Greetings yachties, A mate of mine is currently sailing from Brisbane to Auckland on Farrago, a Farr 38. Thanks to Michael from Sea Safe he has a tracker so his friends and family can follow them on the web, here. He called me today to get an update on the low pressure system that is [...]
Greetings yachties, 1 more sleep to the raft race Mike Perham – Bounty Boat update Paul Cayard 33rd Americas Cup – Owners Press Conference, no Larry Five times Giltinan Championship winner Trevor Barnabas – last minute call up for F&P America’s Cup View – Sir Russell Coutts Waiheke Boating Club Picnic 2010 Groupama3 Where is [...]
Greetings yachties, In this issue; Oman Sailing Heol 7.4 – Düsseldorf 2010 World Match Racing Tour – US$250,000 Hublot PalmaVela Anna Tunniclffe Herreshoff Marine Museum January Visit Chocolate Sponsorship Rolex Miami OCR Friday 2.4 Metres Bavaria38 Motor boat – Düsseldorf Indian Solo Sailor – Dilip Donde Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Friday Laser Radials SailRacer [...]
Greetings yachties Cowes on line Des Top News Jessica Watson BlackMatch – Thanks Mike Perham’s next adventure Australian Match Racing Championships Clipper Melges 32 Velsheda Maxi Yacht Regatta WSTA Dire Straits Enjoy Solo sailor, 16, crashes first day out Brisbane Times By PAUL HARRIS, SMH JESSICA WATSON: A crash on her first day out of [...]
Greetings Yachties, Perini Navi Mike Perham BMWOracle BlackMatch Tara Oceans Alinghi 5 and D35 Enjoy Hi all from BlackMatch, An extraordinary day for Blackmatch saw us beat the legendary Peter Gilmour 3 nil in the quarterfinals and then defeat current World Champion Ian Williams also 3 nil to qualify for the final of the St [...]
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: [...]
Greetings yachties, Mike Perham Waka & Team Kiwi Match – Nickerbocker Cup Marine Feuerstein Laura Dekker TV or TV on the Web ishares cup Istanbul – Europa Race Wake boarding Interview with Larry Ellison more later WHAT A DAY! AN AMAZING DAY! Thanks to everyone who turned up to see me arrive at Portsmouth! It [...]
Greetings yachties, While we all sit around complaining about the weather, some determined teenagers are getting on with life. Here are a few. As soon as I can find more, I’ll post them. Enjoy Abby Sunderland Jessica Watson Laura Dekker Mike Perham Zac Sunderland Jesse Martin Meet Jessica Watson – get your tickets here Solo [...]
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, [...]
