Greetings yachties, Welcome to Yachtyakka, a look behind the wall at the SlimStat tells me that many people are visiting for the first time. If you are new to my Yachtyakka, take a few moments to click on the first timer guide ( top left ). be sure to watch some live yacht racing on [...]
Greetings yachties, brainaid Ocean Racing will be doing weather services for Laura Dekker during preparation and her sail around the world. Edwin Delaat, is very close to getting a ride to Fiji – he just needs to find some cash, If you would like to make a donation towards this young man’s sailing career please [...]
Greetings yachties, With just a few days before the 33rd Americas Cup DoG race starts the war of “he said she said” is reaching new levels of dummy spitting. I will try to include as many links as I can to the most popular sailing websites that are covering the match here. If you know [...]
The sterling silver ewer once known as the ‘£100 Cup’ and named the ‘America’s Cup’ after America, the yacht of the same country that fought off the British fleet around the Isle of Wight in 1851, is the most sought after trophy in the sport of sailing. It has resided at the Société Nautique de [...]
Greetings yachties, Just back from a fantastic sailing adventure of the Hauraki Gulf on Outrageous Fortune, more on that later, meanwhile, what’s been happening in the world of yachting?? In this issue, Ice Boating in Denmark January 2010 Puma – Leg 4 Boom Breaking Both DOG’s are in Valencia Anchoring tips and links Splash Worlds [...]
The new Superyacht Business newsletter will now be sent every Wednesday (between 3pm-4pm GMT) as a joint collaboration between the Superyacht Business news team and the IBI daily newsletter team. “We’re delighted with this opportunity to keep our international subscribers right up to date with the latest business news from all parts of the superyacht [...]
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 [...]
Okay, so here’s the deal – we are going to have the best west coast sportboat regatta – ever! To be held in the south bay of San Diego – good breeze, flat water, no kelp – and we’ll run it out of Coronado Yacht Club, September 26, 27. We’re going to gather as many [...]
New Shaw 30 canter Images from Boat Slut first sail more here more Sailing Anarchy interviews here Katie Miller Picks up Another Sponsor for OSTAR Race. May 21, 2009 Filed under Business, OSTAR, United Kingdom Katie Miller has added more sponsors to her OSTAR campaign. In addition to title sponsor bluQube, Katie will be supported [...]
TOP MARKS AGAIN FOR ERICSSON 4 Ericsson 4 again took maximum points this morning when she crossed the finish of Volvo Ocean Race leg seven in Galway in first position. She finished at 0054 GMT today after taking seven days, 10 hours, 33 minutes and 51 seconds to sail across the North Atlantic from Boston. [...]
