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America's Cup-quality marine rigging
Established in 1998, Kiwi Rigging Limited provides a mobile
yacht rigging service in Kerikeri, Opua and the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
Grant
Jenkins is also available for contracts and overseas rigging
work.
About Grant Jenkins
Sailing
has been Grant's passion since he first started sailing
P-Class dinghies at Torbay Sailing Club on Auckland's North
Shore. Since then, Grant has made sailing his career as well
as his hobby working on many high profile yachts and race
campaigns. He has over 30 years of yacht rigging experience.
Career
highlights to date
Whitbread round the world race
Grant was
a member of the sailing crew and shore crew on board Digby
Taylor's NZI Enterprise in the 1985-1986 Whitbread round
the world ocean race.
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Fast and furious on the NZI
Enterprise in the 1985-1986 Whitbread round the world ocean
race
America's Cup campaigns
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One
World (2003 campaign): shore crew based in Auckland and
Seattle.
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Prada (2000 campaign): shore crew for Luna Rossa,
based in Italy and Auckland. Prada won the prestigious Louis
Vuitton Cup in this contest.
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New
Zealand Challenge (1992 campaign): shore crew
based in San Diego.
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New
Zealand Challenge (1986/1987 campaign): sailing crew
(navigator) based in Fremantle.
In 2007 Grant contracted to Team New
Zealand to set up NZL81 and NZL82: the boats had been sold to
Cabo Adventures, a tourist charter operator in Mexico.
Grant's role was to reassemble the yachts so they were ready to
sail.
The Prada Challenge shore crew:
Grant Jenkins is in the back row, third from the right
Superyacht and maxi yacht work
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Windward Passage (Alan Gurney-designed 73-footer):
working on the refit of the yacht and the rig, including sea
trials.
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Spy 102 (Holland Ketch): new build and sea trials.
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Condor of Bermuda: delivery to Tahiti.
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Hotspur (Deerfoot 63): delivery to Detroit.
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Espada (Dubois 108 built by Alloy Yachts): delivery
to Fort Lauderdale.
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Imagine (Dubois 110 built by Alloy Yachts): delivery
to Tahiti.
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Corinthian (Dubois 114 built by Alloy Yachts): new
build and sea trials.
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Zana (Bakewell-White 30 metre ORC maxi yacht - now
called Konica Minolta): new build and sea trials.
Personal racing and cruising interests
Grant is a
regular club sailor. He spent many years racing on Auckland's Hauraki Gulf as a member of
Ponsonby Cruising Club and Richmond Yacht Club. He now enjoys crewing in Opua Cruising Club and Kerikeri Cruising Club races in the Bay of Islands.
A keen Ross 930 sailor, Grant built Grunt Machine
in the mid-1980s and owned and raced her for 15 years.
Grant (left) launching the Ross 930 he built, Grunt Machine, in 1984
Grant
then co-owned an Elliott 7.9, FX, for 11 years and won the following race series in that time:
- 2005 PCC LK Lindauer Women's Winter Series - Division 1 - 1st on handicap
- 2005 PCC Volvo Round Rangitoto Race - Division 2 - 1st on handicap: winner of Giddens Cup
- 2006 PCC LK Lindauer Women's Winter Series - Division 1 - 1st on handicap
- 2007 RYC Winter Series - Division B - 3rd on handicap
- 2008 PCC Women's Summer Series - Division 3 - 1st on handicap: winner of McWilliams Rosebowl trophy
- 2008-9 RYC Wednesday Night Series - Division R - 2nd on handicap
- 2009 PCC Women's Spring Series - Division 3 - 1st on handicap
- 2009-10 RYC Wednesday Night Series - Division E - 3rd on handicap
- 2010 PCC Women's Summer Series - Division 3 - 2nd on handicap
- 2010 PCC Women's Spring Series - 2nd on handicap
- 2011 PCC Women's Summer Series - 1st on line and 1st on handicap
- 2011-2 PCC Women's Series - Division 2 - 3rd on handicap
- 2012 RYC Winter Series - Division B - 3rd on handicap
- 2013 RYC Winter Series - Division C - 1st on line
- 2013 SSANZ Triple Series - Smallboat Divisions - Fastest overall elapsed time
- 2013-4 RYC Wednesday Night Series - Division D - 1st on line, 2nd on handicap
- 2014 RYC Winter Series - Division C - 1st on line
- 2014 SSANZ Triple Series - Smallboat Division 2 - 2nd on handicap
- 2014 SSANZ Triple Series - Smallboat Divisions - Fastest overall elapsed time.
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Grant at work
Grant crossing the equator on
NZI Enterprise in the Whitbread round the world race in
1985-1986
Delivering Imagine, a
Dubois 110, to Tahiti
Grant tuning
Zana's rig during sea trials in
Wellington's Cook Strait. The mast is an impressive 38 metres
tall
FX racing on a Wednesday night
race
Grant is often assisted in his
work by his rigger dog, Minnie! |
