Yachting-Live

Patience Pays Off in the Raymarine Warsash Spring Series

What a difference a week makes to the weather in the Solent. After the gales and bitter cold wind over the Easter holiday, the second week of the Raymarine Warsash Spring Series on 30th March was greeted with sunshine and blue sky. Only the breeze was elusive but after some delays, all competitors enjoyed a taxing day’s racing, even if this meant plenty of work for the course setters and mark layers having constantly to revise their plans in the light and variable wind.

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Farr 40 European Fleet Calendar
Porto Cervo, Italy: With European boats making up over half of the fleet - 18 out of 33 boats - currently registered for the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship due to be held in Miami Florida from 16th April and close to forty members now registered, the Farr 40 European Fleet is gearing up for an exciting 2008 season. A series of regattas are scheduled to be held throughout the Mediterranean and Northern Europe using a new formula introduced this year which will allow owners to choose between two separate circuits: Circuit Med, with four events to be held in Italy and France; and Circuit North, with four events to be held in Denmark, Germany and Norway. The European Championship will be held as part of the Rolex Baltic Week 2008 in Travemeunde, Germany from 26th to 31st August.

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Masts and Rigging for Dismasted Yachts Arrive in Ala Wai Harbor
The new masts, specialist swaging machine and shipment of rigging and other parts are finally in the Ala Wai Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, after being flown in from Los Angeles this morning. After being carefully lifted out of the 747 aircraft the huge sections were transported by road to Ala Wai Marine boatyard where they arrived at around 1500 local time and the mast builder from Atlantic Spars has wasted no time in beginning the task of rebuilding westernaustralia2011.com’s mast and constructing a new one for Durban 2010 and Beyond.

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