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Tanner Cup
The Tanner Cup is a New Zealand youth inter-provincial sailing competition. One under 17 year old sailor from each region competes in P-class sailing dinghy, P Class yachts. The competition is named after George Tanner (sailor), George Tanner, who donated the trophy, and was first sailed in 1945. Many of New Zealand's top sailors have competed in and won the Tanner Cup, including Russell Coutts, Dean Barker (yachtsman), Dean Barker, Adam Minoprio and Jo Aleh. The national open P Class competition for the Tauranga Cup is normally sailed at the same venue. List of winners References Recurring sporting events established in 1945 Sailing competitions in New Zealand {{NewZealand-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's Capital of New Zealand, capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Townson
Desmond Thomas Townson (16 March 1934 – 15 October 2008) was a New Zealand yacht designer. As a teenager he won the Tanner Cup in 1950, the nation's premier teenage yachting championship"Des Townson, in a class of his own" May 12, 2003, NZ Herald and he designed some of the best-known classes in New Zealand sailing; including the , Mistral and dinghy classes. As well dinghies, he als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Evans
Carl Evans (born 16 August 1990 in Auckland) is a New Zealand sailor who represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Evans attended Green Bay High School and sailed for the Kohimarama Yacht Club. He made his international sailing debut in the 2003 North American Optimist championships. In 2006 he won the Tanner Cup, sailing a P-class sailing dinghy. Evans later competed in the 420 class and partnered Peter Burling. In 2006 they won the 420 World Championships The 420 World Championships are international sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' ( ... in Spain. They defended their title in 2007 in Auckland. In 2008, they competed in the Beijing Olympics where they placed 11 out of 29 teams. References External links * * * * 1990 births Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Sailors at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |