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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Sailing articles  Sailing
    Comanche has tuned up for the Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race starting a fortnight tomorrow with a line honours victory in the Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour
     11 December 2024
    Comanche has tuned up for the Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race starting a fortnight tomorrow with a line honours victory in the Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour
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    New Zealand sit second on the leaderboard after day one of Sail GP's season-opening event in Dubai
    24 Nov 2024: New Zealand sit second on the leaderboard after day one of Sail GP's season-opening event in Dubai... more
    The New Zealand SailGP team is setting their F50 boat up to excel in light airs for tonight's season-opening regatta in Dubai
    23 Nov 2024: The New Zealand SailGP team is setting their F50 boat up to excel in light airs for tonight's season-opening regatta in Dubai... more
    Paraguay have beaten champions Argentina 2-1 in their South American men's football World Cup qualifier in Asunción
    15 Nov 2024: Paraguay have beaten champions Argentina 2-1 in their South American men's football World Cup qualifier in Asunción... more
    Trimaran Romanza has weathered less than ideal conditions to win this year's Coastal Classic
    26 Oct 2024: Trimaran Romanza has weathered less than ideal conditions to win this year's Coastal Classic... more
    Sailors racing in this year's Coastal Classic are expecting less than ideal winds
    25 Oct 2024: Sailors racing in this year's Coastal Classic are expecting less than ideal winds... more
    The America's Cup could be competed for once again on New Zealand waters
    21 Oct 2024: The America's Cup could be competed for once again on New Zealand waters... more
    Discussions around the future of the America's Cup remain up in the air, as Team New Zealand celebrate retaining the Auld Mug in Barcelona
    20 Oct 2024: Discussions around the future of the America's Cup remain up in the air, as Team New Zealand celebrate retaining the Auld Mug in Barcelona... more
    The Sports Minister says Government support for a locally held America's Cup isn't guaranteed
    20 Oct 2024: The Sports Minister says Government support for a locally held America's Cup isn't guaranteed... more
    The America's Cup is once again New Zealand's cup
    20 Oct 2024: The America's Cup is once again New Zealand's cup... more

     Most Popular Recent Sailing News
     28 Dec: The leading contenders have now reached the coast of Tasmania in another dramatic Sydney to Hobart yacht race ++++++++++
     26 Dec: A New Zealand yacht is expected to be right in contention for the overall race win in the Sydney to Hobart classic +++++++++
     27 Dec: The Sydney to Hobart fleet has lost its first 100-foot supermaxi, with Wild Thing 100 retiring from the 80th running of the race on the first night of sailing +++++++
     17 Jan: The Italian city of Cagliari will host the first preliminary regatta ahead of the next America's Cup +++++++
     27 Dec: In the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, Comanche remains around four miles ahead of LawConnect in the lead, with 340 miles to go ++++++
     16 Jan: Swedish SailGP driver Nathan Outteridge is poised to blow out the cobwebs out as his new syndicate debuts at the season-opening event in Perth ++++++
     16 Jan: There's a Team New Zealand America's Cup vibe to the Swedish SailGP team debuting at the season-opener in Perth this weekend ++++++

     Sailing NewsLinks
      12 Jan: Newest sailgp recruit helped deny aussies $3m (Sydney Morning Herald)
      12 Jan: Bluebridge's ferry connemara to resume sailing monday night following door woes (RadioNZ)
      9 Jan: Ramp fault strands 200 bluebridge passengers in wellington overnight (Stuff.co.nz)
      7 Jan: Us may intercept and seize oil tanker sailing near uk, reports say (BBCWorld)
      1 Jan: Finnish police seize ship suspected of sabotaging undersea cable (BBCWorld)
      31 Dec: Wed, 31 Dec 2025: Northland hero gordon pengelly recounts his rescue after yacht capsizes (RadioNZ)
      29 Dec: Mon, 29 Dec 2025: Master lock comanche takes line honours in sydney to hobart filled with mass retirements (Sydney Morning Herald)
      26 Dec: Fri, 26 Dec 2025: Everything you need to know about the 2025 sydney to hobart race (Sydney Morning Herald)
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