RobiNZ Personal Blog

The Chris Sayer Media Blitz!

You may see Chris Sayer this month as he is back in NZ to promote Rebecca Hayter's book, OCEANS ALONE. OCEANS ALONE: Chris Sayer's solos adventures on the high seas By Rebecca Hayter, ISBN 1869504666, RRP $34.99, Release Date 24 May 2004 Interviews confirmed with: Martin Tasker TV1 News (26 May), NZPA, Sunday Star Times extract (23 May), Boating NZ (extract to run in June issue), NZ Herald feature (29 May - Auckland Boat Show weekend), Radio Sport, Bay of Plenty Times, KatiKati Advertiser, Newstalk ZBs Hamilton, Invercargill, and Hawera, Planet FM and a profile in Auckland's CityMix Magazine. Reviews... Read more →

News from Chris Sayer

"I have only just got back to Caen after 3 weeks away on 403 [his Mini Transat Yacht]. The boat got a good testing again due to the weather and stood up to it better than I did. I left Caen for Pornichet the Saturday that they decieded to delay the Transat AG2R for 4 days due to bad weather. So had a long beat down the channel in a gale with no GPS as both the boat one and handheld backup died (for some reason the antennas packed a sad). Do not know how they use to sail around... Read more →

Chris Sayer's Mini Transat Yacht Design

Interesting article on the design of Mini Transat 650 Yachts by Brett Bakewell-White. New Zealand Division of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects newsletter - Issue 20 • December 2003 (Click to Open PDF format file) Image Info: Yacht Design & Base Image by Brett Bakewell-White, Sponsor & number layout: Chris Sayer & Robin Capper. Read more →

Chris Sayer Update

Message from Chris ~ 28-04-04: "I am in Pornichet getting ready for the 300Nm solo race that starts on Friday. Had a hell of a trip sailing here from Caen. Had to be here for the measurement date of the boat set by classe mini so ended up beating down the channel in a full gale (at the time they delayed the start of the transat ag2r for 4 days). To add to the fun had to navigate in zero viss the old way as the antennas on my boat GPS and handheld backup died! A very rude awakening to... Read more →

Oceans Alone - Chris Sayer and the Mini-Transat

I first met Chris in 1996 as we happened to work in the same building. I worked for a furniture company & he was a full time boat builder by day but spent every other spare second finishing his 6.5m (21ft) yacht for a Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race. To me it seemed like a crazy thing to do (to be honest still does) but Chris is more determined than anyone I’ve ever met and with huge effort & little money managed to get the boat finished. He campaigned it locally named Essentially to qualify for the race then with the help... Read more →