CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND, a 68ft Bruce Farr design, was a notable addition at the Rolex Sailing Regatta held at the St. Thomas Yacht Club, March 22-24 2013. The sleek CERAMCO was originally built for and raced by the legendary Sir Peter Blake in the1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Race, which he skippered with an all-Kiwi crew.
Third Whitbread 1981
Ceramco then embarked on a victory tour of New Zealand. fundraising thousands of dollars for the Whitbread campaign along the way, turning Ceramco into the people's boat. In 1981, Ceramco set off from Portsmouth as a key contender for the Whitbread title and all was going to plan, 23 days into the race when disaster struck. The mast had ...
RB Sailing: Ceramco New Zealand (Farr 68)
Ceramco New Zealand, Peter Blake's famous Whitbread race contender from 1981-82, has popped up on the radar again recently after her current owner, US yachtswomen Dianne Masters, announced the possibility that the yacht may return to New Zealand as part of a campaign to contest the 2013 Sydney-Hobart, a race that Ceramco won, both on line and handicap, in 1980.
Peter Blake (sailor)
While refitting the yacht in England after the race, Peter met Philippa (Pippa) Glanville and they married in Emsworth in August 1979. [1] For the 1981-1982 race, Blake mounted his own campaign as skipper of Ceramco New Zealand, a 68-foot (21 m) sloop designed by an up-and-coming naval architect called Bruce Farr.
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WRTWR MAXI "CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND". Apart from the obvious requirements of strength, stability and safety, the basic performance design brief for CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND was to produce a yacht within a reasonable budget that could take line honors in the Southern Ocean legs of the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Race.
Ceramco New Zealand (Yacht)
68 foot yacht designed by Bruce Farr. Skippered by Sir Peter Bake, 'Ceramco New Zealand' was the winner of the 1980 Sydney-Hobart race and finished 11th in the 1981-1982 Whitbread Round The World Race. Later sold to an individual in the United States of America, 'Ceramco New Zealand' was refitted for cruising and renamed 'Winterhawk'.
Bruce Farr
Boats designed by Farr Yacht Design competed in every Whitbread Round the World Race after 1981 [citation needed], and won the 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998 races.The first Bruce Farr yacht in the Whitbread Race was the Farr-designed Ceramco New Zealand, which competed in the 1980 Whitbread Race and won the Sydney to Hobart the same year.Farr's design proved exceedingly fast, and Ceramco New ...
Peter Blake's Ceramco crew reunites 40 years on from ...
New Zealand's opening around-the-world yachting salvo over 40 years ago hit the rocks when Peter Blake'sCeramco lost its mast on the first leg. But that disaster - which probably cost Ceramco ...
The Ceramco Files- The Crew's Views
This week it is the 25th anniversary of the dismasting of Ceramco New Zealand. Over this time, Sail-World is featuring a series of images and sound clips from one of the seminal moments in New Zealand yachting culture. Day 27: Thursday, September 24. Noon position 11.27S 18.47W Day's run 209 miles. Course 230 degrees. Wind SE 15 knots ...
Ceramco leaving Auckland
Peter Blake 's yacht Ceramco leads the fleet leaving Auckland at the start of the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World race. After near disaster when the yacht lost its mast on the first leg of the race, it finished a creditable third. Listen to Blake talk about the mast breaking and what happened next. Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound ...
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1981 Ceramco, for the late Sir Peter Blake. New Zealand's first ocean racing maxi yacht, Ceramco, was built by McMullen & Wing for Peter Blake's Whitbred Round the World Race attempt. The campaign gained world-wide respect after Blake and his crew sailed 2,500 miles under jury rig. Ceramco was one of many boat building projects undertaken ...
Triumphantly, CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND, su...
Date 1982 Reference Eph-D-BOAT-1982-01 Description. Shows the yacht Ceramco New Zealand with a red and white striped spinnaker sail. Signatures of the crew are shown at the upper right, including Peter Blake, Trevor Agnew, Geoff Stagg, Richard White, Paul von Zalinski, Owen Rut[..];
The Ceramco Files- 'We've somewhat slowed down'
The mess on the deck of Ceramco New Zealand just after the mast broke, and on the right the crew soon have the first jury rig underway and the boat sailing again. ... 18 sailors in 5.8-meter home-built plywood yachts are set to embark on a solo race around the world On February 23, 2025, the McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR) will commence, ...
Sailing and windsurfing
Sydney to Hobart race, 1980. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. One of the first races to bring Peter Blake to prominence was the victory of his boat Ceramco New Zealand in the Sydney-Hobart race of 1980. This television footage shows Ceramco New Zealand racing to ...
The Whitbread round the world race
Peter Blake inaugurated the Garden Party aboard Ceramco New Zealand in 1982 at a stopover at Mar del Plata, Argentina, but the most memorable event was on Lion New Zealand four years later during ...
