Howick Sailing Club is a family sailing club on Granger Road in Cockle Bay, Auckland, that has been sailing since 1933. It is one of Auckland's oldest sailing clubs, and it offers junior and senior sailing in dinghies. The club says it sails on water with clear winds, good waves and little traffic from other boats, and that it has well-laid windward start lines for racers.
Junior sailors start in the Learn to Sail programme, with Level 1 and Level 2 running in Term 4, and move on to Learn to Race and development programmes. Recently the Term 4 Learn to Race level was reported as full. The club also runs a race programme on Sunday afternoons, with a mixed fleet of dinghies and other wind-powered craft, including Optimists, P-class boats, Lasers and wingfoilers. Updates come through the Sporty NZ app. Open Locally shows no nearby sailing clubs to compare with, so the club's own racing and learning programmes are its main draw. For a family in East Auckland who wants a learn-to-sail pathway into racing, this club is worth a look.