As seen in the pages of Sailing-World
Elegant Eight Metres
At the 8-Metre World Championship in Toronto, a royal presence and a deep Corinthian spirit maintain the “class” in this classic fleet.
Sept 2017 -- Sailing is the king of sports, and the sport of kings. King Harald, of Norway, was lauded for making a concerted effort to attend the 2016 8-Metre World Championships in Toronto as an ambassador for the 2017 World Championship in Fredrikstad, Norway.
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| Toronto skyline backdrops the fleet. Photo UltimateSailing |
In Toronto he raced the distinctive green-hulled 8-Metre Sira, originally his father King Olav’s. It was transported across the Atlantic on a specially built cradle on 80-meter Royal Yacht K/S Norge, which graced the Toronto waterfront, and where King Harald admitted he was “on vacation.”
“One of the things I like about sailing is, to the wind, it doesn’t make any difference who you are or what you are — the wind blows on everybody the same way.
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