Introduction
The School Yachting Team has become one of our most successful sporting codes in recent years, achieving outstanding results at both regional and national levels. The team has proudly claimed the Team Regionals Trophy 2025, Teams Sailing Nationals 2023 and 2024, Interdominion Championship 2024, and the Harken Cup 2024.
Throughout the season, the team competes in a range of regattas that showcase their versatility and skill across multiple sailing classes and race formats.
The season begins with the Auckland Secondary Schools Fleet Racing Regatta at Wakatere Boating Club (Narrow Neck). This event is open to all sailing classes. Schools are ranked based on the combined finishing positions of four yachts sailed across three different classes. Competitors are required to have access to their own boats—either owned or rented—for this regatta.
The Harken Keelboat Nationals Regatta is then contested in small keelboats provided by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron - the same boats used to train some of New Zealand’s top keelboat sailors.
The next event on the calendar is the Auckland Cup Teams Sailing Regatta, which features a team racing format. Each school fields three 420-class yachts that race
If the team qualifies, they will proceed to compete at the Interdominion Regatta, facing off against top Australian crews. New Zealand is proud to host the event in 2026.head-to-head against another school. The team with the lowest total finishing points is declared the winner. Following this is the National Teams Racing Regatta, held during the last week of the Term 1 holidays. Around 30 schools participate, with teams seeded into gold, silver, and bronze fleets based on performance.
If the team qualifies, they will proceed to compete at the Interdominion Regatta, facing off against top Australian crews. New Zealand is proud to host the event in 2026.
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