an all Kiwi final tomorrow after convincing wins in their semi finals in the 20th Harken International Youth Match racing championships on day three on Pittwater today, hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. ...[more]

Kiwis dominate, semi finalists decided, Day 2 of Harken Int'l Youth By Damian Devine, Newport , 7:14 PM Fri 23 Nov 2012
Racing forged ahead today in the 20th Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship, hosted by the RPAYC with the completion of the round robin stage of the regatta. Dave Hazard from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron led the way with a perfect scorecard of nine from nine to be the leader going into tomorrow’s semi finals. ...[more]

NZ National Match Racing Championships: New Video from FMJ Racing By Mel Benton, , 9:51 PM Thu 22 Nov 2012
Will Tiller and the FMJ racing team won the recent RNZYS 2012 New Zealand Match Racing Championships. Will Tiller and the FMJ racing team won the recent RNZYS 2012 New Zealand Match Racing Championships Skipper Will Tiller, Brad Farrand, Harry Thurston and Shaun Mason from Full Metal Jacket Racing beat top professional sailing crew of Gavin Brady and his crack crew of Ryan Houston, Rob Sal ...[more]

Defending champion Dave Hazard leader after Day 1 of Harken Youth By Damian Devine, Newport , 5:08 PM Thu 22 Nov 2012
Defending Harken youth match racing champion Dave Hazard representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is the provisional leader after day one with 11 of the 14 flights completed in the first round robin on Pittwater today, hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. ...[more]

NZ Match Racing Nationals: FMJ Racing dominate top quality fleet By FMJ Racing, 8:48 PM Tue 13 Nov 2012
FMJ Racing have dominated the 2012 New Zealand Match Racing Nationals with the strongest fleet the nationals have ever seen! The line up for the Nationals was tough with some great teams including Luna Rossa with former world number one Francesco Bruni on the helm, ...[more]

New Olympic Womens Skiff 49erFX - Images from around the World By Sail-World, 6:43 AM Thu 1 Nov 2012
The 49erFx has taken off, since being selected in May 2012 as the Womens Olympic Skiff. Here's a gallery of 12 images from 12 of the countries which are sailing the 49erFX - currently 135 rigs have been ordered/shipped by the end of November, going to 21 countries ...[more]

New Olympic Womens skiff off to a fast start - sailing in 19 countries By Sail-World, 10:18 PM Wed 24 Oct 2012
Since its selection as the new Olympic Women's Skiff in may, the 49erFX has experienced phenomenal growth, and is already sailing in 19 countries. By the end of October 135 rigs will have been shipped, to 21 countries, with an apportionment scheme still in place, as is normal with the start of a new Olympic class. ...[more]

Kaenon reflects on ten years of unique product success By Steve Rosenberg, 9:09 AM Tue 16 Oct 2012
Over 10 years ago, two brothers from Southern California created Kaenon – a premium sunglass brand offering high quality sunglasses designed in California, and powered by a truly innovative and proprietary lens technology known as SR-91®. Over the past decade Kaenon has evolved – and we will continue to introduce best-in-class product offerings – but our commitment to our founding principles has ...[more]

Stack Winter Champs hit the spot By Zoe Hawkins, 8:11 AM Wed 10 Oct 2012
A great group of organisers and supporters, including Murrays Bay Sailing Club, Yachting New Zealand, The Water Shed, Harken, Burnsco, Force Racing, and major sponsor Stack Business Interiors, pulled together to make last week's Stack Winter Champs a terrific event. ...[more]

New Elliott 35 SuperSport is launched and places well in maiden race By Elliott Marine, Auckland , 6:37 AM Wed 26 Sep 2012
Crusader the new Elliott 35 SuperSport was launched at Salthouse Boatbuilders last week and sailed her maiden race in the first of the Gold Cup Series held in Auckland on the weekend. The Elliott speedster completed the 44 mile race finishing second on the line well ahead of all but one of the 50 footers. ...[more]

Full Metal Jacket takes back to back wins in Grand Slam Series + Video By FMJ Racing, 9:07 PM Tue 11 Sep 2012
The New Zealand match racing team, Full Metal Jacket Racing, have taken out the Oakcliff Invitational in Oyster Bay to win the last two events on the Grand Slam Series. Following on from the Knickerbocker cup, two bays over in Oyster Bay, Oakcliff Sailing Centre held the 2012 Oakcliff Invitational. ...[more]

FX Rig Designer explains the working of the Fathead Rig + Video By Richard Gladwell, 7:43 AM Tue 1 May 2012
Mackay Boats' John Clinton explains how the Fathead Rig works using video taken from a test sailing session in the FX on Auckland Harbour on Saturday, when winds gusted to a recorded 31 kts. Fathead rigs had their origins in 12 and 18ft skiffs and have been adopted by a variety of classes, right up to America's Cup level, because of their ability to carry extra sail area high up in the rig ...[more]

Womens Olympic Skiff proves a point in a 25kt breeze + Video By Richard Gladwell, 8:07 PM Sat 28 Apr 2012
Mackay Boats, the team behind the FX, one of two preferred boats to emerge from the recent Olympic Womens Skiff Trials have responded to the report presented to the International Sailing Federation and comments made by other parties. ...[more]

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