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    Oct 16, 2020 8 minutes

    NEW ZEALAND

    Classics at the America’s Cup

    A plan is under way to showcase the historic New Zealand classic fleet during the America’s Cup regatta in March 2021.

    Charlotte Lockhart and Andrew Barnes, (above) owners of the 1904 Arch Logan-designed gaff cutter Ariki (Classic Boat April 2019), are hoping to organise classic boat racing just before the daily match races between the AC75s of this latest 36th America’s Cup.

    Plans for the J-Class fleet to race at the event, as it did during the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda, have been scuppered by the pandemic.

    Andrew, who is chairman of Regional Facilities Auckland, and responsible for the city’s maritime museum, said: “We have what we believe is the largest fleet of gaffers that are still racing on the waters they were built on.

    “We see this as an opportunity to showcase something that is unique, at a moment when the eyes of the world will be on Auckland. These boats are more than 120 years old, all racing on the very harbour they were built on.”

    Among the teams hoping to wrest the America’s Cup from New Zealand is INEOS TEAM UK, led by Sir Ben Ainslie.

    Brokerage merger

    Classic Yacht Brokerage and Birdham Pool-based brokers RBS Marine have joined forces for classic yacht owners and buyers in the Chichester area. “Between or .

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