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Sail-World New Zealand: 6 March 2009
Plenty
of white water action off Takapuna Beach Richard
Gladwell
Welcome to Sail-World.Com's NZ newsletter for 6
March 2009
Gale force winds have been lashing top top half of the North island overnight, with one gust of 83kts being recorded at Cape Reinga (top point of NZ, for our international subscribers). For most of Auckland winds peaked at around 50kts in the afternoon. From our office overlooking Takapuna Beach we watched the boardsailers and kitesurfers performing all afternoon. Traffic hit a peak off Takapuna Beach, in the early evening, as the winds eased back to 40 plus knots, but with plenty of surf.
We caught
one massive air jump (repeated at least once) by a
kitesurfer and have the full photo sequence from launch to
landing. click here to see the length and breadth of this
feat for yourself. There are no photographic tricks to
exaggerate the hieght or distance travelled.
Ned Wood, Manson Anchors - Auckland International Boat Show Colin Preston
What was good news for the surfers was not so great for the Auckland International Boat Show, with the wind presenting exhibitors with a few challenges. For those hunkered down in the Hauraki Gulf, days like yesterday are times when you need a good anchor. You can get the best advice on this subject from Ned Wood at Manson Marine. Besides anchors, Manson's manufacture a full range of marine engineering products - have a talk to Ned Wood about how they can help you with your next project.
Other Sail-World
advertisers at the show include Navico - weather permitting
we are are hoping to check out their revolutionary broadband
radar; and Seawind Catamarans who have the award winning
Seawind 1160 (winner of the 'Most Innovative Sailboat' and
'Best Cruising Multihull' of the USA in 2007) at the show
and available for a demonstration following the Show.
Wild conditions in the InterIslander South Island Optimist Championships Event Media
Line 7 are also prominent at the Show with some great deals at the Line 7 stand (site 129) in Pavillion 1 at the Quay St entrance to the Auckland International Boatshow. They have our full range of technical wet weather gear at Boatshow special prices plus the new 2009 Emirates Team New Zealand range and a host of other Boatshow only bargains.
Today, and maybe the weekend, will be a great opportunity to put Line 7's great wet weather gear to the test - just step outside for a few minutes!
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Good sailing!
Richard Gladwell
NZ
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Looking for a good deal on
Line 7 gear or marine clothing?
Line 7,
Looking for a
good deal on Line 7 wet weather gear or Line 7 marine
clothing? Come and visit the Line 7 stand (site 129) in
Pavillion 1 at the Quay St entrance to the Auckland
International Boatshow.... [ more]
Taking air at
Takapuna - Images of a big jump
Richard Gladwell,
Auckland was beset with gale force winds yesterday. Not
good for the Boat Show but great for the kiteboarders off
Takapuna. We took these shots off Takapuna beach yesterday
evening including this spectacular air jump. The kitesurfer
pictured did it not once but at least twice that we saw.
Sight his position on the land to get an idea of the
distance travelled and height achieved.... [ more]
Big
fleet for Optimist SI's and Splash Nationals at Queen
Charlotte
Robert Burn,
The Port Marlborough Splash
Nationals and the InterIslander Optimist Challenge/South
Island Optimist Champs was the biggest regatta ever held at
Queen Charlotte Yacht Club. Late entries brought the total
number of sailors to 159 including the green fleet.Queen
Charlotte Yacht Club had a clean sweep of the major placings
in the Splash Nationals.... [ more]
North Sails NZ
help Team Ceeref excel on RC44 circuit
Zoe Hawkins,
A
new A1 sail crafted by the team at North Sails Auckland was
one reason for Team Ceeref's clean sweep of victories in the
match race component of the Puerto Calero RC44 Cup, raced in
light airs at the end of February. Cameron Appleton and Team
Aqua finished second, and Russell Coutts' BMW ORACLE Racing
third.... [ more]
Ovington announce new foiler - The
Concept dinghy with Tomahawk Foils
Ovington,
At this
year's RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, along with the familiar 9ers,
B14, Musto Skiff, Flying Fifteen, Byte CII and of course the
new Pickled Egg International 14, visitors may be surprised
to see some boats not usually associated with Ovington
including a concept dinghy using the foil system by Tomahawk
Foils... [ more]
Cowes Classics Week looks set to grow
in stature
Event media,
The organisers of the Metre &
Classic Keelboat Regatta have announced that the 2009 event
will be held from 20 to 24 July during Cowes Classics Week.
