Search our list of inductees below or filter to a specific sport using the list on the left. Filter Inductees by Category Choose a sporting category View all inductees AdministrationAthleticsAviationBadmintonBasketballBilliardsBowlsBoxingCanoeingCricketCyclingDisabled sportEquestrianGolfHarness racingHockeyJetboatingMotorsportMountaineeringMultisportNetballRowingRugby LeagueRugby UnionShearingSkiingSoccerSoftballSports broadcastingSquashSwimmingTennisThoroughbred racingWeightliftingWoodchoppingWrestlingYachting Close Categories Find an inductee by name Reset search You searched for Yachting. Inductees are shown below...Our Inductees Peter Blake From the time in 1971 when Peter Blake won the line honours in the inaugural Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro race, a year hardly went by without him adding to his sailing honours board. Read more Chris Bouzaid Chris Bouzaid was one of the yachtsmen who set the course for New Zealand to gain such international renown in ocean racing. Read more Bruce Farr Bruce Farr is New Zealand’s best-known yacht designer and could also lay claim to being the world’s best-known – or even the best. Read more Naomi James Naomi James suffered from seasickness but she went to sea. She was a private person and disliked crowds, but she became a world celebrity, feted wherever she went. Read more Barbara Kendall Barbara Kendall began international competition when she was still a teenager and for the next 20 or so years, there was no one to compare. Read more Bruce Kendall Bruce Kendall not only achieved personal success at the pinnacle of his sport, he also showed and inspired others to follow in his wake Read more Peter Mander and Jack Cropp The first time New Zealand sent yachtsmen to an Olympic Games they came home with a gold medal. Read more Helmer Pedersen and Earle Wells When Earle Wells sought a skipper in 1961 for his Flying Dutchman class yacht, Pandora, and settled on a Danish émigré, Helmer Pedersen, an Olympic champion combination was born. Read more