2019 was a ground-breaking year for the KNOTS team. We achieved our first Grade 1 win, won the Match Race Super League and rose to No. 2 on the World Match Rankings, from 23 at the start of the [...]
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are looking for an experienced Race Officer to support an experienced volunteer race management team with running the vast range of sailing events. The [...]
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Home of the America’s Cup, today announced a three-year partnership with Mastercard, one of the world’s most active sponsors of major sporting events. [...]
When 29-year-old New Zealand yachtswoman Bianca Cook announced in March this year that she planned to lead a Kiwi VO65 team in the 2021 edition of the Ocean Race around the world she also [...]
The last time Maiden sailed into Auckland, she was winning a leg on the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Race. On Saturday, she will sail in again, this time on an equally [...]
Seventeen year old Sean Herbert has made history by becoming the first person to ever win the NZ Starling Nationals three times in a row. Herbert, sailing for the Royal New Zealand Yacht [...]
Squadron Member Brian Petersen is setting off with his crew on Ran Tan II for what will be an ocean adventure of a lifetime. Petersen, who owns the Elliott 50 Ran Tan II – a mainstay in Squadron [...]
A small change to the event rules may make a big difference to the number of boats on the start line for this years’ PIC Coastal Classic yacht race. The NZ Multihull Yacht Club (NZMYC) has [...]
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are pleased to announce that Auckland based premium mixer brand East Imperial have signed on as an official supporter and boat sponsor of the RNZYS [...]
World renowned sailing hardware manufacturer and long-time sponsors of the Squadron, HARKEN, have renewed and extended their sponsorship of the RNZYS for another three years. HARKEN will continue [...]