document.write('<h3>Scuttlebutt Europe #2046 - 11 March</h3><p>Brought to you by <a href="http://uk.boats.com">Boats.com Europe</a>, ');
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document.write('lcome, send to <a href="mailto:editor@scuttlebutteurope.com">editor@scuttlebutteurope.com</a></p><p><b>GALWAY FINISH');
document.write(' FOR THE VOR</b><br />Following the huge success in Galway when it was the finish of the transatlantic leg of the Volvo');
document.write(' Ocean Race 2008-09, Ireland, will again feature in the new route for 2011-12. The fleet will race from Lorient in Franc');
document.write('e back to Galway on Ireland\'s west coast.</p><p>Galway, whose twin town is Lorient, has fought an intense contest ag');
document.write('ainst the other bidding ports to win back the event for a second edition and the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 will complete ');
document.write('its lap around the globe in Ireland\'s \'cultural heart\', where the final prizegiving will be held.</p><p>The Taoiseac');
document.write('h (the Prime Minister of Ireland, Brian Cowen), stated:<br />"The 2009 stopover in Galway made an abiding impression on');
document.write(' the sailors, support crews, organisers and media, who were immersed in the warmth of an Irish welcome.</p><p>"Their');
document.write(' presence, in turn, had an enormous beneficial impact on Galway, the west of Ireland and indeed the entire country. Thei');
document.write('r arrival here was spectacular and their visit helped generate a massive 55 million Euros for the regional economy, more');
document.write(' than one third higher than the original projections</p><p>"Given its economic benefits and its importance to Irish ');
document.write('tourism, I am more than happy to welcome the return of the Volvo Ocean Race to our shores and pledge our support for the');
document.write(' event".</p><p>"The interest in hosting the Volvo Ocean Race, particularly in Europe, has been quite overwhelming," ');
document.write('said Volvo Ocean Race CEO, Knut Frostad, as the last of the European ports was unveiled. "I am very proud to confirm Ire');
document.write('land\'s participation and Galway will be a magnificent port to stage the finish of the event. We have already experienced');
document.write(' the enthusiasm that abounds in Ireland for the race and we are looking forward to bringing the competition to its concl');
document.write('usion in a country that really knows how to celebrate," he said.</p><p>This announcement completes the list of Europ');
document.write('ean cities hosting the event. The remaining ports will be introduced throughout March.</p><p><a href="http://volvooc');
document.write('eanrace.com">volvooceanrace.com</a> </p><p><b>BACARDI MIAMI SAILING WEEK / BACARDI CUP</b><br />Miami, Florida, US');
document.write('A: Skipper Andy Horton and Crew James Lyne edged up from their fifth place finish yesterday in the standings to secure t');
document.write('he top spot Wednesday in the third day of Star Class sailing for the Trofeo Bacardi. Wind conditions increased slightly ');
document.write('later in the afternoon to about a 10 knot high in a field that was spread out in comparison to the tight group yesterday');
document.write('. With three more days of Star Class sailing to go in the Bacardi Cup, Wednesday\'s midway point has U.S. Team Horton-Lyn');
document.write('e in first place overall with Ireland\'s Skipper Peter O\'Leary and Crew Stephen Milne taking second. Yesterday\'s leader, ');
document.write('American Skipper Rick Merriman and Crew Phil Trinter faded slightly with a still solid third place finish today while Br');
document.write('azilian Skipper Lars Grael with Crew Ronald Seifort placed fourth and first day victors American Augie Diaz alongside sa');
document.write('iling phenomenon Crew Bruno Prada came in fifth place overall to round out the top five in the BACARDI Cup standings.</');
document.write('p><p>"The breeze was light again today, but we\'re expecting the wind to become stronger later in the week with the we');
document.write('ather. Today, the real challenge was getting over to the wind, which was tough today, but we managed to spring out of ja');