It again links directly into the Household Division Regatta
on 25 July and the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta 26 July,
both events also for qualifying keelboat classes... [
more]
Volvo Ocean Race - Ericsson 4 leads through the
first gate
Volvo media,
The first milestone of leg
five was achieved yesterday, when Ericsson 4 led the fleet
through the first of two scoring gates on leg five of the
Volvo Ocean Race, to collect the maximum of four points. The
team now has 53 points in total and a lead of 8.5 points
over Telef�nica Blue in second place and Puma third... [
more]
Win a Line 7 Emirates Team NZ crew polo or a
Line 7 jacket or pants
Sail-World.com,
Enter online
now to win a choice of a Line 7 Emirates Team NZ crew polo,
a Line 7 Force Jacket ,or Line 7 Force Vest, a Line 7 Gulf
Jacket or Line 7 Gulf pants, or a Line 7 GP Microfleece... [
more]
12 Foot Skiff Racing at Koh Samui Regatta
2009
Sawadee.com,
The racing, from 29-31 May, will be
set on a course as close as possible to Samui's Chaweng
Beach, and is not only exhilarating to compete in - but also
fun to watch and great for spectators. And there is an
additional thrill element in that teams from archrivals
Australia and New Zealand will compete head-to-head for the
honours.... [ more]
Portimao Global Ocean Race:
Kleinjans heads east on Roaring Forty
Oliver Dewar,
Portimao Global Ocean Race - Michel Kleinjans, on the
Open 40 Roaring Forty delivered the best pace slightly north
of the double-handed trio of Class 40s. The most southerly
boat, Team Mowgli, is maintaining a 14 mile safety zone away
from the southern limit. Recent ice reports in the Southern
Ocean indicate that bergs calving from Antarctica are
drifting further north.... [ more]
Rich Wilson heading
for Sunday or Monday Vendee Globe finish
Vendee Globe
media,
Ten knots boat speed this afternoon and 1230
miles from the finish, heading just north of east, things
are definitely looking altogether rosier for Rich Wilson on
Great American III. Raphael Dinelli is making slow but
steady progress in his compromised state on Fondation
Oc�an Vital. The Sablais skipper is making between 4.5 and
six knots as has 1700 or so miles to reach his home port....
[ more]
Peter Holmberg dominates to win Budget Marine
Match Racing Cup
Event Media,
Peter Holmberg defeated
English skipper Marc Fitzgerald in a straight-set, 3-0
victory, to win the finals of the inaugural Budget Marine
Match Racing Cup.... [ more]
The Long and the Short of
It - St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
Heather Tackling,
The St. Maarten Yacht Club was abuzz with activity today
as preparations ramped up in advance of the IGY Commodore's
Cup and the 29th running of the St. Maarten Heineken
Regatta. Among the innovations to this year's event were
Tuesday's inaugural Budget Marine Match Racing Cup, won in
resounding style by Virgin Islands ace Peter Holmberg.... [
more]
Keep costs down – you can run local
advertising online
Bob Maxwell,
If most of your
customers are in one city or region, don't pay for national
advertising. World class sites like TetraMedia's Sail-World,
Sail-World Cruising. Powerboat-World and Marine Business
News site can set up you advertising so it's only seen by
your target audience and you only pay for that tartget
audience... [ more]
Aftermath at Williamstown,
Melbourne offshore powerboat race
Peter Turrell,
Acme
racing boat after the race at Williamstown. A slight twist
of fate or not. You be the judge. $ 20 grand just screwed up
in one race.... [ more]
Volvo Ocean Race: Green Dragon
skipper asks 'Is east best?'
Lucy Harwood/Ian Walker,
Volvo Ocean Race news from Green Dragon. 'For three days
we have been running or reaching south in the traditional
way whilst talking about going east and ‘cutting the
corner' to the Ice Gate which is ESE from us. For the last
36 hours the computer has given this easterly route the edge
over that to the south.' Ian Walker.... [ more]
The
International 14 Trials - Are you Tough Enough?
Andy
Rice,
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to
race an International 14 high-performance skiff, then the
Try an International 14 Weekend and Boat Loan Trials on the
weekend of 4/5 April at Hayling Island SC is the chance
you've been waiting for... [ more]
2009 Audi World
Etchells championship -
Ian Grant / Sail-world,
The
Etchells Worlds start off Melbourne's Brighton Beach on
Monday. Australians Mark Bradford and Mike O'Brien have too
much respect for the standard of the fleet to nominate where
they will finish in a fleet that has attracted the best
sailors in the World, including Australia's Americas Cup
winning skipper John Bertrand, Olympic Gold Medallist Ben
Ainslie and six former Etchells champions... [
more]
Be careful what you wish for - Portim�o Global
Ocean Race
Oliver Dewar/Josh Hall,
The Portim�o
Global Ocean Race fleet is stalled by light breeze. Josh
Hall, draws on his immense ocean racing experience to
describe the frustration and fatigue that the teams may be
feeling.... [ more]
Volvo: Ericsson 4 first to scoring
gate as Ericsson 3 makes brave move
Volvo Ocean Race
media,
Volvo Ocean Race. The winner of the first points
of leg five was Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA), yet it was
Ericsson 3 (Magnus Olsson/SWE) who received all the interest
after their crossing. They and immediately tacked to the
north-east, away from all the fleet.... [ more]
Audi
Etchells Worlds: Sizing up the competition
Di Pearson,
Audi Etchells Worlds - first race of the nine-race
series, to be conducted by Royal Brighton Yacht Club in
Victoria, gets underway on Port Phillip in six day's
time.... [ more]
Ben Ainslie joins Congressional Cup
lineup
Rich Roberts,
Great Britain's Ben Ainslie, has
joined the impressive lineup in the 45th Congressional Cup,
the March 24-28 match racing classic hosted by the Long
Beach Yacht Club. Ainslie, 32, is now skipper/helmsman of
the UK's Team Origin challenge for the 33rd America's
Cup.... [ more]
Loick Peyron joins Oman Sail Extreme
40 for iShares Cup
Oman Sail media,
Loick Peyron, one
of the most important forces behind the evolution of modern
multihulls, will compete in the iShares Cup Sailing Series
Series which kicks off in Venice on 15 May.... [
more]
Vice Admiral's Cup regatta announced
Fiona
Brown,
The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club in Cowes will
host the fifth Vice Admiral's Cup regatta from Friday 29 to
Sunday 31 May 2009 inclusive. the Cup will once again
feature four classes. As usual, the 50-52 foot class will
incorporate the TP52 and Farr 52 bringing us an outstanding
visual spectacle as well as some incredibly close racing...
