Sail Auckland 2011, New Zealand's ISAF Grade 1 Olympic and Invited Classes Regatta, will be sailed from Auckland's North Shore in early February 2011.

Tauranga sailor Pete Burling in action with Blair Tuke at the 2010 Sail Auckland event.

New Zealand's top Olympic campaigners are expected to compete in the event and organisers are hoping there will be a strong international contingent competing too.
Racing commences on Thursday, February 3 at 11am off Auckland's North Shore beaches.
Further to this, the Paralympic classes will get underway the following day on a course on Auckland's Waitemata.
The regatta runs until Sunday, February 6 a prizegiving will be held after racing at the Takapuna Boating Club.
Sail Auckland 2011 will feature racing in: Laser, Laser Radial, RS:X , Finn, 470 and the 49er, and will also include two invited classes – the 420 and the 29er.

The 2.4mR and the Skud 18 Paralympic classes are also in the line-up.
Entry is online at www.sailauckland.org.nz and must be completed by January 28.