document.write('il and really get out there," comments Skipper Andy Horton. </p><p>Wednesday marked the third of six total days of S');
document.write('tar Class sailing as competitors reach the halfway point in Bacardi Cup competition. The Bacardi Cup will run on Biscayn');
document.write('e Bay through Saturday, March 13th as the flagship event for the inaugural Bacardi Miami Sailing Week.</p><p>The day');
document.write('\'s sailing also included the start of the Viper 640 class competition for the Pan-American Championships at Bacardi Miam');
document.write('i Sailing Week. The Viper 640 victory today went to U.S. Team Skipper Barry Parkin, who came out on top in the 21 vessel');
document.write(' field alongside Crew John Logue and Sue Parkin. Viper 640 competition will continue through Saturday, March 13th.</p>');
document.write('<p>Look for more Bacardi Cup Star Class competition continuing tomorrow along with the Viper class through Saturday. B');
document.write('acardi Miami Sailing Week will also host J24, Melges20, and Melges24 classes beginning tomorrow.</p><p>Event site: <');
document.write('a href="http://www.miamisailingweek.com">www.miamisailingweek.com</a></p><p>Top ten (three races, no throwout yet):');
document.write('</p><p>1. Andy Horton / James Lyne, 17 points<br />2. Peter O\'Leary / Stephen Milne, IRL, 26<br />3. Rick Merriman ');
document.write('/ Phil Trinter, USA, 29<br />4. Lars Grael / Ronald Seifert, BRA, 30<br />5. Augie Diaz / Bruno Prada, USA, 31<br />6');
document.write('. Peter McChesney / Shane Zwingelberg, USA, 31.0001<br />7. Peter Wright / Nathan Quist, USA, 33<br />8. Gustavo Lima ');
document.write('/ Rubrio Basilio, POR, 35<br />9. Elvind Melleby / Petter Morland Pedersen, NOR, 38<br />10. Diego Negri / Nando Colan');
document.write('inno, ITA, 45</p><p>Full results: <a href="http://www.starclass.org/search.cgi?Action=view&amp;Event_id=1946">www.st');
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document.write('LIAN ENCOUNTER</b><br />American-based Kiwi Gavin Brady and his largely international team of Latin Rascals took the fi');
document.write('ght to host Emirates Team New Zealand in their Louis Vuitton Trophy race today, only to lose after a gear failure.</p>');
document.write('<p>Brady, with American tactician Morgan Larson calling the shots, pulled off a risky pre-start strategy against skipp');
document.write('er Dean Barker on the New Zealand boat, pushing ETNZ deep into the start box after a dialup but breaking clear with imma');
document.write('culate timing to grab the start he wanted - a port tack cross at speed, right at the committee boat.</p><p>Minutes l');
document.write('ater as they came back together, Brady had a two boat-length advantage that he parlayed into a 22 second lead at the fir');
document.write('st weather mark. Down the run, the New Zealanders split away and Brady let them go, only to concede the right side of th');
document.write('e course when they rounded opposite gates starting the second beat.</p><p>Brady\'s lead had evaporated but the fight ');
document.write('had just started. Half way up the weather leg Mascalzone barely had her nose in front as they sailed into a building bre');
document.write('eze when the jib came crashing down. "That was our race to win," said Brady. "And a tough way to lose!"</p><p>Out on');
document.write(' the Waitemata Harbour today, the wait for a good breeze stretched out to three hours but the competitors were rewarded ');
document.write('with superb sailing conditions under a bright sunny sky. The sea breeze filled in from the southwest, starting at five t');
document.write('o seven knots and building during the afternoon to nearly 15 knots before softening a little in the late afternoon.</p>');
document.write('<p>The boats raced on 1.2-mile legs on the black course, bounded by the Devonport shore and the natural grandstand of');
document.write(' North Head on one side and Bastion Point on the other. Spectators high on North Head were rewarded with birds-eye views');
document.write(' of the competition.</p><p>Provisional leaderboard after Flight Two:</p><p>Emirates Team New Zealand, 2<br />Az');
