Contents Page

With this blog now into its 13th year, it seemed like a good time to provide a more easily searchable list of the various articles that I have posted over that time, by categories.

REGATTA GALLERIES

Admiral’s Cup

Admiral's Cup 1987 (photo Guy Gurney)

Admiral’s Cup 1979 – Part 1

Admiral's Cup 1979 - Part 2

Admiral's Cup 1979 - Part 3

Admiral's Cup 1979 - The Italian Team

Fastnet Race 1979

1981 Australian Admiral's Cup Trials

1981 New Zealand Admiral's Cup trials

Admiral's Cup 1981 - Race 1

Admiral's Cup 1981 - Race 2

Admiral's Cup 1983

1985 Australian Admiral's Cup Trials

1985 Admiral's Cup

The Admiral's Cup - Through the Photographer's Lens

Admiral's Cup 1987

1987 Admiral's Cup

Fastnet Rock 1987

30th Anniversary of New Zealand's Admiral's Cup Win

Admiral's Cup 1989

1989 Fastnet Race start

Admiral's Cup 1991

Admiral's Cup 1991 (Part 2)

Admiral’s Cup 1993

 

Clipper Cup / Kenwood Cup

Clipper Cup 1982 (photo Phil Uhl)

Clipper Cup 1978

Clipper Cup 1980

1982 Clipper Cup

Clipper Cup 1984  

Kenwood Cup 1986

Kenwood Cup 1986 – Part 2

Kenwood Cup 1988

Kenwood Cup 1990

 

SORC

SORC 1985 (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing)

SORC 1983

SORC 1983 documentary

Featured Photos - 1983 and 1984 SORC

Featured Photos - 1984 SORC

SORC 1985

 

Other Regattas

Big Boat Series 1978-84

Onion Patch Series 1978

Southern Cross Cup 1983

Hamilton Island Race Week 1984

ONE TON CUP

The One Ton Cup

NZ One Ton Cup trials 1971

One Ton Cup 1971

One Ton Cup 1971 - Part 2

One Ton Cup 1972

One Ton Cup 1973

One Ton Cup 1975

One Ton Cup 1975 - Dockside photos

One Ton Cup 1977

1979 One Ton Cup

One Ton Cup 1980

One Ton Cup 1984

One Ton Cup 1986

One Ton Cup 1988

One Ton Cup 1989

One Ton Cup 1990

One Ton Cup 1990 - Part 2

The return of the One Ton Cup

One Ton Revisited 2015 - Race 1

One Ton Revisited 2015 - Race 2

One Ton Revisited 2015 - Race 3

One Ton Revisited 2015 - Race 4

One Ton Revisited 2015 - Race 5

HALF TON CUP

Half Ton Cup 1976

Half Ton Cup 1982

Half Ton Classics Cup 2015

Half Ton Classics Cup 2016

Half Ton Classics Cup 2017

Coutts Quarter Ton Cup 2017

Half Ton Classics Cup 2018

King One, Half Ton Cup 1981 (photo Guy Gurney)

Halfton Class Italia

Italian Half Ton Nationals 2013

Italian Half Ton Classics Cup 2014

Italian Half Ton Class - Asteria Cup 2015

Italian Half Ton Classics 2015

Italian Half Ton Cup 2019

QUARTER TON CUP

Quarter Ton Cup 1975

Quarter Ton Cup 1978

Quarter Ton Cup 1981

Quarter Ton Cup 1988

Quarter Ton Cup 1989

Dutch Quarter Ton Cup 2013

Quarter Ton Cup 2013

Half Ton Classics Cup 2013

2014 Quarter Ton Cup

2014 Half Ton Classics Cup

Quarter Tonners at the 2015 Vice Admiral's Cup

Coutts Quarter Ton Cup 2015

Quarter Tonners at the Vice-Admiral's Cup 2016

Coutts Quarter Ton Cup 2016

Regates Royales 2019

THE INTERNATIONAL OFFSHORE RULE

The International Offshore Rule - Part 1: Measuring Length

The International Offshore Rule - Part 2: Measuring Depth

The International Offshore Rule - Part 3: Measuring Sail Area

The International Offshore Rule – Part 4: Level Rating and Handicapping

The end of the IOR

IOR to IRC conversions

Bloopers are back!

