The Faster Master Builder For the past week, the world’s fastest and most expensive racing yachts have been battling against each other in Cowes and Marseilles. Many of them were designed on the landing of a Georgian house in Ireland,... Read More
Ron Holland’s photo, on the cover of IN THE WIND was taken from the schooner ‘New World’ in the stormy 1972 Bermuda Yacht Race and shows the Morgan 54 “Firebrand” under Trysail and #3 Jib climbing a breaking wave as the... Read More
Back at the new St Paul’s College Gates. Returning 57 years since leaving High School. I am welcomed by Kieran Fouhy, Headmaster, St Paul’s College and receive St Paul’s College Old Boy Excellence Award... Read More
Ron Holland was at the Otago Yacht Club in Dunedin to make a presentation. We were honoured to receive this letter from the club.... Read More
The Speaker When we arrived at the club, he stepped out of the car, gazed at the bay, and took in a deep draught of sea air. He seemed distant, even though a moment before we had been joking about... Read More
Ron Holland with Prof Richard Flay and Dr Yin Fai Li viewing Latest wind tunnel testing program.... Read More