Greetings yachties, After many hours and lots of deliberation, Yachtyakka store is now open. Click on the links and browse around a little, when you find something you like – order it on line – if you can’t find what you want, flick me an e-mail and I’ll see if I can find it for [...]
Here is the chat I had with Hilary the other night about her epic adventure loaded onto my face book page Another SOL yachtie shares a recent raceyakka On April 22 1969 Sir Robin Knox-Johnston made history as the first man to sail singlehanded and non-stop around the world. He was the only competitor to [...]
Some of the many trophies we won at the Squadron Under fine skies and a fresh North Easterley breeze, “Thelma” led for the whole of the 1907 Auckland Anniversary Regatta First Division Race, narrowly beating “Ariki” over the line. They were closely followed by “Rainbow” in third place. The great transatlantic race of 1866 began [...]
Want one of these? just in The hottest Sleuth on Anarchy Oracle seeks America’s Cup regatta in 2011 2 hours ago MADRID (AFP) — US syndicate Oracle said Tuesday it backs a traditional America’s Cup regatta in 2011 and has proposed this format to defenders Alinghi ahead of a meeting to discuss the next edition [...]
more here and here Marin LuxurYachts launches 42m classic Elena Thursday, 16 April 2009 Photo by ConceptWorks The Spanish brand Marin LuxurYachts, which belongs to the shipyard Factoría Naval Marín successfully undertook the technical launching of its first two megayachts with steel hull in early March 2009. The first of those vessels is a 40 [...]
More images from Palmavela photos by : Nico Martinez Results here more here The Epoch Times The Origin of the Pirates: Some Conquer Earth, Others Conquer Water A pirate armed with a kalachnikov, on the boat the Tanit, taken on April 10, 2009, that was seized by Somali pirates on April 4. (ecpad/AFP/Getty Images) BEIRUT, [...]
Sounds like he wants to stop for some refreshments. The best laid plans…. Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:04 AM PDT And still it blows! It is at lceast beginning to ease up a little and the sea has simmered a little though it looks as though she will boil again tomorrow….Last night the retrieval line [...]
lots more photos here too and another one here Photos by Micky Costa Put 20 copies of your logo on yachtyakka with live links back to your webpage for just $10 per week – bargain!! HUGO BOSS back in the water! Last week HUGO BOSS went back into the water in her home berth in [...]
From Ollys Blog Saturday, April 11, 2009Easter tidings…. A fine day, warmer and sunny followed by a magnificent full moon lighting the silvery waves this evening. Few miles clawed to the east. There were many flocks of birds crossing our path today heading north – I wonder if they’re off to warmer climes for winter. [...]
Perhaps Ernee has been building Cheezezilla for a while? Year : 1986 Length : 14,00 m Width : 12,00 m Weight : 1300 kg Materials : Carbon aramid - PVC Foam – Nomex Construction : Wet lay-up on mannequin Designers : Grégoire Dolto & Patrick Dubois Engineers : [...]
