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A SECOND COMPLE');
document.write('X NIGHT AT SEA The 45 Figaro sailors set off from Le Havre in Northern Normandy yesterday on their first leg, ');
document.write('515 miles to the Gijon, in Asturias on the Spanish Cantabrian coastline. Eric Peron (Skipper Macif 2009) grabbed Karine ');
document.write('Fauconnier\'s (Eric Bompard Cachemir) early lead shortly after the last position poll and has continued over the past twe');
document.write('nty four hours to maintain a narrow margin over his immediate pursuers, Erwan Tabarly (Nacarat), Adrien Hardy (Agir Reco');
document.write('uvrement), Nicolas Lunven (Generali) Armel le Cleac\'h (Brit Air). Sailors who opted for a more inshore course were rewar');
document.write('ded with a lead this morning, however as the fleet rounded the Cherbourg headland filing down past and between Guernsey ');
document.write('and Sark, the bulk regrouped. The coming twenty-four hours promises to be just as complex as the sailors attempt to get ');
document.write('some rest and keep their keel and rudders clear of the seaweed before embarking on the passage at Four and the maritime ');
document.write('traffic at Ushant on the turn south into the Bay of Biscay.
Eric Peron (Skipper Macif 2009) holds just a tenth');
document.write(' of a mile lead over both Erwan Tabarly (Nacarat) and Adrien Hardy (Agir Recouvrement), all of whom opted for a more ins');
document.write('hore route under the rhumb line. Twenty-nine sailors are within two miles of each other twenty-four hours into racing, p');
document.write('roving once more just how high and level the standard of racing is. Each inch of a mile is eked out with effort and conc');
document.write('entration.
Most agree that there will be choices to be taken and options that open upon rounding the next majo');
document.write('r point of passage, where the wind is forecast to veer round towards the north, northwest and "decreasing before increas');
document.write('ing at the Raz de Sein" predicts Sylvain Mondon from Meteo France, "the ridge of high pressure is expected to drift toni');
document.write('ght just ahead of the fleet right up to Friday, when they will have to negotiate crossing it on the final approach to Gi');
document.write('jon. Early forecast would expect to see the first to finish in Gijon in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A');
document.write('nthony Marchand (Espoir Region Bretagne) leads the rookies in 15th place, whilst Jonny Malbon (Artemis) from the UK lies');
document.write(' in 20th place well positioned with the leaders. Pietro D\'Alì (I.NOVA 3) has managed to catch up on the leaders and curr');
document.write('ently stands in 27th place and just 1.7 nm from the leader, after having lost ground on the more offshore option last ni');
document.write('ght and Francisco Lobato (Roff / Team-Tempo) has narrowed his gap on the leaders to 7.4 miles bringing up the back of th');
document.write('e fleet. -- Sabina Mollart-Rogerson
Top ten at 1600 GMT Wednesday:
1. Eric Peron, Skipper MACIF 2009');
document.write(', 364.6 nm to leg finish 2. Erwan Tabarly, NACARAT, .10 nm to leader 3. Adrien Hardy, AGIR Recouvrement, .10');
document.write(' 4. Nicolas Lunven, Generali, .40 5. Armel Le Cleach\'h, Brit Air, .80 6. Eric Drouglazet, Luisina, .80');
document.write(' 7. Frederic Rivet, Vendee 1, .08 8. Ronan Treussart, Lufthansa, .90 9. Francois Gabart, Skipper Macif');
document.write(' 2010, 1.0 10. Laurent Gouezigoux, Trier C\'est Preserver, 1.1
MARTIN BYRNE CLAIMS DRAGON IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP Cultra, Northern Ireland: The D');
document.write('ragon fleets of the North and South of Ireland have always sailed as one and this is not the first time that the Dragon ');
document.write('Irish Championship has been sailed in Cultra. Sadly in recent years there has been little active Dragon sailing in the N');
document.write('orth of Ireland and so it was particularly rewarding to see a large fleet of Dragons back on Belfast Lough.
