Sounds like he wants to stop for some refreshments. The best laid plans…. Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:04 AM PDT And still it blows! It is at lceast beginning to ease up a little and the sea has simmered a little though it looks as though she will boil again tomorrow….Last night the retrieval line [...]
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 : [...]
Fleet pass Waiheke Island Auckland to Tauranga Race fleet chased out of the Auckland harbour by one of many black clouds. One cat is upside down with all crew picked up a following yacht. more here and here Put 20 copies of your logo on yachtyakka with live links back to your webpage for just [...]
Record Breaking Quadriplegic Woman Re-Launches Solo Sail Around Britain. Hilary is preparing to complete the round Britain dream starting from Plymouth at the end of May, 2009. Hilary Lister, 36, will officially re-launch the “Round Britain Dream”, in which she aims to become the first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain, on stand P80 [...]
Winners “The best in the world were here, and our wins in the Round Robin against current World Champion Ian Williams and Ed Baird (Alinghi helmsman) in the quarter finals gave us confidence. We started today without any pressure, as we had already reached our objective. We are really happy and proud!” more here MINOPRIO [...]
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 [...]
Greetings Yachties, nothing but match racing, Enjoy Minoprio wins the first Marseille International Match Race The New Zealander Minoprio wins the first Marseille International Match Race World Match Racing Tour. We were expecting 15 knots, but in the end, after a long wait, the first flights of the final stages of the Marseille International Match [...]
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 [...]
Weather guru of sailonline, Brainaid For your next adventure offshore and you want to know the weather go here With the Portimão Global Ocean Race fleet stalled by light breeze, the event’s Race Director, Josh Hall, draws on his immense ocean racing experience to describe the frustration and fatigue that the teams may be feeling: [...]
Greetings Yachties, Here is a collection of alsorts of fast sailing, Skiffs to Multis. Big 25 knot cold Northerly wind on Sydney Harbour and outgoing tide provided extreme conditions for 18-foot skiff training, and even more extreme photography for Andrew Palfrey. more here Sit back, pour yourself a Rum and enjoy. have you seen the [...]
