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Saturday, 05 July 2008 |
(photograph courtesy of World Wide Images)
 New York crossed the finish line of Race 14 of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race in first place at 0014 GMT (0114 BST) on Saturday claiming the overall title in the biennial event. Duggie Gillespie and his team will claim the maximum ten points for securing their sixth first place in the ten-month series, giving them an unassailable lead over their nearest rivals, Hull & Humber. For Danny Watson and his team, hopes of an overall victory failed as the New York team stretched out a narrow lead over the rest of the fleet as they pushed towards Liverpool in the 240-mile race from Cork, Ireland. Hull & Humber started Race 14 with a 3.5 point deficit to New York. New York finishes Clipper 07-08 with their final point tally in triple digits at 103.5 overall.
Uniquely Singapore finished Race 14 in second place, crossing the finish line at 0034 GMT (0134 BST), with Hull & Humber less than three minutes behind, taking the final podium of Clipper 07-08 when they crossed the line at 0037 (0137 BST).
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Saturday, 05 July 2008 |
(photograph Ian Roman/Audi MedCup)
 In strong, Mistral winds today on the
Gulf of
Cagliari it was John Kostecki and the crack Artemis crew who showed, as in Marseille, that they thrive in strong winds when they won the only race. Quantum Racing lead into the final day with a lead of four points.
With the Mistral wind peaking at nearly 30 knots at times only one race, the seventh of the Audi Region of Sardinia Trophy Regatta, could be completed today on the Gulf of Cagliari before the race committee sent the fleet of TP52’s back to the dock in the heart of the capital city of
Sardinia .
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Saturday, 05 July 2008 |
Day five of the Rolex Commodores’ Cup 2008 and the 45 competitors and their 15 teams found themselves challenged by a new course format. Today’s single race was around a variety of marks in the central and eastern Solent, sailed in an awkward southeasterly breeze of around 12 knots.
In Class One John Shepherd’s Fair Do’s VII led around the race course as usual, but behind her at the weather mark was the surprising sight of John Dean’s Poppy of Portland Marina, one of the slower of the big boats, hot on her heels in second place.
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