document.write('zurra, 2<br />TEAMORIGIN, 1<br />Artemis, 1<br />All4One, 1<br />ALEPH Sailing Team, 1<br />Mascalzone Latino Audi ');
document.write('Team, 0<br />Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 0</p><p><a href="http://www.louisvuittontrophy.com">www.louisvuittontrop');
document.write('hy.com</a></p><p><b>SAN FRANCISCO VENUE SHORTLIST</b><br />The City is narrowing down the list of waterfront sites');
document.write(' that could host the America\'s Cup yacht race and hopes to have a very short list by the end of the month, Mayor\'s Offic');
document.write('e officials said.</p><p>It doesn\'t appear that any site north of the Bay Bridge - including future cruise terminal P');
document.write('ier 27 and Fort Mason - is large enough to host the international race, said Michael Cohen, director of the Mayor\'s Offi');
document.write('ce of Economic and Workforce Development.</p><p>But the 13-acre site at piers 30 and 32, in the shadow of the Bay Br');
document.write('idge, may have a jump on other southern waterfront sites. The southern sites are more likely to have longer unbroken str');
document.write('etches of flat area ideal for Cup support venues. The site was explored as a potential host by billionaire Larry Ellison');
document.write('\'s BMW Oracle Racing team four years ago, when it hoped to win the previous America\'s Cup and bring the race to San Fran');
document.write('cisco, said Peter Dailey, maritime director of the Port of San Francisco.</p><p>In a meeting Tuesday, the Port Commi');
document.write('ssion voted to do "everything possible" to bring the 34th America\'s Cup race to San Francisco.</p><p>Dailey said the');
document.write(' Port has spoken with the Coast Guard and the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association and both have given a thumbs-up to th');
document.write('e idea, despite the constant traffic of commercial vehicles in the Bay corridor.</p><p>"It\'ll be a little like runni');
document.write('ng a drag race on a freeway, but it can be done," Dailey said. -- Katie Worth</p><p>Full article on the San Francisc');
document.write('o Examiner:<br /><a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Citys-waterfront-sites-vetted-to-host-Americas-Cup-87192902.h');
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document.write('><b>ATLANTIC ROLL</b><br />The current phase offshore of the Brazilian coast isn\'t the easiest section on this round t');
document.write('he world, with a mass of storm squalls making it difficult to anticipate the trajectory. Navigator Stan Honey, in collab');
document.write('oration with the onshore router Sylvain Mondon, is constantly having to adapt Groupama 3\'s course in order to extract he');
document.write('r from this zone and finally make it through to the tradewinds to the North of the 22 parallel.</p><p>The forecast w');
document.write('ind report isn\'t yet tallying up with the current situation on the water. The atmospheric sounding didn\'t predict the ga');
document.write('le which ripped through the navigation zone to the SE of Rio de Janeiro at 40 knots with very choppy seas last night. Th');
document.write('e fatigue related to this round the world is beginning to weigh on them now and the crew has lost weight since leaving U');
document.write('shant. Furthermore this transition around 300 miles to the North, at the mercy of the wind, may well prove to be the key');
document.write(' to this Jules Verne Trophy.</p><p>Right now there are zones of high pressure to the left and to the right. The calm');
document.write(' zones have got Groupama 3 surrounded and she is having to zigzag her way between the squalls, which are causing massive');
document.write(' changes in both the strength and direction of the wind, with shifts of over 60° and a breeze oscillating between 10 and');
document.write(' 20 knots.</p><p>"We hope to make it into the tradewinds during the course of Thursday night. However, for the time ');
document.write('being, our progress northward is really being hampered. When we head to the left towards the Brazilian coast, the wind h');
document.write('eads us as it switches round to the NW and we stumble in a line of squalls. And when we head to the right, the wind veer');