Fourth Whitbread 1985
Lion New Zealand was a Ron Holland designed masthead sloop, which gained the nickname the "Urban Assault Vehicle" when it survived and won the stormy Sydney-Hobart race of 1984. ... The drama of the Ceramco New Zealand campaign captured the imagination of the New Zealand public. Broadcasts by the inimitable Peter Montgomery and written ...
1981-1982 Whitbread Round the World Race
The maxi yacht Flyer II was designed by Germán Frers and built at the W. Huisman shipyard in 1981 for skipper Cornelius van Rietschoten. In an unusual feat, she won the race both on line honours and on handicap. ... Ceramco New Zealand: New Zealand Farr 69 Sloop Maxi 20.88 Peter Blake: 132:11:55:38 127:17:42:43 12 15 L 1700 Skopbank of Finland ...
Blake boat heads back Downunder
Sir Peter Blake (left) on Ceramco New Zealand during its construction at Panmure in 1981. Ceramco (right) leads the fleet from Auckland in the Whitbread Round The World race that same year.
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From Farr Design website: "Apart from the obvious requirements of strength, stability and safety, the basic performance design brief for CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND was to produce a yacht within a reasonable budget that could take line honors in the Southern Ocean legs of the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Race. It also had to have a chance on ...
Ocean Globe Race
Party time for Translated 9 at the prize giving at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Credit: OGR2023/Jacqueline Kavanagh ... Aucklander Simon Gundry who sailed on Ceramco 1981/82 and Lion NZ 1985/86 was one of the veterans delighted to be catching up with his sailing buddies and recalled some of the memories that have stayed with him over ...
Ceramco Sailing
Ceramco Sailing. 206 likes. "CERAMCO" is the famous 1981-82 Whitbred yacht raced by Sir Peter Blake and his NZ team. Two year rescue mission from doom & gloom in Miami USA by Garry Golding and now in...
Ceramco Sailing
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Farr 68 CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND custom half hull
Check this stunning flushdeck half hull of the Farr 68 CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND. Built upon request at scale scale 1-35 or 24 inches LOA. Professional model maker since 1989 +1877-7790114; Compare (0) My wishlist ... Abordage has built more than 3,000 custom boat models over the past 30 years with even more satisfied owners worldwide.
Man who died in Catlins boating tragedy named as Gareth Pearson
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Man is fined after trying to 'body slam' killer whale
A New Zealand man has been fined over a social media video in which he tries to "body slam" an orca swimming next to his boat, in what officials called "stupid" and "extremely ...
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CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND, a 68ft Bruce Farr design, was a notable addition at the Rolex Sailing Regatta held at the St. Thomas Yacht Club, March 22-24 2013. The sleek CERAMCO was originally built for and raced by the legendary Sir Peter Blake in the1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Race, which he skippered with an all-Kiwi crew.
Ceramco then embarked on a victory tour of New Zealand. fundraising thousands of dollars for the Whitbread campaign along the way, turning Ceramco into the people's boat. In 1981, Ceramco set off from Portsmouth as a key contender for the Whitbread title and all was going to plan, 23 days into the race when disaster struck. The mast had ...
Ceramco New Zealand, Peter Blake's famous Whitbread race contender from 1981-82, has popped up on the radar again recently after her current owner, US yachtswomen Dianne Masters, announced the possibility that the yacht may return to New Zealand as part of a campaign to contest the 2013 Sydney-Hobart, a race that Ceramco won, both on line and handicap, in 1980.
While refitting the yacht in England after the race, Peter met Philippa (Pippa) Glanville and they married in Emsworth in August 1979. [1] For the 1981-1982 race, Blake mounted his own campaign as skipper of Ceramco New Zealand, a 68-foot (21 m) sloop designed by an up-and-coming naval architect called Bruce Farr.
WRTWR MAXI "CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND". Apart from the obvious requirements of strength, stability and safety, the basic performance design brief for CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND was to produce a yacht within a reasonable budget that could take line honors in the Southern Ocean legs of the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Race.
68 foot yacht designed by Bruce Farr. Skippered by Sir Peter Bake, 'Ceramco New Zealand' was the winner of the 1980 Sydney-Hobart race and finished 11th in the 1981-1982 Whitbread Round The World Race. Later sold to an individual in the United States of America, 'Ceramco New Zealand' was refitted for cruising and renamed 'Winterhawk'.
Boats designed by Farr Yacht Design competed in every Whitbread Round the World Race after 1981 [citation needed], and won the 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998 races.The first Bruce Farr yacht in the Whitbread Race was the Farr-designed Ceramco New Zealand, which competed in the 1980 Whitbread Race and won the Sydney to Hobart the same year.Farr's design proved exceedingly fast, and Ceramco New ...
