Despite the set-back of not being able to hoist any mizzen sails, Sojana managed to hold-off the rest of the fleet and win the third and final race of The Superyacht Cup Antigua 2010. Bucket ratings expert, Jim Teeters worked out Sojana's temporary sloop rating after they suffered a broken mizzen boom on the first day, and gave them a 4 minute start advantage over second starting boat, Rebecca and a 29 minute start on Visione.SOJANA GETS THE FINAL RACE - VISIONE WINS OVERALL Photo © 2010, www.clairematches.com
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Hawker Beechcraft to Headline Singapore Airshow with Hawker 4000
WICHITA, Kan. (Jan. 30, 2010) – With the recent certification by the Civil A viation Administration of China and deliveries underway in the region, the flagship Hawker 4000 is setting a positive tone in Southeast Asia for Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC). HBC and its international dealer, Hawker Pacific, will display a Hawker 4000, along with a Hawker 750 and a King Air B200GT, at the biennial Singapore Airshow from Feb. 2-7 at the Changi Exhibition Center in Singapore. The 2010 show is expected to attract more than 40,000 visitors from 112 countries. The HBC and Hawker Pacific exhibit will be located at Chalet CD-31.
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Boeing Provides First Look at 787 Stall Tests
EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner pilots conducted the program's first stall tests - in which pilots intentionally reduce power to both engines and then recover normal flight speeds - as part of the initial airworthiness program for the airplane. Additional stall tests will take place throughout the flight test period.
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Boeing Helicopter Support Program to Provide Lift for Canadian Industry
OTTAWA, Jan. 29, 2010 -- At a supplier conference today in Ottawa, Boeing [NYSE: BA] outlined its proposed subcontracting plan for in-service support (ISS) of 15 Boeing CH-47 Chinook Medium-to-Heavy Lift Helicopters (MHLH), designated CH-147 for the Canadian Forces.
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Ministries Of Finance And Interior Of Bulgaria Order Two AW109 Power Helicopters To Meet Border Police Requirement
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Ministries of Finance and Interior of Bulgaria have ordered two AW109 Power light twin helicopters to meet the latest helicopter requirement for the Bulgarian Border Police. The main mission of the helicopters, which are procured under the Schengen Facility programme funds, is to provide a reliable air surveillance capability on the outer EU borders, since Bulgaria is expected to be a Schengen Zone Member starting from March 2011.
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Royal Yacht Squadron announces the Westward Cup regatta
Cowes, Isle of Wight: The Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS) and two partner Clubs, >> the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) and Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM), are staging >> the Westward Cup regatta in Cowes from 5-11 July 2010 in collaboration with >> Boat International Media. The organisers aim also to establish an event that >> would eventually lead to a revival of Big Class classic yacht racing as it >> was known from the 1910¹s 1930¹s
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Defra study on marine protected area planning and socio-economics
A study led by ABPmer on options for taking account of social-economic factors in the planning of marine protected areas (MPA) networks, has now been published by Defra.
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THE SUPERYACHT CUP ANTIGUA 2010
By Norma Trease On a sailing island like Antigua, when the locals forecast winds up to 30 knots, you can count on a day of rock n' rolling sailing, which is exactly what the small but highly expert fleet of yachts participating in the Superyacht Cup experienced on Day Two, January 28, 2010. When invited on the modern J-Boat Ranger, which numbers among her traditional themes no safety rails when racing, you can also count on some heart-in-the-throat moments of exhilaration – only tempered a bit by good, healthy, watch-what-you're-doing fear. It truly doesn't get much better than this, even in the rarified atmosphere of superyacht racing, than the thrill of racing on a gorgeous, and very competitive Super-J in one of the worlds most scenic racing venues.RIDING THE RAILS ON RANGER Photo © 2010, Norma Trease
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16th SSR 2010 – AY Race Report 4 & Summary
It's Evolution Racing by a whisker... 30:01:2010 Once again it came down to a final day showdown in the Racing Class. Both crews on Ray Roberts TP52 Evolution Racing and Neil Pryde's Welbourn 52 Hi Fi were pumped up and raring to go. Some old fashioned America's Cup style circling started the sequence, then they broke away and headed for the startline with speed. Geoff Hill's TP52 Strewth and Nick Burns / Fred Kinmonth Mills 51 EFG Bank Mandrake also joined in and tried desperately to throw a spanner into the works. Neil Pryde hit the line first at the pin end but Ray Roberts was a couple boat lengths to windward with Strewth on their hip and Mandrake taking the weather berth.
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Good competition for Muzahim

Photographs by Ashraf Al Amra

Photographs by Ashraf Al Amra
Dubai 29 January 2010. Atiq Mohd Sabir Al Mazrouei on Muzahim relished his win over Al Hur R.K. Muhairi on Dahees after a hard fought battle between the two skippers in the second heat of the Dubai Traditional 22ft Dhow Championships.