FAQs

For most races, you can enter and pay online. This applies if you’re entering the tugboat, classic launch, keelboat or passage races.

Dinghy and centreboard racers should enter via your host club - please contact them for further details.

Keelboats have several options including harbour races starting and finishing at Westhaven, or longer passage races from islands in the Gulf and finishing at Westhaven.

Tugboats and Classic Launches have your own divisions to enter.

Various centreboard and foiling classes have races organised at host clubs around Auckland - check the How to Enter page for details.

Entries for keelboats, tugboats and classic launches cost just $40 per boat.

Entry fee for Dinghy and centreboard racers is $20.

Cash prizes are awarded as a proportion of entry fees received for first, second and third places. The more entries in each race, the bigger the cash prize pool!

Entry fee refunds will be at the discretion of the Auckland Anniversary Regatta committee - contact us if you’d like to ask about a refund.

There are loads of prizes and prize money to be won, along with our historic trophy collection. Cash prizes are awarded as a proportion of entry fees received for first, second and third places.

There’s also a $1,000 cash prize awarded by random draw to one skipper who enters before the early entry cut-off date. Plus there are loads of spot prizes to be won from our generous sponsors. But you must be at the Prizegiving ceremony to claim your prize!