{"id":439758,"date":"2026-05-22T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439758\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:02:08","slug":"portsmouths-sail-sculpture-returns-to-former-glory-after-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439758\/","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth&#8217;s sail sculpture returns to former glory after repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A sail sculpture damaged by storms in 2024 has been restored to its full glory following extensive refurbishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 43m (141ft) Tri-Sail or Sails of the South sculpture, which stands between the M275 carriageways in Portsmouth, was originally installed to provide a welcoming landmark to people entering the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The project to replace all of its sail panels after recent storms also included structural checks and lighting upgrades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sections of the motorway were temporarily closed during the maintenance work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sail sculpture damaged by storms in 2024 has been restored to its full glory following extensive refurbishment.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-439758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}