A very promising day today as VESTAS Sailrocket 2 thrust the team effortlessly into the fridge for the 30 knot bottle of Pol Roger champagne. Nice. I’m not going to even try and dramatise it as it felt so cruisy and natural. VSR2 is simply dropping into her element and she feels right. I have [...]
Greetings yachties, It’s blowing dogs off chains on my island today, a great day to test some Wild Days and post a few yachting stories. Conrad Colman – finished Will Tiller, Tom Slingsby, Velux 5 Oceans – Active House arrives, Oman Sail, New Zealand Match Racing Championships, Laura Dekker, Louis Vuitton Trophy – Heritage Day [...]
Greetings yachties, Wild Days Rum tastings – latest tasting here 34th America’s Cup, Laura Dekker – Guestbook here, RC44 World Champs, Gladwell’s Line, Georgia in Hamilton Island, Sailing Xperience – latest issue here, BlackMatch, Cowes Online – latest news here World Match Racing Tour series – St Moritz, Switzerland – event website here Maxi Banque [...]
Developing News: Jessica Watson just Skyped On May 13 2010, Premier Kristina Keneally and Minister for Ports and Waterways, Paul McLeay, joined Jessica Watson’s mother Julie, and manager Andrew Fraser to video-link with Jessica through Skype ahead of her return this weekend. more here facebook My perfect conditions came to an end late on Tuesday [...]
Greetings yachties, Seems the WordPress people have developed an upgrade that means a whole new problem for us, the changes they have made to the code and work involved in putting the upgrade in place is so extensive that the best option is a new template – all double dutch to me. In the meantime [...]
Greetings yachties, Apparently the wordpress update has gone all pear shaped and we need to look for another template – all double dutch to me. Mothership is still trying to sort it all out so stay tuned folks, the blank look on the home page will be around for a while yet. In the meantime [...]
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 [...]
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 12meters The Knowledge Zone, BlackMatch – Report from Bermuba, Des Top News Black Hole, Louis Vuitton World Series – 2 more enter Americas Cup Trust, Class 950, Jessica Watson, TP52 Worlds, Pacific Mini Games 2009, World Match Racing Tour – Mirsky leads Enjoy, Greetings from BlackMatch in Bermuda, Today was the opening day [...]
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, [...]
