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VOR: Dongfeng & ‘The Club’
THE EXCLUSIVE CLUB OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN – AMAZING PICTURES [Dongfeng Race Team] Perhaps (as Pascal has explained) we are not sailing as well as we’d like, perhaps fourth position
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World Match Racing Tour: Skippers Announced
London, UK (23rd March 2015): The world’s longest running professional sailing series – the ISAF sanctioned World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) – today announced a new and expanded sixteen event
New Zealand
Save our Harbour
On Sunday 22 March hundreds of protestors in yachts, launches, tenders and surf skis, made a rather large scene at the Ports of Auckland protest to stop the Auckland Council’s
Australian News
2015 18′ Skiff Australian Championship
Light conditions caused havoc at the 2015 18′ Skiff Australian Championship with Day 2 also being a complete waste of time due to a race management stuff up. Oh well,
New Zealand
Jack Tar Auckland Regatta – Results
LSD decided to take a weekend off, however new team member Tomo managed to get a few drone pics when he was out on the water on Saturday! From all
New Zealand
VOR: And then they were gone
What an amazing few weeks we have had! It’s been hectic. The amount of people flocking to see the Volvo Ocean Race sailors and boats at the Viaduct was incredible.
New Zealand
It’s anarchy in Auckland
Anarchy has hit the water in Auckland. AJ and Atka Reid’s new YD37 has hit the water and she looks good. LiveSailDie.com was there yet again to follow the progress.
New Zealand
NZL Sailing Team play dress up at Zhik
Live Sail Die was invited to attend an evening at the Zhik Pop-Up Store in Auckland during the Volvo Ocean Race stop over. Members of the NZL Sailing Team, Peter
New Zealand
Crusader wins RPNYC Triangle Race
Elliott-designed Crusader wins the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Central Triangle Race. New Zealand yacht designer Greg Elliott is proud to announce his 35ft E35SuperSport design Crusader has won the
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VOR: Leg 5 will start Wednesday 9am (NZ)
Leg 5 will have a traditional start and the boats will cross a start line outside the harbour and set sail to Itajaí. Teams will not be completing a course
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Volvo Ocean Race – Auckland In-Port Photos
It was awesome being on an official media boat for the Auckland Volvo Ocean Race In-Port Race! Here are the photos from Live Sail Die. Post by Live Sail Die.
New Zealand
On board with Team SCA
There are certain times in your life when you have to take a moment and realise exactly what’s happening. Yesterday I had one of those moments. My day started “normally”.
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Cyclone Pam forces another delay to Leg 5 start
Cyclone Pam caused another postponement for the Leg 5 departure of the Volvo Ocean Race as organisers announced on Friday that the fleet would not now leave Auckland for Itajaí,
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Volvo Ocean Race: The Skippers have a chat
On lucky Friday the 13th of March, the six skippers of the Volvo Ocean Race gathered for the official press conference prior to the start of Leg 5 – “The
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Volvo Ocean Race: Update on Delayed Start
– Tropical cyclone Pam racks up winds of 200km/hr and could strengthen further as it heads south. – The earliest that the fleet will depart Auckland is Monday March 16
Australian News
2015 Ronstan Victorian Tasar Championships
With the current World Champions out of action (Chris Dance overseas, and Peter Hackett recovering from appendicitis) we were lucky to have Navy Sailors and World Champion Rick Longbottom and
Tropical Cyclone Pam
As a bit of a weather nut myself I have been watching the tropical depression which is now Cyclone Pam develop for well over a week. Around 5 days ago
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Inside Azzam – Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing
Tomo took a tour inside Azzam with Alex Higby (GBR). Check out the sleeping quarters, the gallery and the shitter.
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 5 Postponed
Auckland, New Zealand – Due to Tropical Cyclone Pam, Volvo Ocean Race organisers have decided that the Volvo Ocean 65 boats will not leave Auckland for Itajaí earlier than 14:00
Extreme Sailing Series: Oman / The Wave Muscat leads
Exceptional opening day for The Wave, Muscat on home waters at Extreme Sailing Series™ The opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series™, Act 2 Muscat, delivered an afternoon of perfect
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He goes by the name of ‘Cheese’ – De Ridder Returns
He was suspended from the America’s Cup for breaking a few rules – now De Ridder returns to the water, this time in the One Design fleet of the Volvo
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VOR: Dongfeng – Back in Black
LAST MINUTE CREW CHANGE DUE TO INJURY, ‘BLACK’ REJOINS DONGFENG “I’ve been told it’ll be unlike anything I’ve seen before” [Dongfeng Race Team] People are starting to joke that crew
Team SCA Girls Only Forum – Photos
Thanks to the Murray’s Bay Sailing Club girl, Live Sail Die was invited to attend the girls only Team SCA Forum. Team SCA crew members Stacey Jackson, Sophie Ciszek and
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VOR: Vestas Wind grounding report
Why? And what next? An independent report into the grounding of Team Vestas Wind on Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race was released today. It included a set of