JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, March 8, 2018 Sydney Harbour - photo © Michael Chittenden
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Looking back at the last newsletter of November 27, it seems there has been little real progress in the past four months on the America's Cup bases.
Sure the Resource Consent has been lodged for the option selected by Auckland Council.
Submissions have been opened, extended by two weeks, for reasons which were unclear and then finally closed less than a couple of weeks ago.
However, despite a democratic decision by the Auckland Council, the Labour-led Government has refused to accept it and appears to be carrying out their threat to lodge a second Resource Consent.
Quite what happens if the Environment Court grants both Consents, is far from clear. The situation is a Bugger's Muddle characterised by too many players trying to achieve other objectives. To them, the America's Cup in Auckland seems to be just a means of achieving other outcomes.
Perhaps fittingly the Australian version of the top-rating TV reality show Married at First Sight is coming to an end, making way for New Zealand version of the show centred around the America's Cup.
If you are unaware of the series, Married at First Sight is where couples get married first, and then try and sort out the relationship later. If it doesn't work then you get a quick divorce - by mutual agreement.
When Grant Dalton woke up on June 27, 2017, in Bermuda and started thinking about a Defence in Auckland, he probably realised that he would be getting hitched to one partner - Auckland's Mayor, Phil Goff.
They had their first date on the Victory Parade through Auckland, and all seemed well, despite the rain.
(Emirates Team NZ's iwi, Ngati Whatua would have it that an event is blessed when it rains - being the tears of ancestors. Over the past few months, these have been tears of anguish rather than joy.)
Unfortunately, Dalts realised early in his arranged marriage, and after a change in Government that he was really in a three-way relationship - with Phil's old parliamentary buddy, David Parker also a player the in the America's Cup dating game.
Sadly for Dalts, he didn't find out about a lot of these dalliances directly from Phil but read about them in the tabloid press. It's not the best way of finding out what your newlywed is up to, and with who.
Despite a couple of formal meetings with Phil's (Auckland Council) whanau to sort out the relationship, Phil's old flame David just wouldn't go away. Many of Phil's whanau are used to mixing in the same social circles as David and his political friends, and the old relationships continued to simmer.
Although he was often out of the country, David resorted to texting his political buddies during a Council hui to sort out the arranged marriage, pleading with those present to be allowed to keep wooing Phil.
A couple of weeks before Christmas, Phil's whanau decided that marriage was a marriage, and they'd had enough of David and his too many plans for the twosome to become a threesome.
On his return from a South American sojourn, just before Christmas, David continued as if nothing had happened. He had his whanau draft up a few more concept plans for Dalts family mansion, without saying if or how he could help fund it.
Then the Odd Couple, Micky and Angie appeared on the scene.
Micky was a music teacher and had been a fringe player for a while. His new best friend, Angie is Mother Superior of a company that owns property over the fence from where Dalts used to live.
Neither were overjoyed about where Dalts was going to build his new pad. They were even less enthusiastic when they found out that Dalts was planning on inviting his America's Cup mates to live nearby.
Micky had the hots for the harbour, and while he didn't oppose Dalts hanging out with his America's Cup mates, he'd much prefer to have them on the nearby (oil) Tank Farm.
"What will that do for our views?" Angie wailed about the plan that Phil and his whanau had approved. Then realising that your average punter wouldn't be too bothered about her waterfront view loss, she switched to the altruistic line, like Micky, that the bases would be much better placed amongst the fuel tanks. The relationship quickly developed. Not only could they finish each others' sentences but their notes to the tabloid media were also very similar. Too similar some would say.
Then the plans for Dalts' new pad began to flow thick and fast. It didn't seem to matter whether they asked Dalts what he wanted or needed. The main thing was that Dalts, and his mates got a pad that Micky, Angie, Phil and Dave liked - and if Dalts didn't want to live there than that was his problem.
The ingrate could always go and live in Italy, couldn't he?
Follow all the racing and developments in major and local events on Sail-World.com by scrolling to the top of the site, select New Zealand, and get all the latest news and updates from the sailing world.
This edition is longer than normal, and depending on content we should be back on course for two newsletters a week.
In case you missed it on the Sail-World.com website, the JJ Giltinan Trophy, won by Honda Marine - the first win for a New Zealand crew on Sydney harbour in the 80 year history of the trophy. It was a great result for the New Zealand team - four boats in the top eight, and the trophy only able to be won by NZ crews going into the final day. Plus a great effort by the Maersk crew in their first JJ Giltinan Trophy, finishing second, just a single point behind Honda Marine.
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Good sailing!
