Name: Sailing Americas Cup Experience - 2 Hours
Price: 210.00 NZD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.7 (33 reviews)

Highlights

Set sail on Auckland's beautiful Waitemata Harbour
Participate with the crew to raise the sails, even take a turn at the helm!
No experience necessary

Join in for an unforgettable two hours of sailing on the beautiful Waitemata Harbour! Enjoy the unique opportunity to become a crew member on an actual America's Cup sailing yacht as you take the helm and exert energy on the grinders, or simply sit back and enjoy the ride.

What's included?

Sail on a real America's Cup yacht
Opportunity to be part of the crew

The America’s Cup is the world's oldest and most prestigious sporting trophy and ultimate yachting regatta. Usually the domain of billionaires and elite professional yachties, NZL68 and NZL41 offer the unique opportunity for everyone to participate sailing on these grand prix racing machines.

With the America’s Cup being sailed here in 2000, 2003 and 2021, no trip is complete without experiencing the real Auckland, 'City of Sails'.

Important information

Session Length

This experience is two hours in duration
Available all year round
Sailing at least once per day, times vary due to tides and prior bookings

Guidelines

No experience is necessary
Not suitable for children under 10, pregnant women or people with medical disabilities

Cancellation

Change your booking up to 24 hours before the start time of your experience
Changes are not permitted within 24 hours of your experience
Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

Numbers on the Day

Maximum of 30 participants.

Weather

NZL68 and NZL41 will sail in most weather conditions. If the wind if too high, we may have to cancel for safety.

Dress Code

Comfortable casual clothing and flat soled shoes are required.

Location

This experience takes place on the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland.

Reviews

4.7

33 reviews

5 stars 24

4 stars 8

3 stars 1

2 stars 0

1 star 0

Thoroughly enjoyable summer Saturday.

Lea 25 January 2020

Perfect weather. Friendly, competent, engaging young people crewed the boat. Plenty of opportunity to join in on the grinders and steering the boat if you wanted to. Well organised activity, life jackets supplied, safety factors explained but reassuringly. Exhilarating to whip along in the breeze and heel as we tacked. Interesting to see the city from a different angle.

Great experience

Bunny 29 September 2019

First time sailing fabulous the crew were great so were the other novice crew

one for the bucket list

Al65 19 August 2018

A really well put together package, friendly welcome and truly wonderful experience.

Great fun

Dave 6 February 2018

The skipper and crew made the trip thoroughly enjoyable

Crew Could Do Better

Niki 1 July 2017

Nice trip on the water. Lovely yacht, shame there was not much wind, great that the company offered a lifetime voucher for another time when there was wind. Skipper and some of the crew could be more professional, engaged and appear like they wanted to be on the yacht and enjoying their job. Lots of chatting between themselves and very little customer interaction.

Great afternoon

rbd 8 April 2017

Great afternoon with the Explore NZ team sailing the Waitemata Harbour. Good crew who explained the roles and lots of fun doing the work on the boat. Great for kids over 10 years of age.

AWESOME!!!

Fi 5 December 2016

A really fantastic hands-on experience of an incredible boat! We had phenomenal weather too! Super fast, super awesome! Loved getting stuck in!

Fun experience

Jamie 13 November 2016

Expensive but fun experience on a big America's Cup boat. We had plenty of wind and she zipped along under the harbour bridge which was quite a rush. A chance to do some grinding and a few moments at the helm. A good time overall. Left about 11:15 and came in at 12:45 so felt a little short changed in terms of duration - wasn't the 2 hours promised. The crew were a relaxed, likeable bunch but seemed disinterested in making sure we call got the maximum time on the water.

At 22 knots the sail for 2 hrs. was spectacular,

Ola 9 November 2016

The Experience had to be cancelled twice due to excessive winds over 26 knots. It would be helpful if the cancellations could be forwarded faster so that one does not have to make 2 journeys into Auckland only to find there is no sailing.

Brilliant even when wet

Bomber 18 September 2016

A great experience with an engaging crew. The participative experience is a great way to showcase these exceptional racing craft. Unfortunately a wet day but any day on the water is better than one in an office . Well done

Sailing Americas Cup Experience - 2 Hours