follow the chatter on Sailing Anarchy here Ben Ainslie to join ORACLE Racing for America’s Cup defense Posted on 10 January 2012 Ben Ainslie, Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor of all time, is set to become a full-time member of ORACLE Racing’s sailing squad for the 34th America’s Cup defence on Francisco Bay in 2013. [...]
Greetings yachties, In this issue: M34 update, Rolex Sydney Hobart – website here, yacht tracker here, entrants here, The Rolex Trophy, Ben Ainslie Wins Gold, NZL 2011 National Keelboat Championships, Laura Dekker arrives, Blocksail innerviews of Barcelona World Race Start teams, Lectronic Latitude – latest issue here, Sail-World Australia – latest issue here, Scuttlebutt USA [...]
Greetings yachties, What a weekend! Great sail in 20-30knots on Outrageous Fortune, covered 87 miles in 9 hours. On Sunday with Waiheke Boating club we took 4 hours to do 2 miles. Great day in the sun. Tomorrow I’m off to Hamilton to pick up the summer’s BBQ meat – could take all day. In [...]
Greetings yachties, In this issue: Team Kiwi Match AC34 Press Conference Wild Eyes arrives in Capetown Laura Dekka Jessica Watson – Where is she now? Abby Sunderland Figaro Transat Harold Bennett Spring Regatta at Stenungsbaden Yacht Club Reid Stowe and Soanya Ahmads – 1000 days at sea Louis Vuitton Trophy Ken Ring Predict Weather Des [...]
Greetings yachties, Apparently the wordpress update has gone all pear shaped and we need to look for another template – all double dutch to me. Mothership is still trying to sort it all out so stay tuned folks, the blank look on the home page will be around for a while yet. In the meantime [...]
. Greetings yachties, . Well done BlackMatch, another great day for Kiwi yachting. . BlackMatch – crowned World Match Racing Champions . Alinghi – sail again with looong prod . Clipper – update . Where is Jessica Watson now? . 33rd America’s Cup – The International Jury Fantastic coverage from Valencia Sailing here MINOPRIO DEFEATS [...]
Wild Days Rum, available at all liquor stores on Waiheke Island – more here When I told friends in Sydney that I was sitting on a beach in New Zealand the comment was met with no small amount of wonderment. New Zilund, for the record, does have beaches. Very nice ones at that. It was [...]
Greetings yachties, Below is a list of sailors and sailing website links. If yours is knot here, flick me an e-mail and I’ll add it in. Blogs of sailors and racing teams 4oceanblog – Andraz Milhelin, Abby Sunderland, Americas Cup View – Ross Erstwhile, Alex Thomson Racing, Alfa Romeo Maxi Yacht, Alinghi, All4One, Anna Tunnicliffe, [...]
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 [...]
