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Greta Pilkington is set to become the first New Zealand sailor to compete in the women's single-handed discipline at the Olympic Games in over a decade, when she lines up in Marseille in early August. The young sailor has today been named to the ...

A period of New Zealand-led design & innovation Following the first major change in the 18 footers from the big boats of the early 1900s to the 7ft beam boats of the mid-1930s, there had been no major change or innovations until the late 1940s – probably due mainly to the uncertain times being experienced

New Zealand 18ft skiff teams return to the JJs When COVID-19 struck Sydney during the JJ Giltinan World 18 footer Championship in March 2020, it not only

Omagh and Fintona Methodist Circuit are hosting Gospel Fest Goes West on Saturday, February 25 at 7.30pm, in The Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, with a…

RNZ Uncertainty about the future of the Americas Cup was already in the air while the boats were on the water. THE PRESS 160 YEARS is a series marking the launch of The The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. New Zealanders were yachting champions in the 1950s and the sport was just as full of drama then as it is now. “The Christchurch yachtsmen, P. G. Mander​ and J. U. Cropp​, yesterday afternoon won New Zealand’s first Olympic gold medal for yachting,” The...