New Zealand's opening around-the-world yachting salvo over 40 years ago hit the rocks when Peter Blake'sCeramco lost its mast on the first leg. But that disaster - which probably cost Ceramco ...
This week it is the 25th anniversary of the dismasting of Ceramco New Zealand. Over this time, Sail-World is featuring a series of images and sound clips from one of the seminal moments in New Zealand yachting culture. Day 27: Thursday, September 24. Noon position 11.27S 18.47W Day's run 209 miles. Course 230 degrees. Wind SE 15 knots ...
Peter Blake 's yacht Ceramco leads the fleet leaving Auckland at the start of the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World race. After near disaster when the yacht lost its mast on the first leg of the race, it finished a creditable third. Listen to Blake talk about the mast breaking and what happened next. Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound ...
1981 Ceramco, for the late Sir Peter Blake. New Zealand's first ocean racing maxi yacht, Ceramco, was built by McMullen & Wing for Peter Blake's Whitbred Round the World Race attempt. The campaign gained world-wide respect after Blake and his crew sailed 2,500 miles under jury rig. Ceramco was one of many boat building projects undertaken ...
Date 1982 Reference Eph-D-BOAT-1982-01 Description. Shows the yacht Ceramco New Zealand with a red and white striped spinnaker sail. Signatures of the crew are shown at the upper right, including Peter Blake, Trevor Agnew, Geoff Stagg, Richard White, Paul von Zalinski, Owen Rut[..];
The mess on the deck of Ceramco New Zealand just after the mast broke, and on the right the crew soon have the first jury rig underway and the boat sailing again. ... 18 sailors in 5.8-meter home-built plywood yachts are set to embark on a solo race around the world On February 23, 2025, the McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR) will commence, ...
Sydney to Hobart race, 1980. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. One of the first races to bring Peter Blake to prominence was the victory of his boat Ceramco New Zealand in the Sydney-Hobart race of 1980. This television footage shows Ceramco New Zealand racing to ...
Peter Blake inaugurated the Garden Party aboard Ceramco New Zealand in 1982 at a stopover at Mar del Plata, Argentina, but the most memorable event was on Lion New Zealand four years later during ...
Lion New Zealand was a Ron Holland designed masthead sloop, which gained the nickname the "Urban Assault Vehicle" when it survived and won the stormy Sydney-Hobart race of 1984. ... The drama of the Ceramco New Zealand campaign captured the imagination of the New Zealand public. Broadcasts by the inimitable Peter Montgomery and written ...
The maxi yacht Flyer II was designed by Germán Frers and built at the W. Huisman shipyard in 1981 for skipper Cornelius van Rietschoten. In an unusual feat, she won the race both on line honours and on handicap. ... Ceramco New Zealand: New Zealand Farr 69 Sloop Maxi 20.88 Peter Blake: 132:11:55:38 127:17:42:43 12 15 L 1700 Skopbank of Finland ...
Sir Peter Blake (left) on Ceramco New Zealand during its construction at Panmure in 1981. Ceramco (right) leads the fleet from Auckland in the Whitbread Round The World race that same year.
From Farr Design website: "Apart from the obvious requirements of strength, stability and safety, the basic performance design brief for CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND was to produce a yacht within a reasonable budget that could take line honors in the Southern Ocean legs of the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Race. It also had to have a chance on ...
Party time for Translated 9 at the prize giving at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Credit: OGR2023/Jacqueline Kavanagh ... Aucklander Simon Gundry who sailed on Ceramco 1981/82 and Lion NZ 1985/86 was one of the veterans delighted to be catching up with his sailing buddies and recalled some of the memories that have stayed with him over ...
Ceramco Sailing. 206 likes. "CERAMCO" is the famous 1981-82 Whitbred yacht raced by Sir Peter Blake and his NZ team. Two year rescue mission from doom & gloom in Miami USA by Garry Golding and now in...
Ceramco Sailing. 195 likes. "CERAMCO" is the famous 1981-82 Whitbred yacht raced by Sir Peter Blake and his NZ team. Two year re
Check this stunning flushdeck half hull of the Farr 68 CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND. Built upon request at scale scale 1-35 or 24 inches LOA. Professional model maker since 1989 +1877-7790114; Compare (0) My wishlist ... Abordage has built more than 3,000 custom boat models over the past 30 years with even more satisfied owners worldwide.
A man who died in a boating tragedy in the Catlins has been identified as Gareth Pearson. His grieving partner Jenny Lohrman described him as a man with "a big personality that will be missed by ...
A New Zealand man has been fined over a social media video in which he tries to "body slam" an orca swimming next to his boat, in what officials called "stupid" and "extremely ...