Sailing World on Water December 02.22 ETNZ Land Yacht Weather, Route du Rhum Going Home, Ocean Race

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days.
When there is not- water on the lake, it is always all eyes on Horonuku, but little has been said of the work-horses of the world record attempt. The small fleet of essential Toyota vehicles play a critical role in the logistics on the ground at Lake Gairdner, which without, the record attempt would be impossible, according to Pilot Glenn Ashby.

This is the weekly Sailing World on Water, December 02, 2022. Highlights in the best of Sailing conducted in the last seven days.

How it was born, and who is behind the boat designed and built, at the Cagliari base.
The head of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’ design team, coordinates a design pool, consisting of 14 departments, (naval architecture, mechatronics, structural engineering, VPP, simulator, etc.), each of which counts of five to six people reporting to a Head Of Design.

Emirates Team New Zealand’s Weather Guru, “Clouds”, (Roger Badam), explained the coming weather patterns to the Land Speed Team.

From tracking the Race as an 8-year old, to taking part in his third consecutive edition of The Ocean Race. Charlie Enright and 11th Hour Racing Team are looking forward to pushing their boat to the limit, and winning The Ocean Race.

In this video Pip-Hare shares an update on her sail home after finishing the Route du Rhum race, and she looks ahead to the winter refit.

Terry Hutchinson, skipper and President of Sailing Operations of American Magic, was delighted with the day saying: “Obviously we were sailing the boat up-range, and it was good to see Tom and Goody, (Paul Goodison), interacting in that regard, as the last time we sailed the boat in these conditions, it was quite a handful.”

A few weeks ago, the crew of the maxi trimaran, Sails of Change, got together for a team day! On the agenda was paddling, hiking, wing foils and a lot of fun!
The close-knit team is ready to attack the round-the-world sailing record, The Jules Verne Trophy.

Well the Route du Rhum is over, and the boats must return to either their home base or for Malizia Seaexplora, it’s to their next project, the Ocean Race.
So it’s Leg zero on the Delivery to Alicante, to get ready for The Ocean Race,
See how they were doing on Day 2 of the trip.