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A New Ullman Sails Addition
Ullman Sails is proud to announce a new addition to its international group of sailmakers - Ullman Sails Croatia. The new loft, located in northwest Croatia in Rijeka, is family-owned and operated by Bojan Grego. Bojan has been producing cruising and racing sails for customers along the Adriatic coastline, including cruising keelboats, Elan 45s and First 40.7s. Ullman Sails is excited to welcome another European loft to the group that is committed to providing the highest standard of quality service and sails.

For more information on the ‘Fastest Sails on the Planet,’ contact a local loft and visit www.ullmansails.com

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Multiple RNLI Rescues Of Catamaran Sailor In Newquay
In response to today’s (3 April) media reports into the multiple rescues of catamaran sailor, Glenn Crawley, by the RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew off the coast of Newquay, Cornwall; the RNLI clarifies the following points on these rescues:

Newquay RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews have rescued sailor Glenn Crawley a total of five times since January 2006.

The most recent incident involving Mr Crawley occurred on Sunday 30 March 2008. Newquay’s RNLI D Class inshore lifeboat launched at 12:50pm following a request from Falmouth Coastguard - who had received two 999 calls from members of the public reporting that a catamaran had capsized and appeared unable to right itself in Newquay Bay.

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Desafio Carries On… Without CNEV
Wednesday morning finally saw some America’s Cup activity in Valencia, not related to the infamous legal case in New York, even if one could argue about its relation to the world’s oldest sports event.

Desafio Espanol, the now-invalidated Challenge of Record of the 33rd America’s Cup, summoned the press in its base in order to present the team’s TP52 and GP42 campaigns for the summer as well as give the current state of affairs in the challenger. Present where Agustin Zulueta, general manager, John Cutler, technical director and in charge of the TP52 campaign, and Laureano Wizner, helsman and skipper of the GP42 campaign.

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