Emirates Team NZ Volvo 70 'splashed' in Auckland

11:39 AM Tue 12 Apr 2011 GMT

'Megan Reeves, partner of skipper Chris Nicholson, pours champagne over the bow.'

Camper, the yacht Emirates Team New Zealand will campaign in the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race, was launched at the team's Viaduct Harbour, Auckland, base late Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday, after the yacht's hydraulic systems, which operate the canting keel, are tested the mast will be stepped and the yacht prepared for its maiden sail later in the week. The yacht was trucked to the team's base before dawn on Sunday. For the rest of this week, shore and sailing crews will test yacht systems before the build phase of the campaign is over and sea trials start. After a week ...

Click here for full story.

by Event Media

Newsfeed supplied by

#News #Sailing #North

Sailing

The Beaufort Scale: How We Learned to Rank Wind

Sailing

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before You Must

Sailing

Reefing: Read the Signs, Act Early

Sailing

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before It's Too Late

Sailing

Overnight at Anchor: Setting Up Right

Sailing

QLD Coast in Winter: Dry Season Tactics

Nearby
Swanbourne, WA	6 kn ESE	20°
Rottnest Island, WA	8 kn SSW	19°
Garden Island, WA	10 kn SSW	18°
Safety Bay, WA	5 kn SW
Windiest in Australia
Hogan Island, VIC	25 kn W	12°
Most Windless in Australia
Busselton Jetty, WA	Calm
Hottest in Australia
Mount Bundey South (Defence), NT	4 kn ENE	33°
Coldest in Australia
Perisher Valley, NSW	Calm	-0°
Wettest in Australia
Mount Read, TAS	12.6 mm

Emirates Team NZ Volvo 70 'splashed' in Auckland

Read the Wind: Judge Its Force Without a Gauge

Heave-To: Sailing's Emergency Pause Button

VHF Radio on the Water: Channels and Calls

Live Weather

Nearby

Windiest in Australia

Most Windless in Australia

Hottest in Australia

Coldest in Australia

Wettest in Australia

Sailing Articles

Buy & Sell

2026 One Oneoceansports Pump 1600

2023 KA Sails Ka Race

2021 Ion Travel Gear Bag 6’0” (186 X 53Cm)

2025 CodeFoils 1250 R Medium Fuselage

2025 Severne Rdm Blue (75) 460

Wave Chaser Gtr2 High Performance Surf S

2026 Duotone Carve 3.0 Dlab 950

Weather

Activities

About

Other

Support