World Sailing has opened applications for its 2026 Performance Coach Scholarship, and OSAF is encouraging Member National Authorities across Oceania to put their strongest national coaches forward before the 25 June deadline.

The Coventry visit to Auckland marks the start of a six-year operational window in which Oceania holds three Olympic-relevant sailing venues, a continental multi-sport Games and a federation governance reset on a single arc. The contrast is between Auckland read as an IOC governance moment and Auckland read as the starting gun for the Pacific sailing decade.

The Oceania Sailing Federation (OSAF) is pleased to share an exciting opportunity from World Sailing for coaches and instructors across our region. Applications are now open for the 2026 Development Coach Scholarship.

World Sailing is presenting a fourth incredible opportunity for our region's most promising female coaches to join the Women in Sport High Performance Coaching Program — or as the cool kids call it, WISH.

Yachting New Zealand will host a World Sailing International Measurer Clinic and Seminar December 11-14, 2025, on Auckland's North Shore, an important opportunity for technical development within the Oceania sailing community.

World Sailing, our parent organization and international governing body for the sport of sailing, has adopted a comprehensive new Constitution set to take effect in November 2024. This landmark reform represents the most significant governance overhaul in the organization's recent history as it addresses long-standing calls for modernization and enhanced transparency in the sport's administration.