document.write('s to the NE as it eases! We\'re forced to tack on a constant basis to remain in the centre. weaving our way along in line');
document.write(' with the breeze. Fortunately, given that Groupama 3 makes such great headway in light winds, we\'re managing to manœuvre');
document.write(' well. Orange 2 wouldn\'t have made such good progress in winds like this!" -- translated by Kate Jennings</p><p>Grou');
document.write('pama 3\'s log (departure on 31st January at 13h 55\' 53\'\' UTC)</p><p>Day 35 (7th March 1400 UTC): 382 miles (deficit =');
document.write(' 100 miles)<br />Day 36 (8th March 1400 UTC): 317 miles (deficit = 326 miles)<br />Day 37 (9th March 1400 UTC): 506 mi');
document.write('les (deficit = 331 miles)<br />Day 38 (10th March 1400 UTC): 321 miles (deficit = 384 miles)</p><p><a href="http://');
document.write('www.cammas-groupama.com">www.cammas-groupama.com</a></p><p><b>GLISS RETURNS TO DEFEND HER TITLE</b><br />With prep');
document.write('arations now well underway for the 2010 Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, the list of yachts planning to compete at this ye');
document.write('ar\'s event is growing almost daily.</p><p>Royal Huisman\'s 32 metre Gliss, designed by Philippe Briand, will be retur');
document.write('ning to defend her title in 2010. </p><p>The latest yachts to register include Southern Ocean Marine\'s 32 metre Liar');
document.write('a and the 30 metre, Frers Designed Wally Dark Shadow. We are also pleased to welcome back Barry Houghton racing on his n');
document.write('ew, Dubois designed, Fitzroy built 45 metre Salperton - "I am delighted to be returning to Porto Cervo this year with my');
document.write(' new Salperton for the Loro Piana Regatta. The fleet registered so far will make for exciting competition and I have no ');
document.write('doubt that the teams at Boat International Media and Yacht Club Costa Smeralda will once again put on a fantastic social');
document.write(' programme."</p><p>Click here to see the latest entry list<br /><a href="http://www.loropianasuperyachtregatta.com/');
document.write('entries.html">www.loropianasuperyachtregatta.com/entries.html</a></p><p><b>THE EVEN KEEL PROJECT IS GOING GLOBAL IN');
document.write(' 2010</b><br />Sailing is one of very few sports in which having a physical disability does not have to be a disadvanta');
document.write('ge. Through its adaptive sailing programme, The Even Keel Project is providing able bodied and disabled enthusiasts with');
document.write(' the opportunity to participate together in a sailing activity that would otherwise be normally outside their reach.</p');
document.write('><p>Of particular note at the start of the new sailing season is the developing interest from overseas organisations ');
document.write('in establishing centres of excellence through The Even Keel Project in their regions, particularly in the USA, Netherlan');
document.write('ds and Ireland.</p><p>After a busy weekend exhibiting on the Sailability stand at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, The Eve');
document.write('n Keel Project is now gearing up for The British Leisure Show at Windsor Racecourse between 19-21 March (on Stand BW410)');
document.write(' and they are also holding an Open Day at the UKSA in Cowes, Isle of Wight, on Friday 9th April to encourage anyone inte');
document.write('rested to come along and Try Sailing! </p><p>There\'s a full calendar of on-shore and on-water activity on the Projec');
document.write('t\'s website: <a href="http://www.theevenkeel.com">www.theevenkeel.com</a></p><p><b>CAPE TOWN\'S SIGNAL HILL NOON DAY');
document.write(' GUN RELEASES MAJAN ON LEG 3</b><br />The giant A100 Trimaran \'Majan\' shot across the Cape Town start line of the third');
document.write(' leg of the Indian Ocean 5 Capes Race just off Table Bay harbour\'s breakwater at exactly midday (12:00 Local time) today');
document.write(' to track a course down south to the treacherous seas of the Southern Ocean for her next stop in Fremantle, Australia.<');
document.write('/p><p>With skipper Paul Standbridge at the helm, the speed machine quickly built pace of over 23 knots in a brisk 14 ');
