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Povestea lui Peter Blake
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where is the rest of your documentaries
Whose documentary is this?
Oh boy, this was a very emotional watch. I remember this , but your video brought it back to life fir me i could not help but shed a few tears, What a legacy this man left too, and we just held the cup for the fifth time and Pete did it first.
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I was in Aus by the time the Whitbread races were a thing … with very poor media coverage of anything NZ … and no internet then. I remember following it nonetheless. And then the America’s Cup. I only sailed a few seasons myself … on a slow boat, but still connect with the challenge of it all.
When the red socks thing came along I was on (Melbourne’s) Collins St and in a suit every weekday. But I started wearing red socks then and have ever since. More diligently since Sir Peter’s tragic end. I never met the man, but somehow he’s one representation of NZers for me.
This is only a third of the story.
His greatest achievement is creating Team New Zealand and bringing home the Americas cup.
Sir Peter Blake's instilling that team ethos in TeamNZ where everyone has a say in the part of the yacht they control this is why TeamNZ can't be beaten.
Grant Dalton still lives under the skirts of greatness of Sir Peter Blake.
I wonder if Sir Peter Blake would be happy with TNZ defending the America's Cup in Saudi.
The stories Peter told about Burton Cutter in the privacy of long sailing trips made the one he tells here look rather innocuous and quaint!
Long distance sail racing in those days was sometimes about as organised as a zoo improvised at short notice by small children.
But I had forgotten that the first time they had sailed was across the start line . . .
I’m so glad we got this uploaded again! I’m researching the 80s Whitbreads for a writing project and it’s great to have all of this footage from the races!
My experience of Peter Blake was when I was called to NZ to check out Steinlager 2 which was nearing completion. They had noticed that it was delaminating sitting in the boatyard. Something had gone in the build process ( multiple oven cures of the preg preg hull and deck components). We couldn’t work out what had gone wrong, but he made the ballsy decision to bin it and start again. The guys at Southern Pacific ( Tim, JD and Cookie), committed to getting it done in the timeframe, and I agreed to be there for the critical lay up and oven cure stages. The rest is history- but it all came from his cool decision making under pressure and managing the team to get it all sorted .