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 [...]
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 [...]
part one here part two here How did your BMW RaceTrack look opps..who let the dogs out? Bavaria 50 Time Lord … after the Hobart. more here Leander 2009… …..Skins and Tim are looking dangerous… you can see the down wind shots from Garrick showing the profile of the wake off the different designs…interesting. (www.studio5.co.nz) [...]
America’s Cup from Adam Docker on Vimeo. Greetings yachties, BMWOracle blog here Silent Heroes – part 1 here & part 2 here it’s all about USA 17 by Seahorse Magazine, Photo Gilles Martin-Raget The Cup Part 5 here Greetings yachties, Welcome to YachtYakkaTV. No Joining Fee. Nothing but yachting. 24/7 This thread will be up [...]
Latest yachting news February part 1 1000 miles with no keel Marc Guillemot (Safran) crossed the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line at 01h 21 36s (GMT) this morning (Sunday) to clinch a hard won third place in this epic sixth edition of the Vendée Globe solo non stop around the world race. To complete his [...]
YachtyakkaTV Bay Week here winning style The deliriously obnoxious Jagged Edge on her way to yet another win. 1st on just about everything meant they had to drop their worst performance of a 1st in a 9 race series with 8 to count. Well done team. Stand by for some obnoxious celebrations. Seen here arriving [...]
Anyone know a story about this yacht? I wish I could collate the feelings and thoughts of that time because It is at this exact point that my life, work, dreams and most of all, Ambitions changed. I was totally aware of magnitude of the task and during years as a shipwright and wooden yacht [...]
What size anchor should I have? Anchors Always a great question to ask and watch the discussion fire up when you do. Anchor systems work in such a variable environment nobody can give you a direct size guide as such. NOTE: The following is meant as a guide only and is a bit generic. If [...]
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 [...]
Virgin Money’s Dreams Dashed By Monster Wave Virgin Money Mission Control, 2pm BST, 24th October 2008: After approximately 2 days and 4 hours at sea in the face of impossible odds the crew of Virgin Money had to admit defeat on their first attempt to set a new world record for the fastest mono-hull crossing [...]
