Yachting World – 01.04.2018

(Jacob Rumans) #1

awera, the 28m Ron Holland design,
rounds the Ninepin. A famous landmark
in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, the
Ninepin rock formation rises sharply out of the
bay and was used as one of the marks during
this year’s Millennium Cup superyacht event.
Tawe r a just missed out on three back-to-
back overall wins, as the 2016 and 2017 Cup
holder lost out to the SW82 Ammonite for the
overall prize. Ammonite was representing the
Royal Nomuka Yacht Club of Tonga, part of
a new sailing project in Tonga supported by
Ammonite’s owner, Marcus Blackmore.
Photo: Jeff Brown/Breed Media


Picture this


Round the Ninepin


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