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Jul 6, 2013 - 6:08pm
Just looking at some synoptic charts for our "race" to Brittany, and it appears that we will have the only breeze in THE WHOLE OF EUROPE as we cross the channel, except for Iceland, western Finland and the crinkly bits of Norway.
I would say "wish us luck" but it is more social event than sporting...*hic*
No sign of US yacht missing 26 days off New Zealand
New Zealand search officials are to reevaluate their search for six Americans and a Briton missing at sea for nearly four weeks after another fruitless aerial sweep on Sunday.
The seven were last heard from on June 4 when they reported they were sailing into a storm while en route from New Zealand to Australia.
The New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre believes their schooner Nina sank and their search is focused on looking for a liferaft or debris off the West Coast of the North Island.
A New Zealand Air Force Orion spent nearly eight hours Sunday conducting a "lower, slower search than previous searches," but reported no trace of the 21-metre (70-foot) Nina nor its crew, centre spokeswoman Sarah Brazil said.
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Very sorry to hear this. I'm not a sailor but isn't this the wrong season to be crossing the ditch (then again is there a good season)? Here's a great blog post about sailing to New Zealand from Tongatapu in November by awesome kayak instructor and generally awesome person Gini Callihan. Ginni Callahan.
No sign of US yacht missing 26 days off New Zealand
New Zealand search officials are to reevaluate their search for six Americans and a Briton missing at sea for nearly four weeks after another fruitless aerial sweep on Sunday.
The seven were last heard from on June 4 when they reported they were sailing into a storm while en route from New Zealand to Australia.
The New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre believes their schooner Nina sank and their search is focused on looking for a liferaft or debris off the West Coast of the North Island.
A New Zealand Air Force Orion spent nearly eight hours Sunday conducting a "lower, slower search than previous searches," but reported no trace of the 21-metre (70-foot) Nina nor its crew, centre spokeswoman Sarah Brazil said.
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Jul 1, 2013 - 12:45pm
Lazy8 wrote:
One of the crew (retired professor and noted Unix guru Evi Nemeth) is the mother of a friend of mine. They've been missing a long time. Doesn't look good.
Forecaster gets calls for help as weather turns nasty ... then vintage yacht's crew falls silent
The classic American schooner Nina under sail. The yacht was last heard from on June 4.
A New Zealand meteorologist took the last known calls from seven people aboard a classic American racing yacht missing in the Tasman: "The weather's turned nasty, how do we get away from it?"
The phone calls and texts suddenly stopped on June 4. More than three weeks later, searchers say they have grave concerns for the crew on the 84-year-old wooden vessel that went missing while sailing from New Zealand to Australia. Attempts to contact the crew by radio and an intensive Air Force aerial search this week have proved fruitless.
Damn, that doesn't sound at all good - the Tasman Sea is a tough stretch of water, and the Aussie and NZ search and rescue guys are amongst the best.
One of the crew (retired professor and noted Unix guru Evi Nemeth) is the mother of a friend of mine. They've been missing a long time. Doesn't look good.
Forecaster gets calls for help as weather turns nasty ... then vintage yacht's crew falls silent
The classic American schooner Nina under sail. The yacht was last heard from on June 4.
A New Zealand meteorologist took the last known calls from seven people aboard a classic American racing yacht missing in the Tasman: "The weather's turned nasty, how do we get away from it?"
The phone calls and texts suddenly stopped on June 4. More than three weeks later, searchers say they have grave concerns for the crew on the 84-year-old wooden vessel that went missing while sailing from New Zealand to Australia. Attempts to contact the crew by radio and an intensive Air Force aerial search this week have proved fruitless.
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Jun 22, 2013 - 5:39pm
Somebody in Dublin yesterday didn't ease the mainsheet, or luff quite quickly enough.....(no injuries reported, thankfully). It's also fun playing "spot the sailor suddenly dangling in the air."
So I was looking at some footage of the new Oracle AC72 and thinking that the bows looked awfully slender, with bugger all bouyancy. At about 2.00mins in I was reminded why they don't need any bouyancy...
No need for bouyancy 'coz there bugger-all in the water.....
So I was looking at some footage of the new Oracle AC72 and thinking that the bows looked awfully slender, with bugger all bouyancy. At about 2.00mins in I was reminded why they don't need any bouyancy...
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Feb 16, 2013 - 4:18pm
So I was looking at some footage of the new Oracle AC72 and thinking that the bows looked awfully slender, with bugger all bouyancy. At about 2.00mins in I was reminded why they don't need any bouyancy...
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Jan 21, 2013 - 11:26am
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
I wonder if anybody has actually studied to what extent growing up in really boring rural settings fosters the inventive spirit. Kind of reminds of this guy.
Could be, but in Hamilton's case it's probably more likely to be the Kiwi propensity for doing nutty things in beautiful places.
Found an excellent article about the Vestas Sailrocket in Wired Magazine, including the design philosophy, technological breakthroughs and what it's like to actually "sail" it.
Cracking read.
I wonder if anybody has actually studied to what extent growing up in really boring rural settings fosters the inventive spirit. Kind of reminds of this guy.
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Jan 21, 2013 - 8:26am
Found an excellent article about the Vestas Sailrocket in Wired Magazine, including the design philosophy, technological breakthroughs and what it's like to actually "sail" it.
