Where are they now? - Retired America's Cup Boat

[Stingray~]

Our Fleet - America's Cup Charters

l2 US 23 Heritage 1970 America’s Cup Contender and Ocean Racing Champion Skippered by Charley Morgan, Heritage sailed a close campaign for the 1970 Cup but was ultimately eliminated by […]

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[Sailbydate]

I think it's nice when obscenely rich people have good taste.

Pretty rare though. And it's hardly ever a minimalism problem.

 

[jaysper]

Pretty rare though. And it's hardly ever a minimalism problem.

Yep. They just want to do something that demonstrates how rich they are and so have gawdy shit everywhere.
I have to say, watching an interview with Lazza prior to the San Francisco cup, it was in the grounds of his house and looked understated and beautiful.
Although to be fair, I only saw a small part of it.

 

[Sailing Fan]

In Auckland harbour, the two yachts from the 92 campaign are out on a regular basis. I see them everywhere!

 

[Sailbydate]

Yep. They just want to do something that demonstrates how rich they are and so have gawdy shit everywhere.
I have to say, watching an interview with Lazza prior to the San Francisco cup, it was in the grounds of his house and looked understated and beautiful.
Although to be fair, I only saw a small part of it.

Why use paint when you can cover your walls, ceilings and floors with Carrara marble?

 

[Priscilla]

Why use paint when you can cover your walls, ceilings and floors with Carrara marble?

Here in the home of the AC Cup but not the racing I had a client next to the most expensive house in Paratai Drive.
He flew Italian tilers in to install some floor to ceiling engineered stone wall coverings in the bathrooms that had sterling silver added to the mix.
The client reaction to the completed works," looks like Seratone".
Taste is a very personal thing however in my experience the larger the $$$ pile taste becomes a heady blend of Versace meets the Warehouse.

 

[Sailing Fan]

Here in the home of the AC Cup but not the racing I had a client next to the most expensive house in Paratai Drive.
He flew Italian tilers in to install some floor to ceiling engineered stone wall coverings in the bathrooms that had sterling silver added to the mix.
The client reaction to the completed works," looks like Seratone".
Taste is a very personal thing however in my experience the larger the $$$ pile taste becomes a heady blend of Versace meets the Warehouse.

Paratai drive, yep, that's where I took that pic from.

 

[Sailbydate]

Paratai drive, yep, that's where I took that pic from.

I'm lucky enough to have a similar view, but at a mere fraction of that price. Rates are barely tolerable as well. ;-) No boat at the moment though, damn it.

 

[Sailing Fan]

I'm lucky enough to have a similar view, but at a mere fraction of that price. Rates are barely tolerable as well. ;-) No boat at the moment though, damn it.

Only $7995.00 at trevs marine in e tamaki
Easy launch and retrieval at okahu Bay and park it in your driveway.

Okahu Bay

 

[Priscilla]

Only $7995.00 at trevs marine in e tamaki
Easy launch and retrieval at okahu Bay and park it in your driveway.

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Okahu Bay View attachment 593832

Scene of a very ugly conflict of interest where the Akarana Yacht Club is seeking to gain control over the publicly owned hard stand haul out area at the expense of local boaties so they can expand their empire and convert the area to boat storage for club members.
A plague on all their houses I say…

Yachties take fight to save Auckland boatyard to the High Court

A bitter dispute between the well-off and the wealthy has spilt into the courts and the council has been caught in the crossfire.

www.stuff.co.nz

The Landing – Okahu Bay | Auckland Yacht & Boating Association

www.ayba.org.nz

 

[shebeen]

A friend of mine likes to joke about getting two similar IACC hulls, selling the keels for scrap, making crossbeams out of some extra masts and making it all into a catamaran.... "You make a dolphin striker out of the boom, make the old mainsails into the tramps...."

i can confirm the two Shosholoza hulls are available for that in the MSC yard in Cape Town.

 

[Stingray~]

Built for the America's Cup 2000 held in San Diego, CA. A great opportunity to own a part of Yacht Racing history.

edit: I once sailed this boat, got to helm for a good while too, it's a cool setup.

 

[Priscilla]

Wonder what those Orcas off the Portugal coast would make of that sailing by.
Menu?

 

[Sailbydate]

Wonder what those Orcas off the Portugal coast would make of that sailing by.
Menu?
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They'd have no trouble keeping up to read the menu, with that ponderous lead mine at least.

 

[jaysper]

They'd have no trouble keeping up to read the menu, with that ponderous lead mine at least.

Better than the Malibu Barbie boats the current AC will be contested in

 

[Sailbydate]

Better than the Malibu Barbie boats the current AC will be contested in

Not too much danger of lead poisoning though - so that's an advantage. ;-)

 

[Bristol-Cruiser]

In Auckland harbour, the two yachts from the 92 campaign are out on a regular basis. I see them everywhere! View attachment 593597

Sailed on one of them when we were in NZ. Four non-athletic types (including me) on the grinder to raise the main. Incredible control when steering, move the wheel a few inches and the boat turns a lot.

 

[Priscilla]

They'd have no trouble keeping up to read the menu, with that ponderous lead mine at least.

True Sail the genie is well out of the bottle with the fanging foilers ,no going back to carting 20 tons of lead around at 12 knots.

 

[Sailing Fan]

Sailed on one of them when we were in NZ. Four non-athletic types (including me) on the grinder to raise the main. Incredible control when steering, move the wheel a few inches and the boat turns a lot.

Do the boats race each other, crewed by mostly tourists? Did you win? 🙂

 

[Kiwing]

Slow news day where are the scantly clad women?