Throughout this series, we will chat with sailors from all walks of life giving them the chance to quickly (in 22 questions, or thereabouts – we’re sailors, not mathematicians), chat about their job, boat of choice and why they love sailing it.

We caught up with local yacht broker Colin Rees from Busfield Marine Brokers! We went sailing on the new C42 and Colin walks us through why it is so popular!

Throughout this series, we will chat with sailors from all walks of life – giving them the chance to quickly (in 22 questions, or thereabouts – we’re sailors, not mathematicians), chat about their job, boat of choice and why they love sailing it.

We went over to Howick Sailing Club and caught up with Annabelle & Lachlan before they went out for a training session in their Optis!

Is cruising more your style? Make sure to tune in to our next episode!

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Tuesday, February 1st
Busfield Marine’s Colin Rees walks us through the C42

Andrew Brown or “Brownie” caught up with Laser World Champion Tom Saunders after he settled back into New Zealand life. Tom recently won ILCA Men’s World Championships before heading home. Brownie talks to Tom about growing up sailing in New Zealand, his time overseas and, of course, what coffee he is drinking!

Welcome to our fourth episode of 22 Questions!

  Throughout this series, we will chat with sailors from all walks of life, giving them the chance to quickly (in 22 questions, or thereabouts – we’re sailors, not mathematicians) chat about their job, boat of choice and why they love sailing it.

We caught up with local legend Bex Hornell who is a rigger at RigPro before she shot off to Sydney for the Rolex Sydney Hobart of TP52 Zen!

Catch Bex on the bow of Zen at the start of the Hobart next week – good luck, Bex!

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Tuesday 28 December
Lauchy Wills and Annabelle Cartwright take us through the Opti

Normally a yacht club AGM comes and goes with a few changes like flag officers, maybe a constitution change, and ongoing chats about what the annual subscription fees will be. But the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron AGM is one that was on everyones radar, because a guy named Mark Dunphy was always going to drop his 2 cents, and offers of millions, to the listening crowd of financial members.

We all know the name Mark Dunphy. He’s attempted to fund Emirates Team New Zealand on their quest to defend the Auld Mug at the 37th America’s Cup, but the team, and Grant Dalton, firmly shut the door on the offer, and the deal.

And then former Team New Zealand director Jim Farmer QC lodged a petition, with the support of some RNZYS members, “that the America’s Cup be defended in the waters adjacent to the City of Auckland”. Mr Farmer’s petition saw RNZYS call for a Special General Meeting to address his concerns, but just a few days ago, that meeting was withdrawn. Meanwhile, Mr. Dunphy pushes on, emailing members of the RNZYS with his plans.

On the 8th December he stated that it seems “increasingly obvious that the current leadership of the Squadron are unwilling to make any effort to hold the next America’s Cup Defence in 2024 here in Auckland. This is despite sufficient funding clearly being available in New Zealand to host the Cup.”

Some of the Live Sail Die crew are members of RNZYS and know first hand that the club wants nothing more than to have the 37th America’s Cup held in Auckland. They understand the economic impact that the event has on the city of sails – so for Mr. Dunphy to think that they are unwilling to make any effort just seems like a stretch to far.

So we sat down and spoke with Commodore Aaron Young, who at the end of the day is just a yachtie like the rest of us, to fill you all in on what really happened at the RNZYS AGM. Take a listen to our latest podcast as we chat about the money, the venue, the teams and just sailing in general.

He tacks to give himself a break from hiking! 

Welcome to our third episode of 22 Questions!

Throughout this series, we will chat with sailors from all walks of life giving them the chance to quickly (in 22 questions, or thereabouts – we’re sailors, not mathematicians), chat about their boat of choice and why they love sailing it.

We caught up with local legend Matty Mitchell who is an absolute fizzer for the Des Townson designed Zephyr dinghy.

Matty is no stranger to high performance racing, and the Zephyr provides just that – in slow motion!

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Tuesday 14 December
Bex Hornell talks about being a professional rigger

Welcome to our second episode of 22 Questions!

Throughout this series, we will chat with sailors from all walks of life giving them the chance to quickly (in 22 questions, or thereabouts – we’re sailors, not mathematicians), chat about their boat of choice and why they love sailing it.

We caught up with Oldsie and Ben on their 12ft Skiff before they went off sailing for the afternoon! Oldise is a regular in the 12ft skiff scene and is bringing Ben along for the ride as they tinker and update the skiff to be the fastest on the water.

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23 year old Laser/ILCA sailor George Gautrey from New Zealand is in Barcelona, Spain for the 2021 ILCA Standard Men’s World Championship ready to take on the fleet of 139 sailors from 44 nations.

After claiming the bronze medal at the worlds in 2019, and then 29th in the 2020 event in Melbourne, George is super focused on claiming the gold in this event as he campaigns for the Laser spot in the NZL Sailing Team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

George chats about the competition he’s up against, race tactics, what he eats for breakfast, and the shit storm that he encounter at his AirB&B.

Have a listen to our podcast!

Welcome to our first episode of 22 Questions!

Throughout this series, we will chat with sailors from all walks of life giving them the chance to quickly (in 22 questions, or thereabouts – we’re sailors, not mathematicians), chat about their boat of choice and why they love sailing it.

We are kicking off with Mike (Moose) Sanderson and his son Merrick. They are igniting the relaunch of the Cherub class in New Zealand and are leading the way to get sailors back into this unique little skiff designed in kiwi land by John Spencer.

Mike Sanderson and his son Merrick sending it on their Cherub! Photo: Adam Mustill – Live Sail Die

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