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Apr 11
Apr 11
Eurocat 2011
Carnac, Brittany, France 47º34’09″N 3º04’23″W
As each year, the Eurocat, the great catamaran gathering will take place in Carnac during the week-end of the 1st May. More than 300 teams are awaited for this mythical event.
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Apr 11
Apr 11
M34 groupama Onboard
La Trinité sur Mer, Brittany , France 47°33'85"N 3°00'73"W
The 2011 Tour de France a la Voile might be lightly populated and it might take us all a long time before we get over our nostalgic love for days of the huge Mumm 30 fleets, but the big guns are ready to play in the new M34 and Christophe Launay was with Frank Cammas and his Groupama’s Sailing Team for some light air training in preparation for the huge Breton gathering at Spi Ouest.
Words: Alan Block
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Apr 11
Apr 11
TP 52 Rán IV
Palma de Mallorca, Spain 39º31’21″N 2º38’56″E
TP 52 RAN IV, first test sail. The 2011 TP52 designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built at Green Marine in Lymington, UK.
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Oct 10
Oct 10
Elena
Saint Tropez, France 43º13’70″N 6º42’42″E
Onboard the schooner Elena during “Les voiles de saint Tropez”, France.‘Build me a schooner that can win’. Elena is a replica of the Herreshoff schooner designed in 1910, who won the Trans-Atlantic Race in 1928. Newly built in 2009 at the Factorial Naval
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Oct 10
Oct 10
Altair
Saint Tropez, France 43º16’42″N 6º38’48″E
Onboard Altair during “Les voiles de Saint Tropez”, France.
Commissioned in 1929 by Captain Guy H MacCaw whose brief to William Fife was simply: ‘build a sound, safe cruiser, safe to go to the south seas islands in with no anxiety’. Fife was then 73 years. 
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Sep 10
Sep 10
Velsheda
Saint Tropez, France 43º16’54″N 6º42’43″E
Onboard Velsheda during “Les Voiles de Saint Tropez”, France. Designed by Charles Nicholson and built by Camper & Nicholson in 1933 for Mr W.L. Stephenson, Owner of Woolworth chain of shops, she was built in 1933 at Gosport.
