Major Regattas

We can’t wait to see you on the water this Saturday afternoon for our very special inaugural Barfoot & Thompson Bridge to Bean Race, one of our major RNZYS 150th celebration [...]

The renamed and revamped CBRE City of Sails Auckland Regatta took place from 26th – 28th March, and with a consistent 15-20+ knots of breeze on the harbour throughout, the racing was [...]

The Harken National Secondary Schools Keelboat Championship will now take place from the 7th-9th May 2021 after being postponed from its original early March dates due to a level three [...]

Following the Prada Cup Finals dates now being confirmed, The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) are thrilled to also confirm that the Mastercard Superyacht Regatta 2021 is going ahead as [...]

Aaron Young, Commodore of the RNZYS, had a desire to advance the quality of club racing in New Zealand. It led him to impulse-buy a 40-foot carbon canting keeler from Europe within 72 hours of [...]

Karleen Dixon and her crew of Sara Tucker, Paula Satterthwaite, Jennifer Jameson, Raynor Haagh, Miranda Addy and Kylie Jameson, have taken out the 2020 Barfoot & Thompson NZ Women’s National [...]

Ten all-female teams will take to the water in the MRX fleet at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland this weekend for the 2020 Barfoot & Thompson NZ Women’s National Keelboat [...]

After a high-pressure decision to postpone the Nationals on the cusp of the COVID-19 pandemic back in March, the event was successfully completed last weekend by a competitive fleet of sixteen [...]

Sixteen Young 88’s will hit the harbour this weekend (21st & 22nd November) in Auckland for what is going to be a fiercely contested Harken Young 88 National Championship and North [...]

A twenty-knot forecast is set to spice up the Çoast NZ Etchell Class National Championship being run by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland this weekend. Ten very competitive crews [...]