. Greetings yachties, . Well done BlackMatch, another great day for Kiwi yachting. . BlackMatch – crowned World Match Racing Champions . Alinghi – sail again with looong prod . Clipper – update . Where is Jessica Watson now? . 33rd America’s Cup – The International Jury Fantastic coverage from Valencia Sailing here MINOPRIO DEFEATS [...]
Greetings Yachties Monty Python on Youtube SYZ & Co – Crash Volvo Ocean Race 2011 – The New Rules Mystery Components Rolex Middle Sea Beached As Bro Abby Sunderland Geoff Holt – She’s Off Waiheke Boating Club – Race Report and Open Day IBI News – America’s Cup: Ras al-Khaimah is safe No Pants Day [...]
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 [...]
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, World Match Racing Tour – Argo Group Gold Cup’s, Sunseeker Australia Cup – Torvar Mirsky Jessica Watson gets support, Mini650 – Transat Start, St Tropez – Winners Alinghi – Still waiting for BMWOracle to show up Valencia Sailing in RAK Matt Sheahan’s blog – Dean Barker, Russell Coutts, Ray Davies & Cameron Appleton, [...]
“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 [...]
Performance Yachts appoint Azzura Marine to build new PY-125 & PY-115 Just weeks after the highly successful trials of Performance Yacht’s PY-100 in New Zealand, the company has announced the expansion of its range and appointed Azzura Marine, the premier Australian boat builder, as constructors of the PY-115 model, and its new flagship, the PY-125. [...]
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 [...]
Part one here Greetings yachties, The annual round Waiheke Race promised up to 20knots with a westerly turning south. Some thunderstorms around Hamilton, lucky we weren’t going there. The day dawned with mist on the hills and by 0900 nothing, not even a zepher, then it rained. Perfect lets go yachting. No short course. We [...]
Greetings yachties, As we head to the business end of the regatta. This thread will be in two parts. The book is out some classic images order your copy here Brad BUTTERWORTH, the Kiwi skipper and tactician for Alinghi, had high praise for the event. “Its been three weeks of very good sailing here, although [...]
