Team Shosholoza skipper Geoff Meek and crack SA America’s Cup crew members Alex Runciman, Guido Verhovert and Marc Lagesse finished eighth overall in the final standing today of the Nippon Cup, a Swedish Match Tour event, held in Tokyo, Japan. The South Africans beat Japan’s top three match racing skippers plus a German skipper Sven-Erik […]
Three Godfathers of New Zealand Sailing Win SYNERGI Travel Sailor of the Year 2004 Yachting Excellence Awards:
Saturday 20 November 2004, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
Three unsung heroes of New Zealand Sailing were honoured with the big prize at the Yachting Excellence Awards 2004; Sir Tom Clark, Mr Trevor Geldard and Mr John Street were presented […]
South Africa’s America’s Cup Team Shosholoza lost three tough matches at the Swedish Match Tour’s Nippon Cup in Japan today (Friday) which puts paid to their chance of going forward to the semi finals which will be sailed off tomorrow (Saturday). Only a major upset would have changed today’s result as the four member team […]
Four victories in six match races had the SA America’s Cup Team Shosholoza smiling today despite having to sail in pouring rain and miserable 12 degree weather in the Nippon Cup, a Swedish Match Tour event, being held in Japan. The South African’s beat Germany’s Sven-Erik Horsch plus three Japanese teams led by Japan’s top […]
With one group of crews sailing six flights and the other group two, there’s no clear leader after Day 1.
HAYAMA, Japan — The Pizza-La Red Lobster Nippon Cup, Stage 4 of the 2004-’05 Swedish Match Tour, got underway today with six crews sailing five flights and the other six sailing two flights. Due to the […]
Team Shosholoza skipper Geoff Meek and crack SA America’s Cup crew members Alex Runciman, Guido Verhovert and Marc Lagesse fly to Tokyo, Japan, at the weekend for the next leg of the Swedish Match Tour, the world’s leading professional sailing series.
Participation in the event is by invitation only to America’s Cup skippers and it is […]
The South African America’s Cup Yacht Shosholoza RSA 48 will once again be a familiar sight in Cape Town’s Table Bay after being away in Europe for the past three months. Yacht Shosholoza arrived back in Cape Town aboard an MSC container ship today and will be offloaded this afternoon.
Members of Team Shosholoza will […]
Nov. 8, Boatyard Bar & Grill, 4th Street and Severn Ave., Eastport. Join Gary Jobson and Ocean Race Chesapeake for signing and celebration of his newest book, Championship Sailing, Definitive Guide for Skippers and Crew. Jobson Americas Cup winner and ESPN commentator brings 30 years of racing and sailing expertise into a complete resource for […]
Ellison, whose company is gunning for PeopleSoft Inc, was in the market for five-time Superbowl winners the San Francisco 49ers, but club owners Denise Debartolo York and husband John York apparently told the flamboyant Ellison, a yachting enthusiast who competes in the Americas Cup, that the club is not for sale.
Ellison, one of the tech […]