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NEW SIRUS
RACHA 1530 Aluminium
Catamaran.
(developed from Silkline 1510)
Building
in Thailand
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here
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Phuket
Race Week 2005
The Evason Resort Phuket once again the hosted Phuket Race Week with
Image Asia the driving force behind the event now in its second year.
After some debate and with careful consideration Grenville Fordam
and Andy Dowden of Image Asia took the decision to introduce the two
divisions and two starts for the multihulls. Read
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Sailing
Around Sicily
Sicily
is the largest island in the Mediterranean but is little known to
most people. The Mafia, and perhaps the active volcano of Mount Etna
will be the limit of knowledge about this island for most people.
Why not broaden your knowledge and read more...
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 OUT
OF VALENCIA
Valencia may be the chosen place for the 2007 Americas Cup
series but it is not an obvious place to commence a catamaran charter...read
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The
BMW Royal Langkawi Regatta 2005
The
BMW Langkawi Regatta is notable as the only regatta in Asia conveniently
operating out of a marina, with all entrants returning each afternoon
to their own berths. |
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Purrfection Story - The Maiden Cruise
Chris Nutt purchased a set of mouldings from which he
built his Iroquois catamaran which he recently completed
with the Carbospars aero rig. The maiden cruise with his
family on board was eventful...
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With“Gaia”
Up the Red Sea
“Where the hell is Djibouti?” This was my
first question when asked if I would join “Gaia”
for her passage up the Red Sea. A few days later I was
flying in to this dusty French colonial piece of East
Africa aboard an Air Ethiopia jet via Addis Abbaba.
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 The
Failed Trip of “Bird of Azure”
Our idea was to go down the coast of South America, on
the Pacific side, and sail harbour to harbour. Yet we
could never imagine that sailing, only by sails, always
with the wind on the nose and the icy current of Humbolt
was so demanding.
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The
AZAB Races
A retrospective record of Spirit of England's 1995 Race
to the Azores, with a brief history of multihulls in Azab
races. |
Day
Charter Catamarans
Now big business with a plethora of purpose built boats
around the holiday spots of the world, the Editor samples
a couple. |
A
Catamaran Vacation
"My eyes were closed, only the sound of multihulled
fishing boats screaming up and down at 15 knots interrupted
this utopian idyll" |
Heavy
Weather Sailing
"I
have been capsized, foundered, run-down and placed in more
survival conditions than I can remember" |
Using
a Parachute Anchor
Peter
Clutterbuck, MOCRA Safety Officer, examines the benefits
of carrying one on board, and compares with the conventional
anchor.
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Eclipse
Found Afloat
April
2006
That's the good news.
The
bad news comes in two parts. First is obvious from the
photo attached, it's in a bit of a mess! It's incredible
what 10 weeks at sea can do.
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Richard Woods Abandons Ship!
Richard Woods is an internationally known catamaran designer.
Pip Patterson owns and runs The Multihull Centre near
Plymouth, England. Pip played a vital role in the rescue,
liaising with Falmouth Coastguard.
As some of you probably now know, we are no longer on
board Eclipse but on navy frigate USS Ford where, apart
from saving our lives, everyone has been really friendly
and welcoming.
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