Welcome to the Wellington Yachting Association Website!

Wellington Yachting Association is a regional association of yachting and boating clubs that are affiliated to Yachting New Zealand. It is made up of 10 clubs from the Greater Wellington Region. Those clubs have a total of over 3000 members.

The W.Y.A. promotes and encourages yachting in the region and provides a forum for clubs. Check out the Club Details to link to the club web sites near you.

   

Wellington Yachting Association Calendar

To see the calendar of Wellington yachting events click here

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS COMING UP

REAL NZ Festival of Sails

During the period of the Rugby World Cup, the REAL NZ Festival of Sails is being held on Wellington Harbour. The Festival includes a mixture of events, where the public can come down to Wellington’s iconic waterfront and see some of our best sailors in action, coupled with opportunities to have a go at sailing on Wellington's beautiful harbour. Events include the Interclub Regatta, business house racing, the National Youth Match Racing Championships and a selection regatta for the NZL Women's Olympic Match Racing Team. A cafe and facilities are open on Saturdays and Sunday at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. For details click here.

Coaching & Learn to Sail

Coaching is provided for junior and youth classes and many senior classes. Refer to the WYA calendar for upcoming clinics.

Every club offers learn to sail courses. Enquiries can be made by contacting the clubs at the addresses shown under the Club Details tab.

A list of available coaches can be found here.
 

Courses for Volunteers

WYA regularly provides courses for volunteers. Recently course have been held for race management, risk management and patrol boat driving. If you would like a course to be held on any topic, please email John Grace on john.r.grace@gmail.com.

 

Information for Clubs

The Organisation Development Tool is a programme developed by SPARC to assess the performance of sporting organisations and to recommend improvements. The programme is offered by Yachting New Zealand.

• The Guidelines for the programme can be read here
• A Flier for the programme can be read here
• A powerpoint presentations concerning the programme can be read here

Yachting New Zealand's plan for developing sailing and boating in New Zealand can be seen here.

 

What Wellington sailors have been doing

You can watch youth match racing at Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club by clicking here.

Watch club sailing at Worser Bay by clicking here.

Watch 420 sailing at Evans Bay by clicking here.

See what sailing used to be like at Paremata in the early 60s by clicking here.