The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
the band that’s spent four years touring the world by sea
The Arka Kinari – a name formed from the Latin word for vessel, and a Sanskrit name for a half human, half bird musician that guards the tree of life – is a 70-tonne sailing ship that serves as a home, touring vessel, music venue and creative project for Filastine and Nova, who mix Javanese folk with psychedelic synths and percussion.
The Insoluble Problem of Handicaps
Given the development of user friendly measurement handicap systems over the last few years I think the time has come for one of the Australian or New Zealand Classic Yacht fleets to trial a system based on actual data rather than performance.
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