Kiwis in the ultimate choke?
No spam here please kiwis!
Reminds me of all the CHOKES they have had in the RWC, quite interesting
I hear some funny things from the Kiwi's looking to take positives out of the race. A very common consensus is that Kiwis actually never really lost because it was Kiwi's who sorted the Oracle boat, they had kiwi's in their crew and all the rest so do Kiwi's really lose?? Ha ha well yes u do. No cup..
With that theory, did SA really lose the WC seeing as it was our ref who gifted it to NZL? Oh we must be winners too!!
I dont think I ever really congratulated you guys for throwing the most negatively talked about "circus" of a world cup to date. Largely Bryce Lawrence to thank for that. The last test match between SA and NZL in Auckland does not distil any confidence in the rest of the world that NZL is a fair place to play sport.
"Just relax Richie. I will make sure you are number 1!!!"
Hakwa, that pic is a game changer ;-)
Where was our yacht? Well truth to tell, I'm not sure if yachting has more traction these days....in the old days the guys who were too chicken to tackle the Atlantic winter surf became yachtsmen.
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But if the Boks had a yacht, it would be built from stinkhout and yellow wood....clinker built. She'd lie low in the water with Springbok ram up front. And when the race started we'd go right through those plastic monstrosities while they were still calculating yaw angles, drift and minimum resistance.
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And our okes would board the opposition before we lost 8 races in a row!
Hehehe....well at least 800
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September 28, 2013, 13:55:06
Where was our yacht? Well truth to tell, I'm not sure if yachting has more traction these days....in the old days the guys who were too chicken to tackle the Atlantic winter surf became yachtsmen.
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But if the Boks had a yacht, it would be built from stinkhout and yellow wood....clinker built. She'd lie low in the water with Springbok ram up front. And when the race started we'd go right through those plastic monstrosities while they were still calculating yaw angles, drift and minimum resistance.
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And our okes would board the opposition before we lost 8 races in a row
Just_win
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September 28, 2013, 14:57:58 Mozart: if South Africa get into sailing we will have to review the offsides rules , lolI think NZ will use traditional Maori war canoes manned with warriors
@Just_win, you would be surprised to know that at a time when all kinds of fancy high-tech multi million dollar yachts were not available and it was all down to pure sailing skills there were some very high class SA sailors in the running winning races in SA built boats. Two names come to mind, and that is why I included Mozart's post, because I am sure that he would know as well. Try Bertie Reed and Bruce Dalling. Reed was one of very few sailors in the world to have completed three single-handed circumventions of the globe. He was a special person who was also involved in a sea rescue in the Souther Ocean and was awarded South Africa's highest award for bravery. Bertie Reed
What type of BREAD, Just Win ? The Whitbread race, changed now to the Volvo Ocean Yacht Race indeed takes a certain type a BREED of sailor...lolz
which started in Alicante, Spain in October 2011 and concluded in Galway, Ireland, in July 2012, the teams were scheduled to sail over 39,000 nmi (72,000 km) of the world’s most treacherous seas via Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, around Cape Horn to Itajaí, Miami, Lisbon, and Lorient.
Sorry, I couldn't resist it...mis-spelling can create a bit of humour.


