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RYA Call for Final Rolex Commodores’ Cup Entries
Teams wanting to win the right to fill the two remaining Team GBR spots for the 2008 Rolex Commodores’ Cup have until Friday 14 March to enter the event selection trials.

As in 2006 RYA Team GBR is hoping to enter four teams in the Rolex Commodores’ Cup, with each team comprising one boat in each of three specified class bands.

One team, comprising the John Shepherd-owned Kerr 46 Fair Dos VII in Class 1, the Kerr 39 Erivale, run by Jerry Otter and chartered from Mike Greville, in Class 2 and Peter Rutter’s Corby 36 Quokka in Class 3, has already been selected for the event.

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Kitesurfing Around The Isle of Wight
Fat Face Team rider Chris Bull is attempting to circumnavigate the Isle Of Wight by kite surfing anticlockwise around the island, and is hoping to find favourable conditions in the next two weeks.

Although Chris very nearly circumnavigated the island in 2004, the wind suddenly changed direction right at the end, which hampered his attempt. As yet, no one has achieved this feat, so it’s a ‘first’ yet to be broken.

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Canadians Go Big at Tornado Worlds in Auckland
One of the outstanding results of last week’s 2008 Tornado World Championships was the Canadian team of Oskar Johansson and Kevin Stittle who took second place and secured one of the final three 2008 Olympic berths for Canada. The team, who competed with an Ullman Sails mainsail and jib, finished five points behind World Champions Darren Bundock and Glen Ashby. Ready to contest for first place on the final day, Johansson and Stittle never had the chance – racing was canceled due to high winds and poor visibility.

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