more here Greetings yachties, In this issue: ISAF – OSR 2012/2013 (Off Shore Racing Rules) update, Ker 40, Volvo Ocean Race – Merry Christmas, Christchurch – 4 more quakes, Jules Verne Trophy – approaching/passing Cape Horn, Speed Dream, Outrageous Fortune to Hobart, World On Water – episode 52, Team Sanya, suffered damage rigging, Volvo Ocean [...]
Greetings yachties, Welcome to yachtyakka, all the best yachting stories from the best yachting websites with a little humour to keep the deadshits, wallies and wankers out. Enjoy Join Yachtyakka Yacht Club and build your own sailing blog with photos, video, events and handy hints. First a couple of classics from Dire Straits. Jessica Watson [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
Greetings yachties As you can tell, I’m back in front of my computer with a rum bucket fill of stories from the Auckland – Nouméa Yacht Race and some random titbits of news, rumours, lies and tall stories. Over the coming weeks I will update and backdate yachtyakka. Boatslut Productions will be publishing videos as [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
Sunday, May 3, 2009 Success in Rimini The start of the regatta was a tricky one for the boys, with our 4th member Sam Bell joining us . We were forced to default the first race and rigging the boat in the pre start of our second we won 1 of 4 races that day [...]
more here The top skippers in the world have been invited to the 2009 ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship in Lysekil, Sweden held during Lysekil Women’s Match from 27 July-1 August. With women’s match racing on the Olympic programme for the first time at the London Games in 2012, the World Championships this summer [...]
