A variety of Sailing & Dining Cruises within the Waitemata Harbour & Hauraki Gulf.

Including: Sailing Cruises, Coffee, Lunch & Dinner Cruises. Whole & Half Day Cruises, Regattas, Match Racing and Charters.

The Pride of Auckland Company operates its fleet of large purpose-built sailboats on the sheltered waters of the sparkling Auckland Harbour (Waitemata Harbour). With its trade mark Blue and White sails, the yachts have become the nautical icon in Auckland - City of Sails - for international, national, and local visitors alike. Auckland harbour is the hub of New Zealand's nautical playground.

It is a place to be active or laid-back, a special place of relaxation, and of rejuvenation.

Pride is about Sailing and Dining. Equipped with an award-winning shore based kitchen, office & berthing facilities within the NZ National Maritime Museum complex in the Heart of Auckland City.Entry to the NZ National Maritime Museum is provided to all guests.

The company is focused on understanding the special needs of its customers from New Zealand and all over the world, providing them with a truly unique service that exceeds expectations at a fair price.

Always clean and shipshape, our yachts are extremely comfortable for non-sailors yet can provide experienced sailors with the thrills they seek from helming and trimming the sails. If more than one boat is used the opportunity to match race is provided adding an exciting option.

Our Cruises are ideal for private & company entertainment functions of any nature, and also meet educational and discovery needs too - sailing, geography, history, wildlife.

Designed by the famous N.Z. yacht designer Alan Wright in 1986, each yacht was built from the same mould to provide exciting yet safe excursions for sailors and non sailors alike.

Each cockpit comfortably accommodates 21 passengers, giving a maximum capacity for each sailing experience of 84 passengers. For dining, Challenger and Courageous can each seat 19 in the restaurant below, and Defender and Defiance 21 passengers each, totaling 80 passengers.

Their performance under sail is easy and powerful, even in light breezes. They weigh 19.3 tonnes with 13 tonnes in the hull and rigging and 6 tonnes of lead in the keel two metres beneath the water surface. So they are very stable, and stay upright and comfortable even in windy conditions.

They are designed to operate with two crew and the only time we need to leave the cockpit is to hoist and drop the mainsail. The sails are of two ply 5.4oz Dacron with fully battened mains and high cut Yankee jibs.

The yachts harness the power of the wind to provide a stable and rhythmical motion where movement is generally less than experienced on an aeroplane flight - we never have passengers suffer seasickness!