Over the years sailing events have seen lots of storms, in the 2009 A Cat Worlds, as the fleet race ashore, one sailor was struck by lighting, in the boat park. A week ago, the giant hailstorm hit Perth and out on the water, there was the Australian 2010 Tornado Catamaran Nationals. Josh Fugill reports ‘ there was 14 boats out there and we could see a ‘storm’ coming but no one thought it would be that bad … Details
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Abby Sunderland, one of the two 16 year old girls currently sailing non-stop around the world, achieved a mighty milestone on Wednesday. The teenager rounded the infamous Cape Horn, becoming the youngest person ever to sail around the famous landmark alone – beating out Jessica Watson by a few months. Although the seas surrounding Cape Horn can be some of the most brutal on earth, Neptune showed favor on this little girl from California, who went around in easy sailing conditions – easy conditions for Cape Horn, that is … Details & Pictures
All litigation in the 33rd America’s Cup has been discontinued, following an acceptance of an agreement announced between the four parties today.Â
The dropping of the litigation will allow the formal handover of the various properties associated with the America’s Cup and which are held by the Defender, in its joint role of Trustee of the America’s Cup to which the custodianship of the trophy and the organization of the next Match is enshrined in the 19th century Deed of Gift which governs the event
After losing the trophy in over four weeks ago, Societe Nautique de Geneve and Team Alinghi apparently did not … Details
Sail-World’s Richard Gladwell interviewed Noel (Nitro) Drennan, on the Sail-World stand at the Auckland International Boat Show.
For those who do not know Noel, he is a four time America’s Cup campaigner (mostly with US based challengers) and is a Volvo Ocean race winner, as one of the crew aboard illbruck Challenge in the 2001/02 event.
A veteran of 25 Sydney Hobart races (the latest on Alfa Romeo), Drennan has just joined a very elite group who have won the Volvo Ocean Race and the America’s Cup.
(He’s called ‘Nitro’ after sailing on a Melbourne yacht, called Nitro, when he was young – and the name has stuck. Nothing to do with an explosive personality, or anything like that – far from it in fact …Â Details