SAVE THE DATE 24-25 April
Doyle Sails Round North Island Prizegiving Night 🏆
A great way to wrap up an epic race, celebrating the sailors, the stories, and everything that comes with going all the way around the North Island
From hard-fought legs to well-earned finishes, it was awesome to see everyone come together off the water and recognise the effort that went into this year’s race.
Here are a few snaps from a memorable night last Friday from Suellen Hurling / Live Sail Die👇
NZL Sailing Foundation | Sea Lovers Gin | Henri-Lloyd Australia NewZealand
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Great to follow this event. One thing I have to ask tho: where are the multis? I seem to recall the Tennant tri Krisis doing this back in the day
Great prize giving, and what a fantastic line up of classic trophies, and of course classic crews. Noting the race now is in its 49th year since it first was held in Feb 1977. Prize giving for 2029 will have to be held at the Devonport Yacht Club, the home club of its creation.
Best way to wrap up such an A W E S O M E event! Such a great bunch, congrats to all - book me a front row seat for the next lap!
Longhaul entries are building, with Niksen and Start Me Up already on the list.
Join them for the 2026 SSANZ Spartafit ANZAC Enduro, starting at 1735 on 24 April, with three course options and a stunning finish at the bottom end of Waiheke Island.
Secure your spot and make the most of the long weekend 👇
www.ssanz.co.nz/enduro-2026/
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Guess where going then Logan Fraser 🤣👍🏻✅🤟🏻🚀
MBIII has now entered the cruising division.
The long-awaited SSANZ ANZAC Enduro is BACK for 2026 🇳🇿
Excited to have Spartafit on board as our new sponsor.
All divisions start at 1735 on 24th April, with three course options - something for every boat and crew. See you on the start line!
ENTER NOW 👉 www.ssanz.co.nz/enduro-2026/
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Rogue 3 will be there.
Awesome 👌
🏆 DIVISION FOUR WINNERS 🏆
Pushing through extra days, here’s your Division Four podium for the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island.
🏆 Hotdogger | N. Bish & S. 'Sin' Grujicic
🥈 Carpe Diem | R. Smith & L.Boyd
🥉 Start Me Up | H. Wren & P. Pearse (H & P Sailing )
More details on prizegiving will be shared later this week, in the meantime, save the date: 10th April!
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Thanks Rowan, Lydia, Harri and Peron for the awesome competition. Certainly made the trip feel faster than it could have been!
Congrats to all, well done, great effort! A couple of pics to share fron start of Leg 2...
Congratulations cuz ❤️
🏆 DIVISION THREE WINNERS 🏆
Proof that every mile counts, your Division Three podium for the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Race.
🏆 Ragnar | B. Elliott & J. Glidden
🥈 Kick | B. Sands & B. Roff (Kick Elliott 1050 Yachting)
🥉Niksen | L. Fraser & M. Michel (Niksen by Teammichel)
More details on prizegiving will be shared later this week, in the meantime, save the date: 10th April!
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Pick of the second smallest boat in the fleet and division
Pick of Kick at start of leg 2
Pick of Ragnar, at start of leg 2
🏆 DIVISION TWO WINNERS 🏆
Tight racing and big pressure, here’s your Division Two podium for the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Race.
🏆 Motorboat II | A. Quéré & V. Trinquet (Motorboat 2 Handed)
🥈 Pipi | S. Newcombe & C. Parker
🥉 Focus | C. Fraser & R. Croft
More details on prizegiving will be shared later this week, in the meantime, save the date: 10th April!
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Go the Motorboat II, nicely done gents.
Well done guys!
Great work Alain and Vincent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Also to Pipi and Focus - well sailed 👍🏻
🏆 DIVISION ONE WINNERS 🏆
After a hard-fought battle, here’s how Division One shook out for the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Race.
🏆 Motorboat III | D. Jolliffe & J. Tucker
🥈 Vixen Racing | S. Ferris-Choat & T. Edwards
🥉Explore Racing | W. Goodfellow & J. Turner (Explore Group New Zealand)
More details on prizegiving will be shared later this week, in the meantime, save the date: 10th April!
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My father was instrumental in set up and did the inaugural 2 handed RNI race, 1984 I think. I have photos of all the boats sitting in the dockyard
Smashed it guys!
What a race, well done mb2
YOUR OVERALL WINNERS 🏆
Ragnar takes out the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island on Overall PHRF Corrected Elapsed time after an incredibly consistent lap of the Island 👏
Sailed by Brett Elliott and James Glidden (including a last-minute call up), these two were absolute rockstars from start to finish.
Full results available now 👉 www.ssanz.co.nz/Results/RNI_2026_Results.htm
We’ll be shining a light on our divisional winners over the coming days, with prizegiving set for 10th April 🎉
NZL Sailing Foundation | Henri-Lloyd Australia NewZealand | Sea Lovers Gin | The Chandlery
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Well sailed guys 👌 Congrats! 🥂
Well sailed and raced team - always quick 🚀🏆
You guys sailed so well you made a 33ft fiberglass Jenneau look impressive! Well deserved win, enjoy this moment!
A huge part of the success of races like the Doyle Sails Round North Island comes down to the volunteers. SSANZ is entirely volunteer-run, and with many committee members racing themselves, resources can get pretty tight.
Geoff Herd & Deb Williams came all the way up from Wellington, taking time out of their own lives and work to help run the RNI and support the SSANZ Committee - we truly couldn’t have pulled off such a successful race without them.
From welcoming every boat into each stopover, to race restart decisions, liaising with supporting clubs, media support, and all the small details in between, their time, energy, and commitment did not go unnoticed.
Deb & Geoff - on behalf of all the SSANZ family and competitors, we can’t thank you enough 💛
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Legends !! - we are very lucky to have Deb and Geoff’s help to run such an awesome event. Also a massive thanks to all the other volunteers that supported the fleet across the four legs.
You two have done an amazing job with such professionalism rarely seen in all my years of racing, totally amazing Geoff and Deb.... and probably the only two people in NZ that got less sleep than the yacht crews...lol Thank you for such a well run race.
Good on you Geoff and Deb, I followed race as x owner of Start Me Up, they did well considering conditions.