Fr');
document.write('om 22 to 25 July the competitors enjoyed seven demanding championship races under the watchful eye of PRO Alan Crossbie ');
document.write('and his team who worked incredibly hard to make the very best of the often light and shifty conditions. The quality of t');
document.write('he fleet was outstanding by anyone\'s reckonning, including many of Ireland\'s top sailors along with some very well known');
document.write(' overseas visitors, and as a result the racing was a joy to watch with constant place changes on every leg.
Th');
document.write('e 2011 Dragon Irish Championship will be held at Kinsale, the venue for the 2012 Dragon Gold Cup, and details about this');
document.write(' event will be published in due course at www.dragonclass.ie
Overall T');
document.write('op Five
1. Martin Byrne, Adam Winkleman, Pedro Andrade, IRL, 14 points 2. Don O\'Donoghue, Gwen Chapelain');
document.write(', Dallas Caskey, IRL, 19 3. Andrew Craig, Mark Pettitt, Brian Matthews, IRL, 20 4. Klaus Diederichs, Andy Be');
document.write('adsworth, Jamie Lea, GBR, 24 5. Simon Brien, David Gomes, David Good, IRL, 40
H');
document.write('ENRI LLOYD PRESENCE AT COWES WEEK Henri Lloyd will be supporting both TEAMORIGIN and the Extreme Sailing Serie');
document.write('s as their Official Technical Clothing partner as they take to the waters during Cowes Week this year.
The Ext');
document.write('reme Sailing Series will be racing from 31st July to 5th August off Egypt Point and as ever shall be an amazing display ');
document.write('of high octane and close quarters racing!
TEAMORIGIN will be hosting the 1851 Cup with the Royal Thames yacht ');
document.write('Club against BMW ORACLE Racing from the 3rd to the 6th August.
Henri Lloyd shall also be selling official TEAM');
document.write('ORIGIN merchandise from our own store on the High Street.
MANROLAND TORNADO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP No wind, no racing but a great party for the Tornado');
document.write('s on Day 3 of the Worlds.
Not a lot of news as the wind did not make an appearance but that wasn\'t all bad as ');
document.write('it gave sailors time for lots of boat fixing and chilling out around the boat park.
The weather forecast for W');
document.write('ednesday is light winds again: 4-7 knots in the morning and 6-9 knots for the afternoon. So it will be back to work no m');
document.write('atter the size of the hangover!
Top 10 after 5 races
1. Roland Gabler, Nahid Gabler, GER, 5 points2. Iordanis Paschalidis, Konstantin Trigonis, GRE, 10 3. Helge Sach, Christian Sach, GER, 10 4. Brett B');
document.write('urvill, Ryan Duffield, AUS, 14 5. Nikolaos Mavros, Alaexander Tagaropoulos, GRE, 22 6. Christina Loweg, Flor');
document.write('ian Loweg, GER, 24 7. Martin Rusterholz, Simon Koster, SUI, 24 8. Veit Hemmeter, Niko Mittelmeier, GER, 259. Adam Beattie, Jamie Leitner, AUS, 44 10. Heiko Sohle, Thomas Noll, GER, 44
TEAM AQUA TAKES MATCH RACI');
document.write('NG CHAMPIONSHIP Valencia, Spain: The conditions today off Malvarrosa Beach were similar to yesterday\'s 20-knot');
document.write(' winds, but the match racing at the RC 44 Valencia Cup was even more boisterous.
New Zealander Cameron Appleto');
document.write('n and Team Aqua captured the match racing portion of the week-long regatta with a 9-1 record. They clinched the title wi');
document.write('th a victory over Russell Coutts and BMW ORACLE Racing in flight 13.
Aqua is hull No. 3 in the fleet, but sho');
document.write('ws little sign of aging after four years of hard racing.
One loss behind Team Aqua, Day 1 leader Terry Hutchin');
document.write('son and Artemis finished at 8-2 and tied with BMW ORACLE Racing for second place. Artemis won the tie-breaker by virtue ');
document.write('of yesterday\'s head-to-head win.
BMW ORACLE had a chance to win the match racing, but fell short in its head-t');
document.write('o-head match against Aqua.
