Australians will have the chance to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the country’s most famous sporting victories, the 1983 America’s Cup, at a special luncheon this September. September
All yacht clubs have their own unique ways of setting general (performance) handicaps. Here is a video of how it’s done at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. The guys who made
Winter storms always seem to have tragic endings, and last Sunday in Auckland claimed another victim. This Spencer 32 escaped its mooring life line and ended up on the rocks.
AC Uncut interview with Iain Percy discussing the teams future. Like the camera work, Iain still looks a bit shaky. Lets hope they can pull something together and get on
The final day of racing saw a lack of wind forcing officials from Cala de’ Medici Yacht Club to call the regatta one race short. After 8 races sailed, American helmsman
One thing we definitely have is lots of toys and gadgets to help capture sailing. Cameras, video cameras and of course GoPros. But none of those things are any good
Still a bit of a struggle getting detailed info out of Italy but from what I can gather here is how day five went! One Race scheduled, one race sailed.
Day4 has seen ISAF vice president George Andreadis show the rest of the fleet how it is done with a second in the 1st race and a 1st in the
Sam Meech has secured his first EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup victory winning gold in the Laser class at the 2013 Sail for Gold Regatta which has just wrapped up in
Willzy and the Akarana team are now tied in 6th place with 4 other boats but 9th after 5 races with 1 drop on countback. Marvin the Martian from Houstin
The 2013 Moth Worlds returns to the USA later this year from 12 – 19 October at the Kaneohe Yacht Club in Hawaii. We just love the Moths and the
The lone Kiwi Etchells team of Andrew Wills, Anatole Masfen and Mat Kelway are currently sitting in 4th position after a steady first day of Worlds Racing. RESULTS Official Release:
The Etchells, one of the most sexiest classes in the world, are about to race for their next World Champion! (But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the winners are sexy…)
[youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk0GST_uVLw’] The boys behind the desks get to venture out onto the big open blue to watch their designs in action. Emirates Team New Zealand seventh day on San
Equilibrium is back out on the ocean after a 30hr turn around in Opua for repairs, with some of the crew continuing and others with commitments that meant they had
[youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L28QLTl-TvM’] Top match racing women ready for Korean take-off – second stage of Women’s International Match Racing Series in Busan The inaugural Women’s International Match Racing Series is in
We are bummed. Bummed that our favourite boat in the Auckland to Fiji race is heading back to New Zealand. And from what info we have received, they aren’t continuing.
Over the last few days we have only really been reporting on the Auckland to Fiji Race and the Korea Match Racing regatta. Why? Well AKL to Fiji because Navig8r
Mathieu Richard has won the Korea Match Cup after beating Taylor Canfield 2-0 in the Final. Attributing his win to great team work and mental resilience, Richard and his French
It might be a small race numbers wise, but a race is only as big as you make it! LSD has been reporting the updates that Navig8r sends us from
While most of us were tucked up nicely in bed last night enjoying the comforts of home, Navig8r was experiencing an extreme bout of frustration on his way to Fiji.
During the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s Auckland to Fiji (Musket Cove) race, we will be getting exclusive updates from on board Equilibrium. Here is the first official update. Quick
The Auckland to Musket Cove race started today with our very own Navig8r on board Equilibrium as the navigator! “Bit of a slow start…. This is going to be a
The fleet of 15 boats (a record in recent years) that contested the 2013 Elliott 5.9 Traveler Series opener sailed out of Opua was evidence of the strong interest in
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