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Farr 40 Miami

12/03/10

Miami is an awesome place to have a regatta at this time of year and last week was the Miami Grand Prix, i was racing Farr 40 in a fleet of 10 boats and the teams all revved up for the world championships which are in a months time in the Dominican Republic.

The racing was very tight and we had our share of successes and not quite such successes, highlight of the week was leading race 2 from start to almost finish before a chinese gybe 300m from the finish. Also highlights were that we were consistently in the top 4 to the first make every race, just if only we could have been faster and held…

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NACRA F20 Carbon takes the limelight at RYA Dinghy Show

12/03/10

NACRA F20 Carbon takes the limelight at RYA Dinghy Show

The NACRA UK stand at the RYA Dinghy show was a very busy place this weekend with a great deal of interest in the new F20 Carbon from NACRA. This catamaran incorporates several new concepts, but the main one being that it sports curved dagger boards, which will create lift, help reduce the wetted surface area of the boat in the water, and turning this powerful carbon (hulls, mast, foils, and sails) catamaran into what is almost a flying machine.

The boat has been designed by the Morelli and Melvin team which helped to design the massively…

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