Thor Heyerdahl clung to Kon-Tiki, his balsa wood raft, for 4,300 miles to show that Polynesia could have been colonised from South America rather than Asia as commonly thought.
But despite achieving his goal – sustaining his 101 day voyage with sharks caught with his bare hands – the Norwegian failed to sway the scientific community.
Now – 64 years later- new research has finally proved  … More
Good news at last for Australia’s America’s Cup 34 Challenging team after a dramatic turn of events in the last few days when the list of challengers announced at a press conference in the host city of San Francisco included two teams from France plus representatives from China, Italy, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden and the United States but no Australian Team.
Australian Syndicate head Peter Baker in San Francisco for the talks with the America’s Cup Event Management group had initially blamed his funding dilemma on … More
Kiwi born, but San Francisco based, sailing journalist Michelle Slade, was one of those invited out for a sail in the AC45 in San Francisco Bay on Wednesday.
Here’s her report of an unforgettable day:
Yesterday I spent some 45 minutes sailing around the future racecourse area for the 34th America’s Cup on an AC45.
Yes, it happened, I was there, and I’m still reeling from the combination of incredible good fortunate to have had the opportunity and the adrenalin rush of pure unadulterated speed  … Pictures & More
Further to yesterday’s spectacular images and video of Oracle Racing’s Russell ‘Crash’ Coutts having a very near miss on the second day of sailing on San Francisco Bay, more photos have been released of the same very spectacular incident. Pictures & More