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Greetings yachties, As we say goodbye to Ericsson from the 2008/09 Volvo, I have put together a small collection of wet & wild movies from the race. Enjoy more than 1000 more videos here
Greetings Yachties, My little yachtyakka is getting big. There are currently 7000 images and many, many more links to yachting all over the world. Below is an index of the feature stories so far. Sailors Abby Sunderland Abby Sunderland: The Adventure Begins Brainaid Brad Butterworth Disabled Sailors Geoff Holt Hilary Lister Jessica Watson Jessica Watson: [...]
The yachts The story of 2 Lows Greetings yachties, The first low. The race up. The forecast was for a windward beat to Noumea. A developing low pressure system would send gale force winds for a dead maggot adventure through a couple of washing machines. Knot the down hill slide that many had wished for [...]
Artist Tony Blake Race 3 of the America’s Cup on Octber 19th, 1899, between the defender “Columbia” and challenger “Shamrock I” , was described by the press of the day as the most exciting race for many years. In a 20 knot wind the yachts raced over a 30 mile course off Sandy Hook, New [...]
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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 [...]