[ more]
Volvo Race - All change as Easterly route
gains ground
Ian Walker,
All of a sudden after the
scoring gate at 36 South on leg 5 the fleet has scattered,
so what is going on? Well, it all changed when the latest
weather gave even more credibility to the 'Easterly route'
and the Southerly route suddenly looked the more risky.
There will be no Southern Ocean for a while and there will
be lots more upwind sailing... [ more]
One Design
sailing – growing fast in Pattaya
Kev Scott - Ferrett
News,
In Pattaya we have one of the best and largest OD
fleets in Asia for the Platu (otherwise known as the
Beneteau 25 in Europe), with 17 of these in Pattaya and
another 12 spread around Asia. There are about 1,000 spread
around Europe and a new fleet of 12 in New Zealand. And they
are now being built in Batam near Singapore by Extreme
Sailing Products.... [ more]
NZ must legislate
biofuels says Kiwi World Record holder
Emily Penn,
New Zealanders will not get to use greener biofuels
unless the Government introduces legislation to replace the
Biofuels Bill it dumped recently according to Pete bethune,
the Kiwi holding the record for fastest circumnavigation of
the earth in a powerboat.... [ more]
Tussle for
Portimao Global Ocean Race lead
Oliver Dewar,
The
Portim�o Global Ocean Race leadership battle is
intensifying. Felipe Cubillos and Jos� Mu�oz on Desafio
Cabo de Hornos temporarily handed pole position to the
German duo of Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme on Beluga
Racer.... [ more]
Puma - 'it's like playing the
world's slowest game of chess'
Puma Ocean Racing Team,
News from Puma, Day 18 leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race.
Skipper Ken Read says he sounds like a broken record and
that Puma is playing the world's slowest ever game of chess,
while rick Deppe has 'fush and chips' on his mind.... [
more]
Setting sail on a sea of disposable
plastic
Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle,
When it
is finished, sometime next month, the boat, a 60-foot
catamaran named Plastiki, will sail out the Golden Gate
bound across the Pacific for Australia, a voyage that will
be either an absolute disaster or a huge sensation... [
more]
2009 Monsoon Cup
01/12/09
The Monsoon Cup
Malaysia is Stage 10 of the 2009 World Match Racing
Tour....
For more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1119
2009
Audi Etchells Worlds
05/03/09
Hosted by Royal Brighton
Yacht Club, Melbourne, Australia....
For more details and
news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1155
Louis
Vuitton Pacific Series
30/01/09
The Louis Vuitton
Pacific Series is being held in association with the New
Zealand Government, Emirates Team New Zealand, the Royal New
Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS), Auckland City and Sky City
Group...
For more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1138
Vendee
Globe 2008-2009
10/11/08
Vendee Globe 2008-2009 - A
sailing race around the world, for singlehanders, without
any stopover....
For more details and news for this
event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1117
2008-2009
Portim�o Global Ocean Race
12/10/08
5 legs around
the World - the World's first Solo-Double race....
For
more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1115
2008
- 2009 Volvo Ocean Race
01/01/08
The 2008-09 event
will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon...
For
more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1081
New
Zealand Sailing
01/01/08
Information on all New
Zealand Yachting stories...
For more details and news for
this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=225
2009 Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Tour
The
Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Tour
2009...
For more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1142
2009 World Match Racing Tour
Top skippers and teams begin drive
toward World Championship...
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for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1090
Line 7 news
Line 7...
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event, go
to:
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Manson Anchors News
...
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event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Eid=1144
Marsden Cove News
...
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go
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Navico News
News and information on products from Navico,
including Simrad...
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event, go
to:
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North Sails New Zealand news
...
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for this event, go
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RC 44 Championship Tour
The RC 44 is a light displacement high
performance One Design sailing boat. It was designed by
three-time America's Cup winner Russell Coutts, together
with naval architect Andrej Justin....
For more details
and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1089
Seawind Catamaran News
...
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event, go
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Southern Spar News
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