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The world’s oceans have given New Zealanders Peter Burling and Blair Tuke the chance to accomplish so much at relatively young ages.
FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, Emirates Team New Zealand helmsman Peter Burling, left, and teammate Blair Tuke cross the boat during the ninth race in America s Cup sailing competition against Oracle Team USA in Hamilton, Bermuda. As they hit what could be the prime of their careers, Burling, 30, and Tuke, 31, are thinking about more than just their next victory. Sure, they re focusing in on trying to win another gold medal in the high-performance 49er skiff in the Tokyo Olympics starting later this month. They also realize that as the victories pile up, they re in a unique position to sp
Unfortunately, the pejorative connotations inherent in the word “junk” have led many people to think of the buildings as being worthless rather than being the cradle of the new and growing city of Victoria. A number of letters have expressed the idea that the Wharf Street warehouses become the site of a purpose-built Maritime Museum. I very much support this idea. While visiting our son and his wife in New Zealand a couple of years ago, we had a chance to go to the New Zealand Maritime Museum in Auckland. The collections are housed in a wonderful new multi-level structure, most of which is built on concrete pilings out over the harbour.
Press Release – NZ Maritime Museum
In keeping with the fast pace of current America’s Cup racing, the New Zealand Maritime Museum is staging its own PechaKucha America’s Cup-themed evening entitled
It Takes a Village on the 3rd of March.
Creatives and experts line up to each riff in under seven minutes and referring to only 20 slides on the many and intricate elements of America’s Cup racing and campaigns, from the design of the technologically advanced 1851-schooner
America, to the art of photographing the foiling challengers and defender on the Waitematā Harbour in 2020-21.
Yacht-designer, America’s Cup Hall of Fame inductee, and according to the lippy and starry Cup-veteran Dennis Connor ‘the best brain in yachting’ Tom Schnackenberg will deal to the evolution of Auld Mug yachts over the competition’s 170-year history. Hamish Ross, the lawyer who wrote a doctorate on Cup legalities, will stick to his knitting as well as point out some of the race’s peculi
It
Takes a Village on the 3rd of March.
Creatives and
experts line up to each riff in under seven minutes and
referring to only 20 slides on the many and intricate
elements of America’s Cup racing and campaigns, from the
design of the technologically advanced 1851-schooner
America, to the art of photographing the foiling
challengers and defender on the Waitematā Harbour in
2020-21.
Yacht-designer, America’s Cup Hall of Fame
inductee, and according to the lippy and starry Cup-veteran
Dennis Connor ‘the best brain in yachting’ Tom
Schnackenberg will deal to the evolution of Auld Mug yachts
over the competition’s 170-year history. Hamish Ross, the
Auckland s busy weekend with Prada Cup finals racing, live music and shows
12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Beyond the Cup: NZME s Cheree Kinnear gets an exclusive look inside the Italian base with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Trimmer Pierluigi Pigi de Felice. Video / NZME
Beyond the Cup: NZME s Cheree Kinnear gets an exclusive look inside the Italian base with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Trimmer Pierluigi Pigi de Felice. Video / NZME
Work s back and school s in session again, but the weekend s here, it s still summer and the superstar yachties battling to challenge Team New Zealand for the America s Cup are set to return to Auckland s Hauraki Gulf today.