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Bart’s Bash aims to be the largest sailing race in the world

Bart’s Bash aims to be the largest sailing race in the world
The inaugural Bart’s Bash is a sailing race that will be run by sailing clubs all around the world on behalf of the charity, the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation. Each sailing club will sail an individual Bart’s Bash race at their location (with certain set requirements to meet our world record criteria) on Sunday 21 September 2014.  It is the major fundraising event for the Foundation and they are asking people to raise money to support their charitable work.  It is for this cause that they are suggesting people could pay a £5 donation to take part. The race details will be set locally by each club, but are...
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Tips for Sailing After Dark

Tips for Sailing After Dark
Sailing at night can be a sublime experience - stay on your guard, but enjoy it. It’s hard to beat reaching over an easy moonlit sea, especially when land is miles away and you haven’t seen a ship all night. It’s a different story close to shore. There’s plenty of traffic along our more populated coastlines, and pilotage can be intricate, so sailing at night can feel like plunging down an unlit highway with no headlights. These are real concerns, so it’s understandable that many skippers avoid a first brush with darkness for as long as they can. Sooner or later, though, any of us with ambitions to cruise beyond our home waters must face up to sailing...
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Warwick Yacht Design launches the W43m Powercat

Warwick Yacht Design launches the W43m Powercat
The W43m Power catamaran is the latest design from Auckland-based studio, with a compact entertainment centre and multipurpose 95sqm helicopter deck uninhibited by navigation towers and roof structures and ideally suited to a EC 120b Eurocopter. Once the chopper is safely on deck the roof rises up to allow access to the other lower decks via stairs or lift. The upper deck provides space for four guest suites, with glazing opening onto balconies and a large passageway to central stairs forward down to main deck. The upper aft deck caters for a kiosk-type bar with Jacuzzi and sunbeds, the water from the  Jacuzzi  forms a waterfall down to the main deck pool with stairs...
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