Paul Cayard and Katusha scored a big win against Artemis when they completed a pena');
document.write('lty turn on the finish line.
Markus Wieser and Sea Dubai pulled off a similarly exciting win against Rod Davis');
document.write(' and Ceeref. The Slovenian boat had rolled Sea Dubai on starboard jibe two-thirds of the way down the run to the finish,');
document.write(' and then crossed ahead on port jibe just inside the committee boat end of the line to capture the point.
Tomo');
document.write('rrow is a scheduled practice day for the fleet racing portion of the RC 44 Valencia Cup, which starts Friday. Three pre-');
document.write('starts are planned in the afternoon, followed by a practice race. Organizers hope to finish the race in the Darsena. Ele');
document.write('ven youth sailors between the ages of 15 and 17 years will be on hand as guest crewmen.
(Match racing final re');
document.write('sults) 1. Team Aqua / Cameron Appleton, UAE, 9-1, 9 points 2. Artemis / Terry Hutchinson, SWE, 8-2, 8 ');
document.write('3. BMW ORACLE Racing / Russell Coutts, USA, 8-2, 8 4. Team Sea Dubai / Markus Weiser, UAE, 6-4, 6 5. 17 / Ja');
document.write('mes Spithill, USA, 6-4, 6 6. Katusha / Paul Cayard, RUS, 5-5, 5 7. No Way Back / Ray Davies, NED, 5-5, 5 8. Ceeref / Rod Davis, SLO, 5-5, 3 * 9. Islas Canarias Puerto Calero / Jose Maria Ponce, ESP, 2-8, 2 10. ');
document.write('Mascalzone Latino Audi Team / Tommaso Chieffi, ITA, 1-9, 1 11. AEZ RC44 Sailing Team / Christian Binder, AUT, 0-10');
document.write(', 0 (* includes 2-point penalty deduction)
ANOTHER MIXED DAY IN MEDEMBLIK Medemblik, Netherlands: After a second shifty offshore breeze day, Batozs Madr');
document.write('coy continues to lead the OK Europeans in Medemblik, Netherlands. Jorgen Lindhardtsen moves up to second with race six r');
document.write('ace winner Greg Wilcox (NZL) in third after six races.
The forecast of stronger winds were not accurate and da');
document.write('y three was sailed in 8-12 knots of shifty offshore winds with 20-30 degree shifts upsetting at least half of the fleet,');
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The left hand side was generally favoured in race five and was led from start to finish by the overnight lead');
document.write('er Rakocy to cement his lead at the top of the scoresheet. Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) finished second and day one leader ');
document.write('Terry Curtis (GBR) refound his earlier form to finish third. The race was perhaps defined by the number of black flags i');
document.write('ncluding front runners Tim Goodbody (IRL), Pawel Pawlaczyk (POL) and Antoni Pawlowski (POL), which has significantly cha');
document.write('nged the overall ordering.
Race six was characterised by a large right shift on the first beat and a large lef');
document.write('t shift on the second beat which left the leaders laughing and the tail enders hoping.
After six races one dis');
document.write('card has now kicked in. Rakocy had a very good day with a 1-3 to move into a ten point lead and Lindhardtsen, the 1978 W');
document.write('orld Champion and 1998 European Champion, also had a good day with a 2-5 to move into second overall and. After a 5-1, G');
document.write('reg Wilcox, the 2002 World Champion, moves into third overall.
Racing continues to Friday with four more races');
document.write(' scheduled.
Results after 6 races 1. Bartosz Rakocy, POL, 12 points 2. Jorgen Lindhardtsen, DEN, 2');
document.write('2 3. Greg Wilcox, NZL, 28 4. Tim Goodbody, IRL, 33 5. Martin von Zimmermann, GER, 40 6. Thomas G');
document.write('las, GER, 43 7. Terry Curtis, GBR, 43 8. Antoni Pawlowski, POL, 50 9. Pawel Pawlaczyk, POL, 51 1');
document.write('0. Oliver Gronholz, GER, 52
TORBAY WEEK 2010 EARLY ENTRY DATE The closing date for discounted entries for this year\'s Torbay ');
document.write('Week, is August 1.
