KIRSTEN NEUSCHÄFER WINNER OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE RACE 2022
The Golden Globe Race 2022 On September 4, 2022, the third edition of the Golden Globe Race started from Les Sables d’Olonne, France. Sixteen skippers were about to face eight months of isolation sailing 30.000 nautical miles before finishing in…
CONTENDER CLASS & CONTENDER SAILCLOTH
We are often being asked ‘what is the link between the Contender Class and Contender Sailcloth?’ Well we are sorry to disappoint but there are no formal links between the class and the Contender Sailcloth Company as we know it…
PERFORMANCE CRUISING AROUND NEW-ZEALAND
Performance cruising around New Zealand with Contender Sailcloth – Paul Stock Feb 2023 When the time came to upgrade the 20+ year old sails on their 1980s Laurie Davidson designed 13m performance cruising boat “Spitfire”, Paul called sailcloth specialist Alastair…
THIS THING IS SO BIG!!
Boats like Perseus^3 are huge, the loads that are involved are pretty exceptional. We go from a fabric that weighs 32 grams per square meter up to something that weighs 150 grams for the Superkote 350 in this kite. As…
NO PROBLEMS – NO COMPETITION
For the full story in Seahorse Magazine on Contender Australia's Jan Scholten. Read the article by this link.
A JEWEL AMONGST CLASSIC YACHTS – “RAWHITI”
Rawhiti is a 1905 New Zealand designed Gaff Rigged Cutter. The yacht was designed by Robert Logan and has an overall length of 54 feet, built from Triple-Skin Kauri (which is a native New Zealand tree). The mast was made…