MAXIS

Kenwood Cup 1986 (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing)

Ceramco New Zealand (Farr 68)

Flyer - finish of Whitbread Race 1977-78

Kialoa III (S&S Maxi)

Kialoa IV (Holland Maxi)

Longobarda (Farr Maxi)

Matador²

Midnight Sun (Peterson Maxi)

New Zealand Endeavour (Farr Maxi)

Sorcery (Mull Maxi)

Sovereign (Pedrick Maxi)

Steinlager 2

Windward Passage (Gurney Maxi)

Windward Passage (Sydney 1977)

Maxis at the Big Boat Series 1978

The IOR Maxis - 1980s

Maxi Worlds 1987

Maxi Worlds 1990

CUSTOM IOR YACHTS

Big Boat Series (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing)

Acadia (Peterson 43)

Anticipation (Lexcen 50)

Backlash (Everitt 43)

Big Shadow (Peterson 42)

Black Sheep (Lidgard 50)

Bondi Tram - Frers 41

Bullfrog (Peterson 55)

Caiman (Judel/Vroljk 44)

Cascade (Milgram 38)

Checkmate (Peterson 50)

Container (Judel/Vrolijk 42)

Corum Rubis and Corum Saphir

Dr Feelgood (Farr 40)

Eclipse (Peterson 39)

Evergreen and the Canada's Cup 1978

Feltex Roperunner (Farr 40)

Freefall and Migizi (Farr 37)

Flirt of Paget (Holland 40)

Flirt of Paget - sailing again

Hitchhiker (Frers 40)

Imp (Holland 40)

The Legend of Imp

Inca (S&S 46)

Infinity (Holland 47)

Intuition (Peterson 42)

Kiwi (Farr 43)

Kiwi (Farr 43) - for sale

Lady Be (Frers 45)

Librah (Farr 44)

Lobo and Sidewinder (Reichel/Pugh 43)

Locura (Soverel 43)

Locura - reborn

Outsider (Judel/Vrolijk 39)

Pendragon (Davidson 34)

Pinta (Judel/Vrolijk 43)

Razzle Dazzle (Irwin 42)

Red Rock IV (Frers 43)

Scarlett O'Hara (Peterson 43)

Settima Strega (Sciomachen 36)

Shockwave (Davidson 46)

Shockwave (Frers 43)

Southern Raider (Davidson 38)

Snake Oil (Farr 43)

Swuzzlebubble III (Holland 40)

Swuzzlebubble IV (Holland 41)

Swuzzlebubble VIII (Davidson One Tonner)

The New Zealand Farr 43s

The Shadow (Soverel 55)

Vanguard (Dubois 44)

Victory of Burnham (Dubois 44)

Wild Rose (Farr 43)

Zamazaan (Farr 52)

50-FOOTERS

50-Footers at Key West (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing)

The International 50-Foot Class - Part 1

The International 50-Foot Class - Part 2

The International 50-Foot Class - Part 3

The International 50-Foot Class - Part 4

Container (Judel/Vrolijk 50)

Jamarella (Farr 50)

Juno V (Farr 50)

Margaret Rintoul III - Frers 50

Retaliation (Frers 51)

Will (Farr 50)

TWO TONNERS

Police Car (photo Guy Gurney)

Love Machine 2 (1976 SORC)

Juno IV (Castro 44)

Police Car (Dubois 42) and Two Ton Cup 1979

Rubin XI (Judel/Vrolijk Two Tonner)

Shockwave (Farr Two Tonner)

Val Maubuee (Ribadeau-Dumas Two Tonner)

Wings of Oracle (Farr Two Tonner)

ONE TONNERS

Exador

Agnes (Norlin One Tonner)

Allegiance (Andrews One Tonner)

Aquila (Davidson One Tonner)

B195 (Peterson One Tonner)

Brava (Farr One Tonner)

Canterbury (Davidson 40)

CGI (Andrieu One Tonner)

Container (Judel/Vrolijk One Tonner)

Dazzler (J/41 One Tonner)

Diva (Joubert/Nivelt One Tonner)

Epic (Farr One Tonner)

Export Lion (Farr One Tonner)

