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Yachting WorldIssue: 01/01/2008 Ref: YW0108 Availability: 19 in stock.
Pricing Information (Please select delivery location) Product DescriptionThe world's oldest sporting trophy is beginning to look very tarnishedOn the Wind How did it come to this? Matthew Sheahan on the latest America's Cup fiasco; Barcelona sends off the World Race in style; we test the first SolOceans one-design across the Channel Walrus Reality TV at sea? It would be like watching paint dry . . . Letters Is the 'cottage industry' approach to boatbuilding creating risky keels? Who would sponsor the America's Cup now? Robin Knox-Johnston British sailors are top Olympic medal hopes, so why isn't the media crowing? Moment in The Times Edward Gorman remembers Ben Ainslie going for Gold in the final race at the Athens Olympics Gear DAME Award winners from the Marine Equipment Trade Show in Amsterdam The beleaguered boat show Preview of the London Show at ExCeL Leading Edge A black box recorder for ships Yachts Three from Jaudenes/Theys; a traditional daysailer; gritty M45. Plus: news from America's premier sailboat show in Annapolis On test: Oyster 655 and MD35 We try out a stylish world-girdler from British builder Oyster and a smart new one-design day racer from MD in New Zealand Keels - the ultimate failure Are keel failures becoming more commonplace, or are the ones that hit the headlines just isolated cases? Matthew Sheahan investigates why keels fall off and what the industry is doing about it Adrift for 9 days When the keel fell off their 54-footer in the Indian Ocean in September 2007, two Italian crew spent nine days drifting in their liferaft. Many ships passed close by before they were finally rescued Life begins at 40 The Class 40 is a growing phenomenon. In last year's Transat Jacques Vabre it was where all the action concentrated - and it's a class that is attracting a number of amateur sailors. Plus: picture round-up of the TJV Pendennis comes of age It's the 20th birthday of this Falmouth yard, a new 95-footer is launched and a £7 million development is nearly complete. David Glenn looks back over 20 eventful years Cruising Padstow lifeboat crew award for rescue; abandoned ARC yacht found in the Azores; gang sentenced in yacht drugs bust; Russian adventurer on fifth circumnavigation Great Seamanship Frank Mulville is stuck at the top of his mast Racing The first China Cup shows the country's determination to get involved in sailing. Plus: Racing Rules - the Proper Course Going for Gold Row over the choice of yachts for the 2012 Games Supersail Submarines, machine guns, Steinway pianos finished as a Chris Craft motor boat - all this and much more from the Fort Lauderdale boat show One Amazing Day Bob Bitchin encounters a rogue wave off Hawaii and learns the difference between an ordeal and an adventure |
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