Richard Gladwell
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Day 2, Bay of Islands Sailing Week, January 25, 2018 - photo © Richard Gladwell
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Bacardi Moth Bermuda National Championship Overall
Racing was cancelled today due to very strong winds, so Greenslade won based on yesterday's results. Greenslade finished 1 point ahead of James Doughty while Benn Smith, the youngest competitor in the fleet at 18 years of age, was 11 points further back.
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Lagos completes 2018 GC32 Racing Tour
The final pieces of the 2018 GC32 Racing Tour jigsaw are now firmly in place, with the ultra-high speed one design flying catamaran circuit again visiting five venues across southern Europe this season.
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 Day 7: Southern Ocean conditions begin to take a toll
The wind is consistently above 30 knots now, with gusts approaching 40 knots and the sea state is rising above five metres.
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The WASZP Class continues to take off around the world
It is getting to that time of year, where the transition happens from the Southern Hemisphere season to the Northern Hemisphere season though for some in Europe it seems Spring is still a long way away.
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SuperFoiler Grand Prix: Phil Robertson rockets Record Point into Championship contention
World Match Racing Champion Phil Robertson has launched his run for the Ben Lexcen Trophy in perfect style – clinching two wins on the Saturday session of the Expr3ss! SuperFoiler Grand Prix on Sydney Harbour.
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2018 Jack Tar Auckland Regatta at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron - Day 1
A solid breeze on the Hauraki Gulf made for some exciting sailing conditions on the first days racing at the 2018 Jack Tar Auckland Regatta, with all divisions experiencing some tight and tense racing.
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Bacardi Moth Bermuda National Championship day 1
Racing for the Bacardi Moth Bermuda National Championship got underway on Friday with overseas visitors stealing the limelight from the locals.
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 Day 7: Into the cauldron
The fleet is beginning to get a taste of full-on Southern Ocean conditions now, with the breeze coming up and the sea-state building...
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World Sailing's Development Symposium to be held in New Zealand
Held in collaboration with Yachting New Zealand and Oceanic Sailing, the Development Symposium directly compliments the work of World Sailing's Development and Regions Committee.
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Oats X to go wild in IRC title race at Sail Port Stephens
Wild Oats wines and bubbles have graced Sail Port Stephens for many years but now the regatta is getting a taste of the 'real thing' – Wild Oats X is lining up for the prestigious NSW IRC Championship for the first time.
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The 'Big One' begins
The Clipper Race fleet is preparing to embark on the 'The Big One', Race 9: The Race to the Emerald City across the world's biggest ocean, the North Pacific.
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Meet the badass women of the Volvo Ocean Race
Olympic medallists, record breakers, pioneers – the Volvo Ocean Race is home to some of the most inspirational females in sport.
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RS21 put through its paces by British Sailing Team and British Keelboat Sailing Academy
Members of the British Sailing Team and the British Keelboat Sailing Academy sail the RS21. The boat is in its final stages of testing, so it was great to see the boat put through its paces!
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Epic 30 knot Finn Europeans footage from Cádiz may break the internet, but not the sailors
In the tradition of strong wind Finn racing that transcends and inspires generation after generation of young sailors, the on-board videos that have been published over the past few days from the medal race
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All Square in Sydney as tech2 takes fight to Euroflex at SuperFoiler Grand Prix
In the opening race of the day Euroflex edged out tech2 in an agonising crawl to the line. It was a frustrating finish for the red flyer who had led the entire race only to be overtaken by the series leader in the final metres.
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 Day 6: Classic Southern Ocean conditions from here to the Horn
The two feared red boats were rewarded for choosing the hard option of carrying out more gybes as the fleet skirts the Ice Exclusion Zone, deep in the Southern Ocean.
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American flashes 'Trump' card ahead of SuperFoiler Grand Prix final
The solitary American sailor in the SuperFoiler Grand Prix circuit, Dan Morris has been pleasantly surprised by the warm reception the Rolex Big Boat Series champion has received from his Pavement team-mates.
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12ft skiffs: The Fraudster wins 2018 Nationals in Wellington
The 2018 12ft Skiff National Champs were held at Worser Bay Boating Club in Wellington over the 9-11th March.
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Volvo Ocean Race: Skipper in the hole for $40,000 legal costs
"What is bulls**t about the rule is that someone sitting on the other side of the world can look at the video and lodge a complaint. I'm US$40,000 in the hole to defend a dismissed claim," Witt added - Richard Gladwell reports from the Leg 6 stopover.
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49th Sofía Iberostar set to be the largest edition in history
With less than a week to the start of the event, the most important Olympic classes' event in Spain has 1156 sailors confirmed and a total of 840 boats representing over 60 nations that will come together in the bay of Palma
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 Day 5: Bouncing off the boundary
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet continues its relentless charge east, towards Cape Horn on Thursday, enjoying the best the Southern Ocean has to offer.