document.write('knot south westerly breeze and dark rain threatening skies.</p><p>On the crew is world famous French round the world');
document.write(' sailor Sidney Gavignet,crack French America\'s Cup sailor Thierry Douillard, former Team Shosholoza sailor Michael Giles');
document.write(' from Port Elizabeth, Omani sailor Mohsin Al Busaidi who became the first Arab to sail non-stop around the world last ye');
document.write('ar, Mohammed Al Ghailani a young Omani trainee sailorand Olympic sailor Mark Covell who is the media crew on board.</p>');
document.write('<p>Cape Town is a designated as the first stopover for the race which is planned in 2012. Conceived by OC Events and ');
document.write('campaigned by Oman Sail, the Indian Ocean 5 Capes Race will be the first ever yacht race to link the Middle East, Africa');
document.write(', Australia and Asia and the first ever race of its kind in the Indian Ocean.</p><p><a href="http://www.indianocean5');
document.write('capesrace.com">www.indianocean5capesrace.com</a></p><p>Follow Majan on its Indian Ocean, 5 Capes Race at : <a href="');
document.write('http://www.majan-a100.com">www.majan-a100.com</a><br />See also: <a href="http://www.omansail.com">www.omansail.com</a>');
document.write('</p><p><b>RESCUE REVOLUTION</b><br />An announcement by the UK government that they have decided on their preferre');
document.write('d bidder for a new search and rescue contract has raised questions about the changes being planned.</p><p>Search and');
document.write(' rescue (SAR) services are to be part privatised in 2012, a very long-term plan that has been shaped by the government\'s');
document.write(' adoption of Public Finance Initiatives for procurement.</p><p>A lot of yachtsmen are worried about what it might me');
document.write('an for civilian rescue. Does this herald a future reduction in military SAR operations, perhaps even the start of a priv');
document.write('atised system where the user pays?</p><p>Here are some answers based on released information as well a recent interv');
document.write('iew with Stuart Carruthers, the cruising manager of the RYA, who has been following developments closely.</p><p>What');
document.write(' is the new search and rescue contract?</p><p>The contract is a Public Finance Initiative that will provide and main');
document.write('tain rotary wing aircraft for search and rescue for the next 25 years. The contract is worth &pound;6 billion.</p><p>');
document.write('What is Soteria and what are they bidding to do?</p><p>Soteria is a consortium made up of CHC, Thales UK, Sikorsky ');
document.write('and the Royal Bank of Scotland. Among the criteria for the bid is to maintain or improve current levels of service, so c');
document.write('overage of the UK\'s sea area  (3.6 million km2), speed of response, time to location and time that SAR crews can spend o');
document.write('n location are all stipulated.</p><p>Why is this change considered necessary?</p><p>Mainly because the Sikorsky ');
document.write('Sea King helicopters being used by the Royal Navy and RAF are ageing fleets, expensive to maintain and heading towards o');
document.write('bsolescence. The design dates from the early Sixties.</p><p>Full report from Elaine Bunting on her blog:</p><p><');
document.write('a href="http://www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/elaine-bunting/445707/rescue-revolution">www.yachtingworld.com</a></p><p>');
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document.write('ing scribe Stuart Alexander was \'run down\' (presumably by a car) in Auckland\'s Viaduct Basin where he was based covering');
document.write(' the Louis Vuitton Trophy. It also happened to be the day, 2nd March, that he was meant to be celebrating his birthday w');
document.write('ith a special dinner in Auckland that evening. As it turned out he was rushed to hospital and has only just come off the');
document.write(' critical list and out of intensive care having suffered some very severe injuries. I am sure I will be joined by many i');
document.write('n wishing Stuart a belated Happy Birthday but more importantly sending our warmest best wishes for a full recovery.</p>');
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