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Race against the dolphins

The first superyacht regatta of the year through the lens of Geoff Brown

Tawera's team was able to rejoice at the victories thanks to the peculiarities of race calculation, which took into account the differences in boat design.
If we take into account only the order of crossing the finish line during the competition, the first place belonged to the Freya crew and the second to Silvertip.
Only once, during the second race, Thalia was the first, even after the time correction, beating Freya by 8 minutes and forcing Tawera to fall to the third line. In the third race, Thalia's team made an unfortunate mistake starting 4 seconds ahead of time. The referees punished the crew with a 5-minute 9-second penalty and although Thalia was still in third place, Tawera and Freya's leading position strengthened. In the next race, Thalia started with a 4 minute 43 second delay and reached the finish line last.
From a motor yacht you can comfortably watch the competitions. If you are lucky, you will not even have to sit in the tender to catch up with the competitors and look at them closer. Here, Tawera seems to have come to visit»herself«.
Olusha is watching Silvertip. She seems to be disappointed: I don't think there's anything else to live on during a boat race...
Tawera has Silvertip on its tail. The judges are on the lookout.
When you need to take out or take out a spinnaker, every pair of hands is precious. At work, the photographer seems to have caught the Silvertip team.
The islands between which the organizers of the race paved the routes partially replaced the artificial milestones for yachtsmen.
The dolphins have always accompanied the participating boats throughout the races. And that's all photographers who hunt for a beautiful shot!
Tawera's team was able to rejoice at the victories thanks to the peculiarities of race calculation, which took into account the differences in boat design.
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Tavern

Tawera's team was able to rejoice at the victories thanks to the peculiarities of race calculation, which took into account the differences in boat design.

If we take into account only the order of crossing the finish line during the competition, the first place belonged to the Freya crew and the second to Silvertip.
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Freya

If we take into account only the order of crossing the finish line during the competition, the first place belonged to the Freya crew and the second to Silvertip.

Only once, during the second race, Thalia was the first, even after the time correction, beating Freya by 8 minutes and forcing Tawera to fall to the third line. In the third race, Thalia's team made an unfortunate mistake starting 4 seconds ahead of time. The referees punished the crew with a 5-minute 9-second penalty and although Thalia was still in third place, Tawera and Freya's leading position strengthened. In the next race, Thalia started with a 4 minute 43 second delay and reached the finish line last.
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Thalia

Only once, during the second race, Thalia was the first, even after the time correction, beating Freya by 8 minutes and forcing Tawera to fall to the third line. In the third race, Thalia's team made an unfortunate mistake starting 4 seconds ahead of time. The referees punished the crew with a 5-minute 9-second penalty and although Thalia was still in third place, Tawera and Freya's leading position strengthened. In the next race, Thalia started with a 4 minute 43 second delay and reached the finish line last.

From a motor yacht you can comfortably watch the competitions. If you are lucky, you will not even have to sit in the tender to catch up with the competitors and look at them closer. Here, Tawera seems to have come to visit»herself«.
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Such different boats

From a motor yacht you can comfortably watch the competitions. If you are lucky, you will not even have to sit in the tender to catch up with the competitors and look at them closer. Here, Tawera seems to have come to visit»herself«.

Olusha is watching Silvertip. She seems to be disappointed: I don't think there's anything else to live on during a boat race...
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Air scouting

Olusha is watching Silvertip. She seems to be disappointed: I don't think there's anything else to live on during a boat race...

Tawera has Silvertip on its tail. The judges are on the lookout.
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Under supervision

Tawera has Silvertip on its tail. The judges are on the lookout.

When you need to take out or take out a spinnaker, every pair of hands is precious. At work, the photographer seems to have caught the Silvertip team.
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Teamwork

When you need to take out or take out a spinnaker, every pair of hands is precious. At work, the photographer seems to have caught the Silvertip team.

The islands between which the organizers of the race paved the routes partially replaced the artificial milestones for yachtsmen.
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Thalia in harmony with nature

The islands between which the organizers of the race paved the routes partially replaced the artificial milestones for yachtsmen.

The dolphins have always accompanied the participating boats throughout the races. And that's all photographers who hunt for a beautiful shot!
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Who wants sports and who wants fun!

The dolphins have always accompanied the participating boats throughout the races. And that's all photographers who hunt for a beautiful shot!

Text by: Anastasiya Nosova
Image courtesy of: Jeff Brown, New Zealand Millennium Cup , Facebook.com
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New Zealand's Bay of Islands isn't named for nothing, with over 140 pieces of land nestled alongside each other in its waters. С 30 «January 30 to February 2, this natural labyrinth» is the venue for the annual NZ Millennium Cup sailing regatta. This year's cup combined the Orams Marine Race, NZ Marine Race and Boat International Race Day.

After the first race, the crew of the 34m Royal Huisman Sassafras had to withdraw from the regatta due to technical problems. The battle for The competition continued between the 27.7m Nautor's Swan Freya, the 33.8m Yachting Developments Silvertip, the 48.5m Vitters Thalia and the 28.1m Alloy Tawera, whose crew won the cup in 2017 year.

Between Tawera and Freya crews, who consistently finished first and second, the rivalry was particularly fierce. Despite the best efforts of the Freya crew, Tawera remained unbeaten at the end of the five races and won the NZ Millennium Cup grand prize once again.

Barely had the teams been awarded the prizes when the organisers announced that The organisers of the NZ Millennium Cup have just announced that entries are now open for the 2020 and 2021 editions of the event. year. Future events in the future will include J.

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