Yachting World - July 2018

Congratulations to Ryan and Sarah

Wiblin, who were recently married on Sir

Peter Blake’s Steinlager 2.

The new Mrs Wiblin explained: “Ryan

and I met sailing, had our first date on

Steinlager 2 and as passionate sailors

we wanted to get married on the water

while under sail! The amazing team at NZ

Sailing Trust made that all possible.”

The famous yacht, which was

skippered by Peter Blake to dominate

the 1989-90 Whitbread Round

the World Race, is now

run by the New Zealand

Sailing Trust to continue

Blake’s legacy and give

young New Zealanders

an opportunity to

experience sailing.

Saying ‘I do’ on Steinlager

Rivers of seaweed
This drone shot of VO65 Akzo
Nobel on the Volvo Ocean Race
leg to Newport, Rhode Island,
shows the yacht sailing through
channels of sargasso weed. The
yellow-brown weed, prone to
entangle round keels, rudders

and hydrogenerators, has been

widespread in the Caribbean

and tropical North Atlantic in the

last few years.

According to the newspaper

Caribbean Compass: ‘The actual

sargassum route and cycle are

not well known, but volume

does seem to be increasing

each season. Recent research

suggests that Atlantic algae

responds positively to increased

C0 2 and acidity in seawater.’

Sailors are being asked to add

to satellite observation data to

track the concentration of weed.

Brian Carlin/Volvo

Ocean Race