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METS Trade Show – 15th - 17th November, 2011 stand 02:228

^{Marine-O Sleeping Bag - Endorsed by Sir Edmund Hillary}

Whether camping in the quiet,sailing, running in the rapids on a canoe trip, sleeping jigh in the alps, or warming after a sports event, the Marine-O sleeping bag will give you the ultimate in warmth & confort.

The Marine-O sleeping bag is made up of a tough breathable, waterproof outa & a 100% Merino wool inner. This inner is constructed by a silver knitted process which gives a high density performance, is durable, & extremely thermally effective.Merino wool can absorb 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling damp. During 8 hours of sleep, the human body gives off at least 4.5 onces of water through the skin. Merino wool maintains body warmth when wet, unlike feather down or synthetics.

^{Team Gallagher -Sponsored by Events}

A new chapter in New Zealand sporting adventure begins this November when the four-man Team Gallagher rowing team will aim to become the first New Zealand team to cross the Tasman by oar power.The challenge will require the team to complete some half a million strokes over 1,400 nautical miles –  using the iconic harbour bridges of Sydney and Auckland as the start and finish lines.Rowing in a team of four across a vast stretch of water is a very unusual kind of challenge. Each member must deal with living in a confined space of less than few square meters with three other men for up to 30 days. Small personal differences, exaggerated by fatigue, difficult conditions and a diet of boil in the bag food, could lead to conflict.But through good preparation – physical and mental – the team can push harder, achieve greater average speeds and set new benchmarks in crossing times.

The four weeks of rowing between Sydney and Auckland promises to be a roller-coaster ride on the challenging Tasman for Team Gallagher.The rowers will rotate in shifts – two hours at the oars, two hours off to replenish. Their backsides are going to hurt for four weeks. They’ll be peppered with blisters and salt water sores on the hands and feet.Perhaps more daunting is that they’ll be stuck on a 10.5-metre boat in hurling seas in all sorts of surly weather with home comforts such as a shower, kitchen, comfy bed or toilet (unless you count the bucket).The team realise exhaustion will be a significant mental barrier. Just to keep going they’ll consume an incredible 8000-10,000 calories a day (on a fat-rich diet) but will still each lose 20 percent of their bodyweight.
Despite all this, the four Team Gallagher rowers are excited.

“It’s the adventure that excites me the most,” says Andrew McGowan. “Going into something which is unknown to me and finding out the limits I have and could achieve.”

Reference http://www.teamgallagher.co.nz

^{Events Official Clothing Partner for Millenium Cup 2012}
 

As well as being a silver sponsor for the Superyacht Millenium Cup, Events are also proud to annonce that we are official clothing partner.The Event is being held on the 16th to 18th of Feburary. With it being only three months away there is already quite a few entries confirmed including:Yachting Development's 34m (102ft), which won the Millennium Cup in 2003, 31m (102ft) Pacific Eagle, 49m (161ft) Georgia, 40m (131ft) Janice of Wyoming and 44m (144ft) Imagine.

There is plenty of interest around the event which will soon become an annual event. Besides showcasing the local industry, the Millennium Cup is being positioned as the premiere superyacht event of the South Pacific.   The course includes Waiheke Island, Waitemata Harbour, Kawau Island, the East Coast Bay region and the Hibiscus Coast Area.

Reference http://www.millenniumcup.com

^{BSL win first leg of the 2011/12 Global Ocean Race}
 

At 05:13 on Friday 28th October, Ross and Campbell Field on board BSL, crossed the finish line in Cape Town claiming pole position in leg one of the 2011-2012 Global Ocean Race. After 32 days, 17 hours, 13 minutes and 25 seconds spanning 6,700 miles, the duo are currently the only pair to have finished the race, with Champagne de France expected later today. The father and son duo have been locked in close battle with Campagne de France throughout the race, only taking the lead from their French rivals in the final week, in a spectacular charge for the finish.

Reference http://globaloceanrace.com

^{An update on the Global Ocean Race and the BSL team Events are sponsoring}

"As the double-handed Class40s in the Global Ocean Race (GOR) negotiate the Doldrums, the fleet leaders were closing-up rapidly 360 miles north of the Equator while the chasing pack scurried west to avoid an area of light airs ballooning towards the fleet from the south-east.

The Franco-British duo of Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron had a tortuous night on the fleet leader, Campagne de France, with speeds dropping to between two to four knots while the New Zealand father-and-son team of Ross and Campbell Field in second with BSL made double the speed of the leaders despite being less than 15 miles astern and closed down the distance deficit to just nine miles at dawn on Monday – the closest the two boats have been since sailing north of the Canary Islands ten days ago.

At dawn on Monday, Campagne de France picked up speed again with the averages climbing from five to eight knots in a handful hours and the onslaught from BSL was checked. On BSL, Ross Field was growing tired of the prevailing conditions: “It has been real busy on board getting through these damn Doldrums,” he reported late on Sunday night. “We have had nearly no sleep for the past 36 hours and very little food because we have been concentrating on getting every ounce of speed out of this old tub that hates light winds.” The New Zealand duo had encountered classic Doldrum-weather: “We’ve had rain squalls, no wind, 30 knots of wind in which we were doing 18 knots, constant sail changes, steaming temperatures and it has paid off as we are now only a few miles behind my old mate Halvard.” Despite the hardship on board, spirits were high when the news of their country’s triumph over Argentina in the Rugby World Cup filtered out into the North Atlantic: “With the All Blacks doing well, neither of us is complaining!” he added."

Reference http://globaloceanrace.com