Hello from BlackMatch in Portugal, Today we went unbeaten winning all 3 of our races and qualified for the quarterfinals in 5th position, not a bad birthday present for the BlackMatch skipper Adam Minoprio, who turned 24 today. We had some very close racing today, including exciting wins against fellow Kiwi Phil Robertson and eventual [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 JUNE 2009 PRESTI TAKES THE LEAD French Match Racing Team dominates three of top four teams with Round Robin nearly complete Troia, Portugal (18 June 2009) – The French have come on strong here in Day Two action at the Troia Portugal Match Cup, as Philippe Presti, Sebastian Col, and Mathieu [...]
TELEFÓNICA BLUE LEG NINE DAY 4 QFB: received 17.06.09 2002 GMT Back on the water. After just two and half days after we the hit the rock, we are finally back on the water. The repair has been completed in an extraordinarily short time and the shore crew did a fantastic job. There are not [...]
TELEFÓNICA BLUE LEG NINE DAY 3 QFB: received 16.06.09 1525 GMT Gabriele Olivo/Telefonica Blue/Volvo Ocean Race Good progress… Amazingly enough, from a convulsed mass of lead, now the bulb is back in its original shape, at least as close as it can be… I have no enough words to describe how thankful to the shore [...]
Geneva Rolle Geneva Photos: My Images more here International 5.5mIC Swiss Championship on the Lake Thun Christoph Burger on Odlo takes gold As usual the Thunersee Yacht Club stands for a perfect organization and infrastructure during the International Swiss Championship of 5.5mIC 24 boats from 6 nations (AUT, BAH; GER; NED; NOR; SUI) were competing [...]
“The Alinghi Team will also begin their matches with the dance from the Swiss billionaire’s home village. “We are happy to see this honorable traditional dance revived for the Rugby World cup,” said Bertarelli. “Called the Hakyodel, it involves the players chanting out the words to a challenge in an archaic Swiss language whilst waving [...]
Alive once more Little story of PK I started the design of PK in 1992 and the construction in 1993. At this time, I was student with no money, not a lot of knowledge and not too much confidence in what I could realize. That’s why this boat is exclusively made with some “recycled materials” [...]
Greetings Yachties, As you can see there are a number of images missing. We had a little default issue over the weekend which changed the look of the Home page and dumped alot of images & logos. Thankfully Mothership have updated the code and all systems will be up and running asap. The reason is [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2009 MATCH RACEGERMANY – LANGENARGEN IS READY Twelve teams are ready to battle for the German title London, UK (May 27, 2009) – The picturesque town of Langenaren on the shores of Lake Constance will be flooded with sailors and spectators this week as Match Race Germany opens its doors. [...]
New Shaw 30 canter Images from Boat Slut first sail more here more Sailing Anarchy interviews here Katie Miller Picks up Another Sponsor for OSTAR Race. May 21, 2009 Filed under Business, OSTAR, United Kingdom Katie Miller has added more sponsors to her OSTAR campaign. In addition to title sponsor bluQube, Katie will be supported [...]
