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LOGBOOK - On an Antipodean tour Bob Fisher stops off with the Whitbread fleet in Auckland at the end of the second leg in the round the globe race and picks up on the good and not so good news. There's also news of two new super yacht builders, the first marina company to go public and a new broker who throws the doors open to the art-appreciating public.
AMERICA'S CUP DIARY - Back in his temporary home town of Perth, Bob Fisher catches up on the 12-Metre gossip and previews the World Championship that sees the fleet out together in a testing challenge of crew and craft. Will all the named challengers be there on the day?
SOUTHERN CROSS '85 - December in the southern hemisphere sees the meeting of many of the world's best racing yachtsmen in Sydney for the Antipodean classic, the Southern Cross Cup and the associated Burns Philp Maxi series. On this occasion it was Britain's turn to wrestle the cup away from Australia for the first time since 1973. Bob Fisher reports on the teams and the tussles.
SYDNEY-HOBART - The final race in the Southerrr Cross series, the classic Sydney-Hobart is open to non-cup boats and attracts a large entry in Fastnet style. This year's race saw a record-sized fleet tramping on down to Tasmania and also the break up of one of the British cup boats. Bob Fisher was there to pick up the pieces.
THE CASE FOR SPONSORSHIP - What tempts a sponsor to pick up the bill for the organisation of the more than 600 12-Metre races, elimination needed before the America's Cup can be raced for. Louis Vuitton, the prestigious luggage maker, has done just that, not once but twice, as through the Challenger of Record, Yacht Club Costa Smerelda, the company hosts and presents the Louis Vuitton Cup to the one 12-Metre that can challenge the holder. We profile the company with the cup.
HIGHLANDER - The ultimate company yacht? We look at the latest Bannenberg/De Vries creation that meets the most unusual of yachting and business demands and matches the needs of one of the world's greatest collectors and entertainers.
MUSTANG - Kit bag and camera in hand, Roger Lean-Vercoe boards the Nicholson 58 Mustang in Gibraltar and joins the crew for a sail test before the world-girdling owner's arrival.
DESIGN - Previews of three new exciting designs, two from Camper & Nicholson, the Nicholson 60 marking a move back into motor yachts, and the Nicholson 83 sloop, and also a 122ft sloop being built in New Zealand to an Ed Dubois design.
YUGOSLAVIA: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS - Roger Lean-Vercoe tests the waters of Yugoslavia chartering a Kaufman 47 for a voyage into an unexpected world that lies somewhere between the East and the West.
AMERICA'S CUP DIARY - Back in his temporary home town of Perth, Bob Fisher catches up on the 12-Metre gossip and previews the World Championship that sees the fleet out together in a testing challenge of crew and craft. Will all the named challengers be there on the day?
SOUTHERN CROSS '85 - December in the southern hemisphere sees the meeting of many of the world's best racing yachtsmen in Sydney for the Antipodean classic, the Southern Cross Cup and the associated Burns Philp Maxi series. On this occasion it was Britain's turn to wrestle the cup away from Australia for the first time since 1973. Bob Fisher reports on the teams and the tussles.
SYDNEY-HOBART - The final race in the Southerrr Cross series, the classic Sydney-Hobart is open to non-cup boats and attracts a large entry in Fastnet style. This year's race saw a record-sized fleet tramping on down to Tasmania and also the break up of one of the British cup boats. Bob Fisher was there to pick up the pieces.
THE CASE FOR SPONSORSHIP - What tempts a sponsor to pick up the bill for the organisation of the more than 600 12-Metre races, elimination needed before the America's Cup can be raced for. Louis Vuitton, the prestigious luggage maker, has done just that, not once but twice, as through the Challenger of Record, Yacht Club Costa Smerelda, the company hosts and presents the Louis Vuitton Cup to the one 12-Metre that can challenge the holder. We profile the company with the cup.
HIGHLANDER - The ultimate company yacht? We look at the latest Bannenberg/De Vries creation that meets the most unusual of yachting and business demands and matches the needs of one of the world's greatest collectors and entertainers.
MUSTANG - Kit bag and camera in hand, Roger Lean-Vercoe boards the Nicholson 58 Mustang in Gibraltar and joins the crew for a sail test before the world-girdling owner's arrival.
DESIGN - Previews of three new exciting designs, two from Camper & Nicholson, the Nicholson 60 marking a move back into motor yachts, and the Nicholson 83 sloop, and also a 122ft sloop being built in New Zealand to an Ed Dubois design.
YUGOSLAVIA: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS - Roger Lean-Vercoe tests the waters of Yugoslavia chartering a Kaufman 47 for a voyage into an unexpected world that lies somewhere between the East and the West.
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