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Over 50 boats on display at the Lymington New Boat Show 11:33am Fri 29 Feb 08 This year's Lymington New Boat Show will be held at Lymington Yacht Haven - running from the 11th - 13th April 2008. The New Boat Show will host a wide selection of boats from Ancasta International Boat Sales, Offshore Powerboats and Sea Ventures. The show is open daily from 10am - 5pm and entry is free.
Over 6,000 miles of RORC organised racing kicks off this Easter with the 17th edition of the Red Funnel Easter Challenge. There is a mouth-watering prospect of a huge variety of yachts scheduled for seven races in just three days from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd of March. Competitors take note that it is two weeks earlier than last year.
Ainslie highlights need for China homework 12:39pm Wed 9 Jan 08 Ben Ainslie has highlighted the need for extensive "venue familiarisation" during the British Sailing Team's training for the 2008 Olympic regatta to be held in Qingdao this August.
The wind conditions are slowly improving for Dee Caffari onboard her Open 60 yacht Aviva. Caffari and her closest race rivals, Derek Hatfield and Rich Wilson, are hoping to enjoy some stronger winds over the coming 24 hours and make up the miles towards Port La Foret.
Hamble River Sailing Club held their annual equivalent of a "how many people can you get in a telephone box" competition on Saturday evening, when their club-house was bursting at the seams as usual for the Winter Series prize-giving.
With south westerly gales lashing the south coast of England, it came as no surprise that the final day of racing in the Garmin Hamble Winter Series had to be cancelled.
Dee Caffari has made a fantastic recovery to keep in touch with the fleet and is now only 35 miles behind the race leader Safran. Caffari's first day racing her Open 60 Aviva alone has been a real rollercoaster ride.