The six day event, starting on Friday August 20, is run by the Bay\'s four sailing and yacht');
document.write(' clubs and includes a four day yachting championship together with social entertainment each night at the clubhouses.
Free berthing is again provided at town moorings by Tor Bay Harbour Authority, together with free launching for ');
document.write('dinghies taking part.
Torbay Week director, David Homer: "We\'ve consistently received great feedback from comp');
document.write('etitors about the standard of racing at Torbay Week. We\'re extremely fortunate to have world class race officers who tog');
document.write('ether with our volunteers will again run a fantastic event.
Entry can be made using the online payment system ');
document.write('on the Torbay Week website - www.torbayweek.co.uk or by sending an application');
document.write(' form downloaded from the website to Royal Torbay Yacht Club, Beacon Terrace, Torquay, TQ1 2BH.
Entries start ');
document.write('at £25 for a dinghy, £65 for a PY cruiser and £75 for an IRC cruiser.
Torbay Week is run by');
document.write(' Torbay Week Management Group for Babbacombe Corinthian SC, Brixham YC, Paignton SC, Royal Torbay YC.
The eve');
document.write('nt is supported by the English Riviera Tourist Board.
ESPADA WINS THE WIGHT VODKA WOKC REGATTA Hamble, England: It was a weekend of awesome sai');
document.write('ling and great Wight Vodka receptions, capped off with the winning crew from Espada taking the trophy and Wight Vodka Re');
document.write('gatta Caps.
Louise Morton\'s Espada beat 16 other teams to win the Women\'s Open Keelboat Championship 2010. It\'');
document.write('s the third time Louise has claimed the trophy, but this year the competition was hot on her heels, as Pip Hare came sec');
document.write('ond in her Elan 37 Elaine, and the J105 JOS of Hamble, skippered by Clemency Ives, coming in third.
One hundre');
document.write('d and sixty women from all over the UK and abroad took part in the event, which was hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht C');
document.write('lub in Hamble, and supported by championship sponsor Coffin Mew LLP, race sponsor Dubarry of Ireland and drinks sponsor ');
document.write('Wight Vodka. Six races over two days were split into three classes - IRC1, IRC2 and J80. Espada, the 1/4 tonner, won al');
document.write('l six races in IRC2 to claim the class victory, but Elaine came close to pushing her off the top of the Championship, wi');
document.write('nning five races in IRC1 to claim class victory, but not quite the Championship. Swallow, skippered by Viks Lincoln, cam');
document.write('e out on top in the J80 class.
To enter your crew into the 2011 WOKC, please visit the WOKC website for updat');
document.write('es:wokc.moonfruit.com
CLIPPER BOATS ENTER SEVENSTAR ROUND BRITAIN AND IRELAND RACE Having recently returned from their 35,000-mile circumnavigation of the globe in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yac');
document.write('ht Race, Clipper Ventures is pleased to announce that the two British entries, Hull & Humber and Edinburgh Inspiring Cap');
document.write('ital, will be taking to the race track once more by taking part in the Royal Ocean Racing Club\'s Sevenstar Round Britain');
document.write(' and Ireland Race ( sevenstar.rorc.org ).
Starting on Monday 23 August');
document.write(' 2010, the fully crewed, non-stop Round Britain and Ireland Race covers 1,802 miles and the two Clipper 68s will be raci');
document.write('ng against IMOCA 60s, Class 40s and Multihulls as well as the 100 foot maxi ICAP Leopard which is looking to break Artem');
document.write('is Ocean Racing\'s 2006 record of 7 days, 4 hours, 29 minutes, 40 seconds. The teams will start from the Royal Yacht Squa');
document.write('dron line in Cowes on the Isle of Wight and race clockwise around Britain and Ireland.
Returning to take charg');
document.write('e of Hull & Humber after he was med-evac\'d in the North Pacific when a wave broke his leg during Clipper 09-10, is Salis');
document.write('bury based skipper, Piers Dudin.
