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UK Dinghy Racing
Newsletter No 20
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In this Issue
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1. Sydney 2000 Olympics
2. O'Neill World Sailing Rankings
3. Places to Buy Online

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****** Fuel Update ******

Just in case you were planning to go to an event this weekend, please check with the organising club first.
Several events have already been cancelled, these include
Cherub Nationals
Warsash International 14 Open

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1. SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPICS
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Well we are now only days away from the Opening of the 2000 Olympics, and the start of the sailing regatta. The races will be held between 12 noon and 5.00pm Sydney time which translates to 2.00 - 7.00am in the UK. So unless you are nocturnal then coverage will be down to highlights packages and the VCR.

Should you however decide to stay up late or rise early then positions round each mark will be available on the Internet. As soon as the URL are available then I will publish them.

For the last couple of days Team GBR, along with all the other sailing nations have been undergoing measurement.
Ian and Mark in the Star have had to shave off and refair a couple of millimetres from their keel, but I am not aware of any other minor problems with our team. Although both Iain Percy and Ian Walker are suffering from colds.

In the Tornado class the Australian crew have hit trouble with a new stlye trampoline, that apparently looks more like a net. This has potential advantages in reducing both wave and wind resistance, they plan to appeal against it's ban.

Regular updates on the British Tornado team of Hugh Styles & Adam May can be found at
www.kssa.fsnet.co.uk/Tornado/aaatop.htm
This site has regular updates from Huw's father and from time to time Huw and Adam themselves.

Finally I have just watched a Sky News report on the sailing at Sydney.
Reports say the winds are much stronger than expected, regularly 25 plus knots, and Sky were nice enough to show pictures of just about all Team GBR out practicing.
Ben Ainslie was interviewed and says it may well be a survival event with tactics almost non existant, should lead to the sort of footage the TV cameras love! although I should think from a sailing point of view the heavy air will suit him well.
Ben was also inline for carrying the flag at the Opening Ceremony, but the job has gone to Matthew Pinsent

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2.O'NEILL WORLD SAILING RANKINGS
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The official ISAF World sailing rankings were issued on 30th August, the top rated British sailors can be found below.

** 49ers **
11 Ian BARKER Simon HISCOCKS GBR
14 Alistair RICHARDSON Peter GREENHALGH GBR
16 Paul BROTHERTON Mo GRAY GBR
18 Tim ROBINSON Zeb ELLIOT GBR
20 Andy BUDGEN Ian BUDGEN GBR

** Laser **
5 Ben AINSLIE GBR
12 Paul GOODISON GBR

** Soling **
4 Andy BEADSWORTH Richard SYDENHAM\Barry PARKIN GBR

** Finn **
9 Iain PERCY GBR
21 David MELLOR GBR

** Europe **
4 Shirley ROBERTSON GBR

** Star **
5 Ian WALKER Mark COVELL GBR

** Tornado **
12 Hugh STYLES Adam MAY GBR
14 Rob WILSON Will HOWDEN GBR

** Mens 470 **
9 Nicholas ROGERS Joe GLANFIELD GBR

** Womens 470 **
24 Katie NURTON Barbara WATSON GBR
26 Severine REES-JONES Inga LEASK GBR
30 Bethan RAGGATT Sarah WEBB GBR
33 Helena LUCAS Sue PARKIN GBR

** Mens Mistral **
14 Nick DEMPSEY GBR

** Womens Mistral **
13 Christine JOHNSTON GBR

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3. PLACES TO BUY ONLINE
As the sailing community grows on the Internet there are becoming more places to purchace your requirements online and save more time for sailing, just a few are listed below.

Insurance
Boatinsure.co.uk www.boatinsure.co.uk
Noble Marine www.noblemarine.co.uk

Ropes
Mr Splice
www.mrsplice.com

Laser Training on CD Rom
Sailcoach www.sailcoach.com

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Thats all for now, please send in some articles, most generate some comment, and more than anything have some fun sailing.

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