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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 [...]

The latest news will be at the bottom of this thread; scroll down sharpie The Royal Akarana Story Here Entries to date: Limit, Reichel Pugh 63′                           Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) Living Doll, Farr 16.7m                           Royal Yacht Club Victoria (RYCV) REVS pdf Revs, Ross 40                                       Opua Cruising Club (OCC) Bird on the Wing, Beneteau [...]

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 [...]

Sir Peter Blake, 1948-2001 Hi, That’s Peter holding the fish and me in the background with our Frostply, “Japeto” that our Dad built. Cheers Tony Greetings yachties, As I grow yachtyakka to become a detailed online yachting picture book. I accept that part of what I post will need to include those yachties that have [...]

“We got a nice puff and extended down the run. At the bottom of the run, a strong gust came through…. about 35 knots. We had just gotten around the bottom mark and were going up wind as BMW Oracle and Artemis were coming downwind straight at us, pretty much out of control. I thought [...]