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Entries have started coming in for the 184th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta on Monday 29 January, 2024. Thank you to everyone who has entered so far! As an extra incentive to get your entries in nice and early, we’re once again putting up a huge cash prize – but you have to have entered and…

Sailing and Race Instructions for the 2024 Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta have been published – you can view and download the instructions for your race or division on the Sailing Instructions page, or click the links below for: Sailing Instructions Tugboat Race Instructions Classic Launch Race Instructions Electron Sailing Instructions We’d also appreciate if…

It’s time to get your entry in for one of the world’s biggest and most iconic one-day regattas. Whatever floats your boat – sailing, paddling, powercraft, classic boats, vintage tugs or radio controlled yachts – the Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta is your chance to be part of history in the making, by competing in…

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Auckland Anniversary Regatta Incorporated will be held on Tuesday 8 August 2023 at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Westhaven commencing at 7.00pm. The Agenda and Nomination Forms for the following committee positions are available below, and nominations will close at 1700hrs on Tuesday…

Last Saturday the Auckland Anniversary Regatta committee attended a very special lunch at RNZYS, where we presented two of our longest-serving committee members – Eric Henry and Bruce Tantrum – with Life Memberships in appreciation for their service, stretching back some 40 years. Eric Henry’s involvement with the committee began in the early 1980s. As…

We do our best to put on a great regatta for everyone taking part, and as part of that, we’d like to understand how you feel about the regatta and if there’s anything we could do to improve for the future. We’d really appreciate your feedback via a quick survey – all responses are anonymous.…

For only the second time in its 183 year history, the Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta has been cancelled. Organisers made the difficult decision to cancel tomorrow’s event after a crisis meeting this morning, following the devastating floods on Friday night and the announcement of a state of emergency for Auckland. “We’re looking at marginal conditions…

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) at Westhaven will be open to the public on Auckland Anniversary Day, and provides one of the best vantage points in the city to watch the Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta. With the tugboat race and display taking place off Westhaven, along with the classic launch race and keelboat…

Missed out on our tugboat ride experience prize draw? Well here’s your chance to enjoy another amazing tugboat experience with the historic steam tug William C Daldy!