Fair Share (Farr One Tonner)

Full Pelt (Dubois One Tonner)

Ganbare (Peterson One Tonner)

Geronimo (Farr 40)

Heatwave (Jim Young One Tonner)

I-Punkt (Admiral's Cup 1985 and 1987)

Jade (Humphreys One Tonner)

Jamarella (Farr One Tonner) and Part 2

Jenny H (Farr One Tonner)

Jiminy Cricket and 45 South II (Farr One Tonners)

Jockey Club (Billoch One Tonner)

Juno (Humphreys One Tonner)

Legende (Peterson One Tonner)

Linda (Sciomachen One Tonner)

Lovelace (Farr One Tonner)

Mad Max (Davidson One Tonner)

Mr Jumpa (Farr One Tonner)

Pacific Sundance (Farr One Tonner)

Phoenix (Beneteau One Tonner)

Propaganda (Farr One Tonner)

Propaganda - found!

Prospect of Ponsonby (Farr 1104)

Rainbow II

Rainbow II - back in the water

Resolute Salmon (Chance One Tonner)

Road Warrior (J/41 One Tonner)

Rubin VIII & Saudade (Judel/Vrolijk One Tonners)

Smiles (J/41 One Tonner)

Spica (Japanese One Tonner)

Smackwater Jack (Whiting One Tonner)

Smir-Noff-Agen (Farr One Tonner)

Smir-Noff-Agen: Saved!

Smir-Noff-Agen - The Rebuild (Part 2)

Stress (Norlin One Tonner)

Swuzzlebubble V (Farr 39)

Terrorist (Bruce King One Tonner)

Terrorist - back in the water!

Terrorist - sailing again

The Red Lion (Farr 37)

The Red Lion (Farr One Tonner)

Vibes (Farr One Tonner)

45 South II (Farr One Tonner)

QUARTER TONNERS

Anchor Challenge (Farr Quarter Tonner)

Blackfun (Davidson Quarter Tonner)

Dive dive!

Downwind Fun

Fun (Davidson Quarter Tonner)

Hellaby (Davidson Quarter Tonner)

Kiwi 24 (Holland Quarter Tonner)

Magic Bus (Whiting Quarter Tonner)

Magic Bus - back in New Zealand!

Magic Bus - Relaunched!

Purple Haze (David Thomas Quarter Tonner)

The Loss of 'Espada' (GBR-50R)

Quarter Ton rebuild news

45 South and the Farr 727 (Farr Quarter Tonner)

HALF TONNERS

The revamped Swuzzlebubble, seen here in 2022

Candu II (Whiting Half Tonner)

Farr 920 (Half Tonner)

Free Lance (Briand Half Tonner)

Gunboat Rangiriri (Farr Half Tonner)

Howzat (Whiting Half Tonner)

Howzat - nearing completion

Howzat - launching day

Howzat - 2015 SSANZ Race 2

Newspaper Taxi (Whiting Half Tonner)

Screw Loose (Holland Half Tonner)

Silver Shamrock III (Holland Half Tonner)

Swuzzlebubble (Farr Half Tonner)

Swuzzlebubble - the transformation

Swuzzlebubble wins at the 2014 RORC IRC Nationals

Titus Canby (Farr Half Tonner)

Waverider (Davidson Half Tonner)

2269 (Farr Half Tonner)

2269 - Sailing Again

THREE-QUARTER TONNERS

Joe Louis, the Three-Quarter Ton champion in 1977

Lone (Farr Three-Quarter Tonner)

Joe Louis (Farr Three-Quarter Tonner)

Hustler 36 (Jones Three-Quarter Tonner)

Indulgence V (Andrieu Three-Quarter Tonner)

FEATURED WEBSITES

Featured Website - demi-coques.fr

Featured Blog - Chevalier Taglang

Featured Blog - shockwave40

See too: Histoiredeshalfs (for a complete list of IOR yachts) 

IN MEMORIAM

Ian Gibbs, Admiral's Cup champion dies at 87

Eight Bells - Doug Peterson

Laurie Davidson (1926 - 2021)

A LIGHTER TON – THE BOOK

A Lighter Ton - the book

A Lighter Ton - Reviews

A Lighter Ton - now an e-book