After an action-packed race along the Napier foreshore last year, competitors in the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Racing Championship are preparing themselves for another intense battle in the Hawke’s Bay on Saturday 7 March.
‘The ocean off Napier’s Westshore can develop some massive swells,’ says Cary Gleeson, vice-president of the New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association (NZOPA) and throttle-man for ‘Doosan’, current leader of the superboat lite class.
‘You can be racing side-by-side with another boat then it disappears from view into a swell…Â ….. DetailsÂ
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Moves at the Competitors Meeting for the 33rd America’s Cup could be aimed at negating an adverse outcome in the America’s Cup from the Appeal Court of New York State.
The Appeal Case is essentially a decision as to who is the valid Challenger of Record for the 33rd Match for the America’s Cup.
Societe Nautique de Geneve, as Defender of the America’s Cup took the challenge made by Club Nautico Espanol de Vela – a club that had five members, no yachts, had never sailed a yacht race and was later admitted to be a legal adjustment to suit some political agendas in its home town of Valencia.
Second in the line, was Golden Gate Yacht Club, a well established, functioning club, which more than fulfilled the requirements of the Deed of Gift for the America’s Cup.
In the months of legal jockeying that have transpired since the acceptance of the CNEV Challenge on 3rd July 2007, the positions of the two parties have become closer and closer – yet agreement outside the Courtroom seems impossible…. DetailsÂ
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The Southern Ocean is getting really congested,’ reported Felipe Cubillos from the leading double-handed Class 40, Desafio Cabo de Hornos, last night.
Shortly after midnight, Cubillos and his co-skipper, José Muñoz dropped south to just three miles above the Pacific Ocean exclusion zone at 45°S. Under three miles off the Chilean yacht’s port quarter, Jeremy Salvesen and David Thomson on Team Mowgli, in second place, shadowed the fleet leader’s descent, holding the northern position. …. Details
Most people’s thoughts go to powerboats when thinking fishing. It’s possible that only an inflatable pool toy is a worse platform for catching fish than a sailboat. But for centuries, the sailboat was the only seagoing boat that could get you to where the fish were. So it must be possible…. Details
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