It was a great night at the club celebrating the success of our Term 4 Akarana Sailing Academy sailors and enjoying the Club Christmas Party. Honourary Life Members Peter Burling and Blair Tuke signed the sailors certificates, and Ray Davies talked about the next America's Cup!
We've had been pretty busy at the Akarana Sailing Academy with many fun activities completed, and more to come! The Race Squad had two great days at the Sir Peter Blake Regatta on the 1-2 December at Torbay Sailing Club and this week we are wrapping up Term 4 but then kick into the School [...]
Due to popular demand, the December school holiday programs are now available to book online. Sail & Play, the program that enables kids to explore the Waitemata Harbour in a safe and exciting way, is held over five days with daily booking options available. Sail & Play is all about having fun and giving students [...]
Maria Ferrario has been appointed as the Head Coach of the Royal Akarana Yacht Club Sailing Academy. Maria has had a successful international sailing and coaching career which includes one of her Canadian Optimist sailors winning the Canadian Optimist National Championship. After travelling the world coaching including jobs in Argentina, Bermuda, USA, Chile, Dominican Republic [...]
Hi Everyone! Over term 3 we are running academy on Sunday’s from 1-4pm for Opti Race, BIC Race and Feva Race Groups. These sessions will assist our race sailors in developing their skills and keep them sharp and race-ready for the regatta season ahead. For all of our other sailors we will have our full [...]
The Akarana Sailing Academy completed it's first winter Sail & Play program last week with 15 kids enjoying the activities on offer. The photo that grabbed our attention was this one, with the kids sailing in front of the new Hyundai Marine Sports Centre which is revealing itself more and more every day! If you [...]
On Monday 9th July, Feva and Open Bic Akarana kids were at Manly Sailing Club for the Mid Winter Championship. Unfortunately the kids couldn't race, as it was too windy for the silver and bronze fleets. While they were disappointed they didn't get to go sailing, they were still all smiles and having a great [...]
The winter school holidays are just around the corner, and for the first time, our Academy is hosting a winter version of our popular Sail & Play program! There are going to be heaps of activities on offer to keep the kids busy for the entire two weeks. But don't just take our word for [...]
It was awesome to have Russell Coutts and the Manly Sailing Club / Russell Coutts Sailing Foundation down at Royal Akarana Yacht Club this past weekend. The kids were hanging off every word he said and it was fantastic watching them put their learnings to good use on the water and mix it up with the [...]
Summer may be over, but that doesn’t stop our hardy academy kids from hitting the Waitemata to get their fix of sailing! Two weeks of Term 2 Academy have been completed and we have seen some pretty awesome numbers getting on the water each week. Although the weather is generally worse this time of year, [...]
