The Pammenter brothers have long been involved in fast-paced racing and the world of yachting, each doing it in their own way. Sail + Leisure caught up with them in their “down time” to find out what keeps them coming back for more. We first chatted to Mike and now we chat to Shaun who has had a varied sporting career, having pursued both rugby and sailing professionally.
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The 10th edition of Les Voiles de St Barth hosted 1200 sailors on the Caribbean island this past weekend. The regatta took place over five days with 80 competing yachts divided into nine classes. South African Mike Giles was on board Liquid, which took first place in the CSA Class.
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For more than 130 years, National Geographic has sent their explorers to the most remote areas of the earth to better understand the world and our relationship to it. Now you can see the world through their eyes as you journey alongside the National Geographic experts, photographers and researchers while they visit some of the world’s most remote destinations.
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The Pammenter brothers have long been involved in fast-paced racing and the world of yachting, each doing it in their own way. Sail + Leisure caught up with them in their “downtime” to find out what keeps them coming back for more. we chat to Mike first as he looks back on his sailing career and how he’s overcome obstacles and sometimes injuries to pursue his dreams.
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As the winter months approach, the Two Oceans Aquarium is seeing more stranded turtle hatchlings on the shores of Cape Town and the Western Cape. Concerned members of the public are bringing them in to the Aquarium, who is advising beachgoers to be on the lookout for these hatchlings. Learn what you can do to help!
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With shout-outs from around the world from top ocean racers like Chris Nicholson in the Caribbean, the new brand identity for The Ocean Race was launched. Formerly known as the Whitbread Round the World Race (1973 to 1997) and the Volvo Ocean Race (2001 to 2018), the next edition of The Ocean Race will start in 2021 from Alicante, Spain, with two classes of boats racing: the high-tech, foiling IMOCA 60’s and the one-design VO65 fleet that provided the closest race in the history of the event in the last edition.
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Enjoy some of the world’s most beautiful canals from the comfort of your own boat. The cruising pace of a Le Boat holiday is a comfortable mosey… an amble at best. The setting is sublime with quaint villages, stunning Gothic cathedrals, ‘Tudoresque’ homes and vines gently passing by.
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The 11th edition of the Caribbean 600 kicked off in spectacular conditions off the south coast of Antigua on 18 February 2019. 76 yachts were on the start line, representing 20 countries to sail the 600 miles in this non-stop offshore race. In the Multihull division, Maserati, Giovanni Soldini’s Multi 70 took Multihull Line Honours in a time of 1 day, 6 hours and 49 minutes, smashing the record by 1 hour 10 minutes and 4 seconds.
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Crossing the line in front of Christophe Harbour on Saturday Jan 26th at 3h30’31” (07h30’31” UTC), the 50-metre three-masted schooner Xarifa won line honours in the Panerai Transat Classique 2019, ahead of Stiren, Coch Y Bondhu and Hilaria.
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Will the SailGP rival the America’s Cup as was hoped? The first ever edition of the SailGP was held in Sydney Harbour early in Feb. The GP is a spin off of the 35th America’s Cup, and is sailed on updated F50’s. The changes to the F50’s mainly include a revised hydraulics system making them the worlds world’s most technologically advanced catamarans. There’s no doubt that these ’50’s are fast, but is it a case of we’ve seen this before?
