lots more photos here too and another one here Photos by Micky Costa Put 20 copies of your logo on yachtyakka with live links back to your webpage for just $10 per week – bargain!! HUGO BOSS back in the water! Last week HUGO BOSS went back into the water in her home berth in [...]
From Ollys Blog Saturday, April 11, 2009Easter tidings…. A fine day, warmer and sunny followed by a magnificent full moon lighting the silvery waves this evening. Few miles clawed to the east. There were many flocks of birds crossing our path today heading north – I wonder if they’re off to warmer climes for winter. [...]
Perhaps Ernee has been building Cheezezilla for a while? Year : 1986 Length : 14,00 m Width : 12,00 m Weight : 1300 kg Materials : Carbon aramid - PVC Foam – Nomex Construction : Wet lay-up on mannequin Designers : Grégoire Dolto & Patrick Dubois Engineers : [...]
Waiheke Boating Club Mid Week Race Last Race Round Waiheke Race here more here PRESS RELEASE – RC 44 Championship Tour 2009 The RC 44 Class goes green and pursues its development at a steady pace * DHL to minimize carbon footprint of the Championship Tour Following the first regatta of the 2009 Championship Tour, [...]
more here Greetings yachties, Cape Horn From Japan Today Solo sailor Minoru Saito conquers Cape Horn for 5th time Tuesday 07th April, 08:15 AM JST CAPE HORN, Argentina — Solo Japanese yachtsman Minoru Saito took another step into the annals of sailing Monday, rounding Cape Horn for the fifth time in his 36-year yachting career, [...]
Part 1 Part 2 more here Boatshed reports bumper sales By IBI Magazine/Motor Boat & Yachting UK-based yacht broker Boatshed.com has reported another month of buoyant boat sales. The company says that despite tough market conditions, a number of positive factors have led to decent sales results. Peter Watt of Boatshed Portsmouth says: “The strength [...]
Part one here Greetings yachties, The annual round Waiheke Race promised up to 20knots with a westerly turning south. Some thunderstorms around Hamilton, lucky we weren’t going there. The day dawned with mist on the hills and by 0900 nothing, not even a zepher, then it rained. Perfect lets go yachting. No short course. We [...]
Greetings, If this is your first visit to Yachtyakka, I have a few helpful tips about how to navigate. Yachtyakka is a collection of yachting stories from around the world and around the corner. There is a lot of New Zealand content and stories that Kiwi yachties like to read. The pictures are headlines for [...]
Greetings yachties, e-anarchy – Weibel, Vendee Globe – Sam Davies on waves, Volvo Ocean Race – Green Dragon, Portimão Global Ocean Race – Wellington Stopover, Bladerider fleet hit the Zhik Australian International Moth Championships, MetalBoatbuilding.org, Team Banque Populaire – I’m Free Maxi Tri, The Jubilee Sailing Trust, Sailonline – CroxGirl, Jessica Watson arrives in New [...]
When you see Samantha Davies pottering about in a teeny pink bikini on her pink sailing boat, Roxy, and spritzing her cabin with perfume, it’s difficult to imagine her facing waves the size of houses, 80-mile-an-hour winds and nights without a second’s sleep. It’s hard to think of her sailing solo among icebergs, killer whales [...]