Skipper of Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, Matt Pike, will be handing over charg');
document.write('e of the Scottish entry to Uniquely Singapore\'s skipper Jim Dobie for the race. Jim will be bringing some Scottish blood');
document.write(' to the team as the Australian skipper explains.
Both skippers will be leading mixed teams with experienced cr');
document.write('ew from previous Clipper Races as well as recently trained Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race crew who are looking');
document.write(' at getting some Clipper 68 racing experience prior to the next edition of the biennial challenge which starts in August');
document.write(' 2011.
BUMPER ENTRY FOR 50TH ENDEAVOUR TROPHY Burnham-');
document.write('on-Crouch, Essex: The dinghy Champion of Champions event - the Endeavour Trophy - celebrates its 50th anniversary this y');
document.write('ear. To mark this historic occasion, the host club, the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch, is extending t');
document.write('he event to run over three days (1-3 October) and to include a grand \'open\' Endeavour dinner on the Saturday night.
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This historic annual event, which was first held in 1961, is invitation only to determine the overall dinghy champ');
document.write('ion of champions from the UK\'s most popular dinghy racing classes, but in this special 50th year, the organisers have op');
document.write('ened up the invitation to former Endeavour champions who will race in the Masters\' Championship.
The Advanta-s');
document.write('ponsored Masters\' championship - to be held on the Sunday - will be a great spectators\' event with the likes of former c');
document.write('hampions Keith Musto, Nick Martin, Chips Howard, Ian Southworth, David Hayes, Mike Holmes, Alan Gillard, Steve Tylecote,');
document.write(' Mike McNamara, Nick Craig, and last year\'s winner Geoff Carveth among those signed up so far.
The race progra');
document.write('mme for the 50th Anniversary Endeavour Trophy for 2010 champions starts on Friday 1 October, racing for the Endeavour se');
document.write('ries continues all day Saturday, and concludes on Sunday morning.
Racing takes place in carefully selected, st');
document.write('rict one-designs. Owing to the success of the last five years, the Ian Howlett-designed Topper Xenon is the chosen class');
document.write(' once again. Not only does this particular design offer an ideal all-up crew weight range of between 18-24 stone (114-15');
document.write('2 kilos), but also because it\'s a relatively new design and has no class championship, there is no class champion to gai');
document.write('n an unfair advantage.
Topper, who have specifically built and kindly loaned the fleet of 30 brand-new Xenons ');
document.write('for the event, have been working closely with Hyde who are supplying sails, and Allen Brothers the fittings. Together th');
document.write('ey have been able to produce an \'Endeavour boat\' that is arguably the most fair choice of class in the history of the ev');
document.write('ent.
HOTEL AND DEVELOPMENT LAND FORSALE IN BEQUIA The Receiver of Friendship Bay Hotel ');
document.write('Limited (in Receivership) offers for sale the land and property situated at Friendship Bay Hotel in Bequia, St Vincent a');
document.write('nd the Grenadines.
- Located on c 435,600 sq ft land; - c.20% beachfront; - Development potential;');
document.write(' - Rear undeveloped land is sloping with ocean views; - Hotel consists of 19 rooms and 5 suites (2 with indi');
document.write('vidual plunge pools); - Beachfront restaurant/bar; - Breakfast room; and - Private jetty.
Ab');
document.write('out Bequia Bequia has its own airport with daily scheduled flights to and from Barbados and several other of the G');
document.write('renadine Islands. Bequia is the second largest of the Islands after the capital island of St. Vincent. It measures appro');
document.write('ximately 7 square miles and has a population of approximately 5,000 people. It has a strong maritime heritage and is a f');
document.write('avourite destination for yachts from all over the world. Friendship Bay is a sheltered south facing bay on Bequia\'s wind');
document.write('ward side with a broad sandy beach.
Further details available on request. Indicative offers by 5pm EST M');
document.write('onday 16 August 2010.
Contact for enquiries Claire Loebell Phone: +1 345 814 8922 Email: <');
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LEGENDS SIGNED UP FOR SKANDIA SAIL FOR GOLD Weymouth, Great Britain: Entries for the Skandia Sail fo');
document.write('r Gold regatta have now closed and a record number of competitors and nations have entered the fifth installment of this');
document.write(' ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta.
