News | Sailing

2 Mar 2026 18:12

| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |

NZCity News

Home > News > Sports > Sailing

The New Zealand Sail GP team face the prospect of being stranded in Australia after the seventh round of the Championship a week before Christmas

The New Zealand Sail GP team face the prospect of being stranded in Australia after the seventh round of the Championship a week before Christmas

6 October 2021

Skipper Peter Burling has reiterated the team's commitment to racing on Sydney Harbour on the 17th and 18th of December, but says they don't have MIQ spots booked for afterwards.

The New Zealanders return home for two weeks MIQ after this weekend's sixth round of the series in Cadiz in Spain.

And Burling says at this stage they will have to quarantine in Australia before the regatta too.

>> More Sailing News

Subscribe to NZCity's Sailing articles

© 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

Other Sailing News

15 Feb: French SailGP skipper Quentin Delapierre is grateful the frightening high speed collision with New Zealand wasn't much worse

14 Feb: Two sailors have been hospitalised after a nasty crash between the Black Foils and France, forcing the cancellation of racing for the day at the Auckland Sail GP event

14 Feb: The Black Foils believe there to be a high likelihood of Sail GP returning to Auckland beyond this year

14 Feb: Black Foils skipper Peter Burling's experiences with a wild Waitemata Harbour has him expecting enthralling racing for this weekend's Auckland stop of SailGP

13 Feb: All 13 teams are set to start this weekend's SailGP regatta in Auckland, where some tough weather conditions should at least guarantee exciting racing ... assuming it doesn't get too ferocious on the Waitemata

13 Feb: The fastest SailGP team on water is off the market ahead of this weekend's regatta in Auckland

13 Feb: The Black Foils may miss taking to the water to test repairs on their boat today ahead of this weekend's SailGP Auckland regatta

Top Stories

RUGBY
Crusaders prop Tamaiti Williams has been cited for what's been deemed a reckless or dangerous act during their Super Rugby win over the Chiefs in Hamilton More...

BUSINESS
Foodstuffs is again trying to bring its North and South Island operations under one roof - after failing two years ago More...

Today's News

Rugby League:
Warriors halfback Luke Metcalf has declared his comeback to the NRL on track but is refusing to narrow down a date 18:07

National:
Strait of Hormuz: if the Iran conflict shuts world’s most important oil chokepoint, global economic chaos could follow 18:07

Business:
Foodstuffs is again trying to bring its North and South Island operations under one roof - after failing two years ago 18:07

Law and Order:
St John wants harsher penalties for assaults against first responders - after a weekend of attacks and threats towards staff - and damage to ambulances 17:27

Health & Safety:
Criticism of Bay of Plenty's Opioid Treatment Service - after a man died six weeks after being rapidly cut off from methadone 16:17

Living & Travel:
Booked to travel through the Middle East? Here’s why you shouldn’t cancel your flight 16:07

Education:
Iran claims US and Israel attacked a girls' school. This is what is known about the strike 16:07

Golf:
Colombia's Nico Echavarria has benefited from leader Shane Lowry's shock late meltdown to triumph in the PGA Tour's latest event in Florida 15:27

Business:
Wellington's mayor says the Council is not looking at compensating businesses on the wastewater plagued-southern coast 15:27

Accident and Emergency:
Armed Police are attending an incident in Waikato's Parawera, southeast of Te Awamutu 14:57

News Search

© 2026 New Zealand City Ltd