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29,700 miles sailed with only another 1,000 to go
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I’ve been lucky with the weather so far since departing Mehamn. It’s been said that luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity - who knows. Gary Player, the great South African golfer once said, ‘The more I practice, the luckier I get.’ I hooked onto a band of east winds to ride over the top of northern Norway, then north-easterlies chased me down the coast as far as Vestfjorden. Since then the wind combos have been more or less kind allowing Barrabas to weave a track towards the Shetland Islands.
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In brief
- Race direction announces a compulsory ice gate
- "It's great to have the race village in The Barbican", says two-times winner Loick Peyron
Read our feature about historic Plymouth here
- Meet Steve White, the 13th man in the IMOCA lineup
- Read SOLO, the official race magazine online http://www.theartemistransat.com/solo/uk
- Remember LIVESKIPPER has opened its registration – your chance to race the boats yourself, live, during the race from the dry and warm cockpit of your computer desk! http://www.liveskipper.com
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Maxx2 from Contender Sailcloth adds fifth angle for increased sail performance
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May 2008 - The technology behind the development and manufacture of sailcloth is extremely sophisticated, but for most sailors and boat owners the main criterion when buying sails are performance, strength, durability and easy handling.
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Mystic Seaport Announces Annual Education Award Winner
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Mystic, Conn. ~ William Federowicz, a sixth grade teacher at Booth Hill
Elementary School in Shelton, has been named this year's recipient of
the Mystic Seaport Orion Award for Excellence. Federowicz will be
honored at an awards dinner May 16.
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New Quantum Racing TP52 is Ready to Race
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ALICANTE, SPAIN, April 8, 2005 - The new Botin Carkeek-designed TP 52
Quantum Racing completed its sea trials and initial sail tuning program last
week and is ready to race in Alicante in the first regatta of the six-race
2008 Audi Med-Cup Circuit. Racing starts Monday, April 12. The new boat is
owned and campaigned by partners Fred Howe and Doug DeVos.
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PASSENGERS TAKEN OFF GROUNDED CRUISE SHIP
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LATVIAN naval vessels have taken more than 650 passengers off the
Bahamas-flag 28,891 Mona Lisa which grounded about 10 miles off the
country's coast early on Sunday morning.
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TRICKY CONDITIONS IN LANGENARGEN
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The first day of Match Race Germany in Langenargen on Lake Constance saw a picture perfect landscape with only one slight problem…the wind, or lack of it. After the opening ceremony hosted by the Langenargen Yacht Club in the striking Montfort Castle last night the first 2 races of flight one were started this morning, and while the left looked to be favoured the wind soon died away from both sides leaving the races abandoned. The course was moved West in an effort to find more wind
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BRP EVINRUDE E-TEC 300-HP MAKES UK DEBUT AT RIBEX
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RIBEX 2008, 9th - 11th May 2008
BRP Recreational Products UK Ltd will be introducing the newest
addition to the Evinrude(®) outboard engine range at this year's
RIBEX, from 9th - 11th May. The new Evinrude E-TEC(®) 300-hp model
continues the innovation, performance, and ease-of-use that are
integral to Evinrude engines.
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The Mersey makes its mark as Exmouth's new lifeboat beats low tide
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Exmouth RNLI's new Mersey class all weather lifeboat has proved its worth in a low water rescue (Thursday 8 May 2008). The lifeboat successfully negotiated the Swashway channel to assist a yachtsman who'd run aground. The stations former Trent class lifeboat would not have been able to launch at this state of the tide.
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it’s A ‘flook’ at the Maritime Museum
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The Maritime Museum continues to deliver an ever changing experience to its visitors with a new installation of a rare historic boat.
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