Sail-World NZ e-magazine: Nov 10 - AC75 images and video including that splashdown
by Richard Gladwell/Sail-World.com/nz 11 Nov 2019 01:01 PST
9-10 November 2019

Emirates Team NZ's first AC75 Te Aihe doing warm-up laps on the Waitemata ahead of a seven hour training session - November 4, 2019 © Richard Gladwell / Sail-World.com
Read the latest newsletter from Sail-World New Zealand, with the Top 50 stories covering the AC75 action, including two videos of ETNZ's Te Aihe and INEOS Team UK's Britannia sailing 12,000nm apart in similar conditions - you be the judge
To view the newsletter Sail-World NZ newsletter for November 10 - click here
Major stories include:
- Several image galleries from Emirates Team NZ's AC75 Te Aihe - including a close up look at some of gear, as she waits for the wind to increase.
- We catch Te Aihe making a big splashdown in the Hauraki Gulf - the cause was later stated to be "human error" by Blair Tuke
- The third image gallery includes several shots of Te Aihe warming up around North Head, including some spectacular bow-on images of the AC75 at speed
- Stories and images from the Transat Jacques Vabre - including coverage of the first finishers
- Updates from Hugo Boss as they lose their canting keel and make for the Cape Verde Islands
- A report from the New Zealand Sailor of the Year function held on Friday
- The aftermath of World Sailing's Annual Conference in Bermuda
- The announcement of the Top 20 photographers for the annual Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image of 2019
- What the introduction of 5G will mean for Emirates Team New Zealand's AC75 test program
- Top sailing journalist Suzanne McFadden tells how a teenager navigated the MOD70 Beau Geste to victory and a course record in the PIC Coastal Classic
And much more..
To view the newsletter Sail-World NZ newsletter for November 10 - click here
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