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Nearly 1,400 young sailors set for 36th Lake Garda Optimist Meeting
The Lake Garda Optimist Meeting (28th March – 1st April) at Riva del Garda looks set to be a record-breaking edition with almost 1,400 participants from 33 countries taking part, including Japan and Mexico for the first time.
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The Future of Sailing by Jonas Høgh-Christensen
Tuesday marked the final day for classes, MNAs, regional groups and World Sailing's 'events committee working party' to hand in their suggestion for future events in Olympic sailing.
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Expr3ss! SuperFoiler Grand Final sets froth level to high
With all six SuperFoiler teams in contention for a place on the season podium it is all to play for at the Expr3ss! SuperFoiler Grand Final on Sydney Harbour this weekend.
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 Day 4: Turning to the east, pointing to Cape Horn
Four days into Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race, the teams have reached the Furious Fifties and made their turn to the east, pointing towards the famed Cape Horn...
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Toyota NZ Optimist Nationals at Queen Charlotte Yacht Club - Preview
Close to twenty Queen Charlotte Yacht Club sailors from Rainbow, Green fleet and Open fleet Optimists will compete in the team sailing event and the main regatta. We will also have sailing teams from Australia and Tahiti.
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North Sails Designer Spotlight: Developing Tools To Help Visualize Performance
There is a lot happening behind the scenes in a sailmaker's world. North Sails Designer Max Tringale is teaming up with North U. on an exciting new project that will help to better educate sailors on sail trim.
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 Day 3: Fleet dives deeper into the Southern Ocean
The seven teams were level with the southern tip of New Zealand on Tuesday, having knocked off more than 1,000 miles since leaving Auckland on Sunday.
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7: The plan keep it simple
Race veteran Tony Rae (Trae) has supported the team throughout their journey, from the start in Cascais, Portugal and since rejoining the crew for the Auckland stopover.
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New tracking feature added as NEBO hits 180 countries
Mobile app NEBO has taken the marine world by storm with more than 10,000 skippers across 180 countries now using it to automatically log their voyages.
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Clubs catch a Feva ahead of the RS Feva National Champs
This year the RS Feva Nationals will be held at Northcote Birkenhead Yacht club between the 23rd - 25th March, Friday 23rd is free coaching afternoon with top guest coaches. This location has great club facilities, plus a reserve and café.
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Volvo Ocean Race - More images from the start of Leg 7
Second gallery of images shot at the start of Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race on the Waitemata Harbour
Once again, apologies for the sameness of angle being required to shoot without a media flag.
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An 18ft Skiff Adventure: Queen of the Harbour with Yandoo
Wow. Sunday's adventure was definitely epic. The "Queen of the Harbour" on the International 18ft Skiff. Yandoo with Woody, Burgers and Cam finishing a close third across the line (28:59)!
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Bacardi Moth World Championship fleet set to ply Great Sound in Bermuda
An international fleet featuring the reigning two-time world champion Paul Goodison of the U.K. is set to contend the Bacardi Moth World Championship next week on Bermuda's Great Sound.
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 Day 2: Turn the Tide on Plastic leads charge as fleet dives south
Monday has brought little let-up with winds hovering around 25 knots producing similar boat speeds as the teams charge deeper into the Southern Ocean on the 7,600-mile leg.
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Countdown to the Congressional Cup 2018
With just one month to Long Beach Yacht Club's 54th Congressional Cup regatta, excitement is building! In addition to an all-star lineup for April 18-22 Congressional Cup racing.
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Cupful of fun for Sail Port Stephens opener
Sail Port Stephens' cruisy Commodores Cup regatta is set for its largest ever fleet when the starter's flag drops on April 9.
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Argo Group Gold Cup to return this year
As a result of the partnership between RBYC and Argo Group, Bermuda will return to the center of the sailing world this May, when the world's top matchracing talent descends on the island.
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MAPFRE leads the Volvo Ocean Race fleet to start epic Southern Ocean leg
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet left Auckland for Itajaí, Brazil on Sunday following a spectacular start to Leg 7 from the City of Sails...
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Alinghi win 2018 Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 1, Muscat
After four days of consistently strong sailing in Oman, the Swiss team extended their lead on the fleet of super-fast foiling GC32s, closing the Act with a six-point lead.
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Finn European Championship at Cádiz, Spain - Overall
Ed Wright won his second Finn European title on Saturday, in Cádiz, after a spectacular medal race in high winds and huge waves that nearly resulted in the race being cancelled.
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