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Saturday, 31 May 2008 |
Breaking what has been referred to as the ‘home port curse’, skipper Duggie Gillespie and his team have achieved an historic victory by winning into New York at the end of the 1,420-mile race from Jamaica of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race.
This elusive accolade of a home port win has only been achieved once before in the history of the biennial round the world race, by Canadian entry Victoria Clipper, in Clipper 05-06.
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Friday, 30 May 2008 |
Peter Milne died at home of kidney failure on 23 May, after a long battle with his health. He was responsible for the design of the Fireball dinghy, and of the hull for Donald Campbell's Jetstar (CB223). Peter was also an editor Classic Boat.
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Friday, 30 May 2008 |
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If you are new to sailing or interested in learning to sail, why not look for an approved training course. If you click on the Directory button on this site and select Training and Tuition you will find a number of organisations that run training courses. Look out for RYA (The Royal Yachting Association) approved courses. If you have never sailed before but would like to try it, why not pop along to your nearest sailing club, most will only be too pleased to provide you with a taster. For Clubs near you click on the Directory Button on this site and select Sailing Clubs. If you don't try you will never know, you never know, you may get bitten by the bug.
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