Yacht racing

Here in New Zealand, there are strict rules on the safety equipment that boats need to carry on board if they are competing in any yacht races, and also if they are intending on sailing offshore (b…

Yacht America Winner of the 1851 “One Hundred Sovereign Cup” A race later renamed “America’s Cup” in her honor Lines of the yacht America, from the François-Edmond Pâr…

How to Repair a $6M Racing Yacht You Sailed Into a Reef | WIRED

Photos via Clapham Model Yacht Club © of Francis Firth Pond yachts are model wooden sailboats built for racing. They were popularised by small clubs in London in the 19th and 20thC. During the 1820’s a group of [sailing] enthusiasts – including Cooper the Gunsmith, shoemakers and other mechanics – met on Sundays to sail small boats, up to 2’6’’, on the Green Park Pond; finishing in time for a glass of ale at the White Horse Cellar in Piccadilly before public houses closed for Church Time at…

Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss, abandoned in 2006 when the keel head broke, has been found 10,000 miles away after 9 years drifting in the Southern Ocean

2013 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. #Yachting #RolexOfficial. Nice!

Format: 1 photonegative - 35 x 24 mm. Notes: The Amphicar was a German vehicle manufactured 1960-1968. It was the first commercially produced amphibious car and used a Triumph Herald engine over the rear axle to power the wheels and twin propellers. In the water, the front wheels acted as rudders. The body was steel. From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South…

KARMA is a 23m sailing yacht by Maxi Dolphin, Mills Design and Nauta Design. #yacht #superyacht #megayacht #luxury #luxuryyacht #yachts #sailing #segeln #zeilen #zeiljacht #segelyacht #sailingyacht

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