Many of the world\'s top sailors have signed up, including World, European and');
document.write(' Olympic champions, who will all descend on Weymouth and Portland from 9 - 14 August for the final regatta of the ISAF S');
document.write('ailing World Cup 2009-2010. Some of these competitors are returning to Olympic class sailing after a break for events su');
document.write('ch as the Volvo Ocean Race and America\'s Cup. Triple Olympic gold and silver medallist Ben Ainslie (GBR) announced his e');
document.write('ntry this week. Nearly two years to the day that he secured his third Olympic gold in Beijing, Ben returns to compete in');
document.write(' his Finn.
Current ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year Torben Grael (BRA) and Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) are set ');
document.write('to compete at this event. Grael, a five time Olympic medallist has recently returned to the Star. His last Olympic appea');
document.write('rance was in Athens in 2004, and most recently he skippered Ericsson 4 to victory in the 2008/09 edition of the Volvo Oc');
document.write('ean Race. He will be competing in the highly competitive Star class, where he secured bronze at the World Championships ');
document.write('in Rio earlier this year, in Weymouth he and fellow crew Marcelo Ferreira will line up alongside current World Champions');
document.write(' and Beijing gold medallists Skandia Team GBR\'s Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson.
With a gold medal in the Laser ');
document.write('Radial Class from Beijing under her belt, Tunnicliffe is back competing both on her Radial in 2010 and also lining up in');
document.write(' the fiercely competitive Women\'s Match Racing class at Weymouth.
The international field is a depth of talen');
document.write('t including Australian 470 Beijing gold medal-winning crew Malcolm Page, fresh from winning the World Championships with');
document.write(' Mathew Belcher. Olympic veteran, quadruple Olympic medallist Robert Scheidt (BRA), and recently crowned Women\'s 470 Wor');
document.write('ld Champions Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout (NED).
Claire Leroy (FRA) and crew, currently ranked third over');
document.write('all in the ISAF Sailing World Cup Women\'s Match Racing standings will be battling it out with just one point separating ');
document.write('the top three boats led by Skandia Team GBR\'s Lucy Macgregor and crew. Elsewhere the Finn class is equally as close, wit');
document.write('h just seven points seperating the top three sailors. Britain\'s Ed Wright will be looking to defend his ISAF Sailing Wor');
document.write('ld Cup title, but with Finn heavyweights including Beijing silver medallist Zach Railey (USA), Ivan Kljakovic gaspic (CR');
document.write('O), Jonathan Lobert (FRA) and Ben Ainslie\'s return to the circuit, it is clear there will be a well fought battle for th');
document.write('e overall title.
ECO 60');
document.write(' CLASS LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE The Eco 60 Class of ocean racing yachts today launches its own dedicated website. ');
document.write('The new class - which currently makes use of Open 60 yachts launched before 2003 - was created as an ecological, sustain');
document.write('able and affordable ocean racing yacht still capable of blistering speeds and top performance, with a proven track recor');
document.write('d of reliability and safety.
The Eco 60 Class website - www.eco60.org or www.eco60.net - goes live today with detailed information about the yachts and the back');
document.write('ground to the class, as well as a section devoted to Eco 60s for sale.
The class is all about allowing enthusi');
document.write('astic sailors with limited funds to make their mark on the world of ocean racing, and will be premiered in the VELUX 5 O');
document.write('CEANS 2010. The Eco 60 Class takes advantage of the large market of third generation Open 60 yachts for sale, effectivel');
document.write('y recycling them back into the world they were built for - solo ocean racing.
VELUX 5 OCEANS chairman Sir Robi');
document.write('n Knox-Johnston has been a pioneer of the Eco 60 Class after sailing one in the 2007 edition of the VELUX 5 OCEANS.
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"The 28-year history of the VELUX 5 OCEANS is peppered with stories of unknown sailors of limited means who emerge');
document.write('d to make their mark on ocean racing. Some became famous; others simply achieved their life\'s dream of a solo circumnavi');
document.write('gation. The Eco 60 Class continues that tradition."
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Flirt has pro');
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