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In this Issue
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1. Tornado Worlds
2. Europe Worlds
3. Hydrofoils on dinghies??
4. Exclusive Offers
5. Americas Cup cartoons
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1. Tornado Worlds
The Tornado Worlds are taking place at present, see the daily results at
www.sailing.org/tornado/
The good news is that Hugh Styles & Adam May sailing British Aerospace are currently leading the championship. A superb performance from a newish team, provisional results from day 3 suggest they may have dropped to 2nd, but could we be looking at a real medal hope in this class too.
In it's first entry into the Olympic scene the Tornado Gold went to Reg White, but we have not had real medal hopes since, so could this be the year?
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2. Europe Worlds
It is obviously a busy time at present in world dinghy racing as the Europe World are taking place in Brazil.
www.yachtbahia.com.br/dez99/index.html
For the latest results, Shirley Robertson a favourite in the class for a medal at Sydney has had a mixed start with a black flag on day 2.
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3. Hydrofoils on Dinghies
Well I guess we can expect the Int moths to come up with off the wall ideas so have a look at the site
www.freeyellow.com/members7/imca-wa/
Foils on one boat, and it won 2 races, a windsurfer rig on another, worth a look, they reckon that the foils lifted the boat out of the water in 10knts of wind and it was as fast as a 49er!!
However if you let either of the foils stall or lift from the water then you can go home.
Read about it, in a few years time several classes may be using them and you can say you read about it first in UK Dinghy Racing.
Thanks to Jim Champs post in the Cherub mailing list for this.
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4. Exclusive Offer to UK Dinghy Racing
Just a reminder and a correction from the last Newsletter, the fleece offer is still good, but I got the prices a bit wrong!!!
The actual saving is over £20.00, so to take advantage of this please order before end of January.
This is a superb garment, available in all sizes and a choice of colours, it even comes with no delivery charge in the UK and just a small charge for European or worldwide delivery.
Further details can be found in the store
www.ukdinghyracing.com/store/store.htm
or by visiting the MAXMarine site directly at
www.maxmarine.co.uk/dinghyracing.htm
Please try to support this offer as success will lead to further specials from which all readers will benefit.
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5. Americas Cup Cartoons
Well as Prada and America One progress to the finals of the challenger series the following link is suggested by Jonathan
homepages.ihug.co.nz/chinook/americascup.htm
Some of these are quite funny and are worth a look.
That's it for now, please visit the Forums and Auction site and don't forget the exclusive MAXmarine fleece offer.
Forums
www.ukdinghyracing.com/cgi-bin/ultimate.cgi
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