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Join Andrews Wills and Cameron Dunn Live to Chat Young 88s

North Sails expert and five-time Young 88 National Champion, Andrew Wills was joined by special guest Cameron Dunn in this live, interactive webinar. Dunn has a vast range of experience behind him, including tactician onboard the TP52 Phoenix, three America's Cup campaigns, a lap with the Volvo Ocean Race, and is also an international sailing coach.

Fri 01 May 2020

Harken Fosters Reopen for business!

As the country starts to look forward to what Level 3, and subsequent COVID-19 levels look like, Harken Fosters are putting a plan in place too. With a dedicated technical sailing store and have over 11,000 products available to purchase online under Level 3. Â There areÂ some exciting new initiatives on offer to help get the sailing and general boating community the products they need at this time.

Sat 25 Apr 2020

Annual General Meeting - Minutes now available

The Young 88 Owners Assocation Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 7th April in a very different format due to the current Covid-19 lock down in force in New Zealand. The meeting was successfully held via Microsoft Teams online video conference and proved very successful.

Sat 11 Apr 2020

Young 88 Virtual Regatta Series Update

Awesome second race day with some pretty close finishes. Final round robin results are online now!

Sun 05 Apr 2020

Young 88 Online Virtual Regatta Series

Attention all sailors needing their sailing buzz! Join us online via the Virtual Regatta platform for some short sharp racing! Join our Three Day Regatta with up to 8 races per day - 1 drop per day! Prizes of Mount Gay Rum for the winner of each race day!

Sat 28 Mar 2020

2020 Harken Young 88 Nationals Postponed

Regretfully in the face of the continuing escalation of the known cases of Covid19 and increasing riskÂ to members and volunteers the Young 88 Association has decided that the only prudent option is toÂ postpone the Nationals until later in the year.

Thu 19 Mar 2020

2020 Harken Young 88 Nationals to Proceed On Water

This weekend sees the usual fleet of rock stars and weekend warriors mixing it up for the running of the 35th national championships of New Zealand's largest national one design keelboat fleet. There are currently seventeen entries showing online but expect that to change with a possible addition of two more boats and maybe a cancellation or two driven by the Corona Virus travel restrictions.

Wed 18 Mar 2020

The 2020 Young 88 National Championships Proceeding with Caution

After considering all available guidance from the Ministry of Health and Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, the Owners Association have announced that the event will go ahead with format changes owing to the COVID-19 world-wide pandemic.

Tue 17 Mar 2020

Flying Machine Takes Out 2020 North Sails Young 88 South Island Champs

This years edition saw a record fleet of eleven competitive Young 88s with crews from Auckland and Wellington and two entries from Akaroa deliver very close racing across a variety of conditions.

Tue 03 Mar 2020

Fantastic day on the water and ashore at the Y88 Picnic

Great day on the water, we ended up on the beach in Motuihe for the picnic as rafting would have been a bit too unsettling. Excellent turn-up with 6 boats (Sailors Moon, Babe, War Machine, Young Magic, Jamiroquai also an unexpected VIP visitor Wendy MuirÂ daughter of Jim Young on Young Blood

Mon 02 Mar 2020

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting of the Young 88 Owners Association of New Zealand (inc) will be held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's clubrooms at Westhaven on Tuesday 7th April 2020, commencing at around 1900 hours.

Sun 01 Mar 2020

Big Leap in Numbers for Feb 29's North Sails Young 88 South Island Champs

A record fleet of Young 88's is expected in Lyttelton this year, sailing in the hotly contested North Sails Young 88 South Island Champs over the weekend of Feb 29th-March 1st.

Mon 10 Feb 2020

Auckland Young 88s Taking The Measure in 2020

Yesterday six boats and eight committee & crew volunteer measurers lined up for the annual Westhaven weighing/measuring session.Â Any boat that has recently changed hands, had a structural or major component change (eg new engine) Â gets asked to reportÂ for a â€œcheck-upâ€.Â Owners whose boats have not been weighed for years are also asked to come along.

Sun 02 Feb 2020

One-design sailing at Bay of Islands Sailing Week

The Young 88s is always the largest one design keelboat fleet at Bay of Islands Sailing Week and this year they broke their own record with nine boats. The close racing attracts world class sailors â€“ for 2020, Gavin Brady with his inevitably named Brady Bunch on his newly purchased Slipstream III handed the rest of the fleet a sailing lesson as they took every gun.....

Sun 26 Jan 2020

2020 Millennial Viewpoint: Young 88 fleet party time

Despite the different racing areas, a common theme is seen throughout the class of being cutthroat enemies on the water, but when we step off the boats, it becomes party time. Having raced in all three areas, I find it amazing how such a big fleet can all come together and have a good time after a long days yachting. It is something I havenâ€™t seen much of in any other class.

Tue 14 Jan 2020