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Yachting News 29th February 2012

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY! At 2130 a Mayday call was sent out by a competitor in the Two Handed Round NZ Race. Pelagian II set off their EPIRB at a position about 275 miles West of New Plymouth when they found they were taking in water faster than they could pump it out. The center of [...]

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Yachting News 25th February 2012

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The first race They’re off! A very special group of boats started on the first leg of four that will take them anti-clockwise entirely round the two islands of New Zealand in The Round New Zealand Race 2012. This will be one of 2012′s most challenging offshore races and SSANZ is delighted to announce that [...]

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Yachting News 21st February 2012

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25 Feb 2012 The afternoon of 25 February 2012 in Auckland will see a very special group of boats start on the first leg of four that will take them anti-clockwise entirely round the two islands of New Zealand in The Round New Zealand Race 2012. This will be one of 2012′s most challenging offshore [...]

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Yachting News 18th February 2012

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25 Feb 2012 The afternoon of 25 February 2012 in Auckland will see a very special group of boats start on the first leg of four that will take them anti-clockwise entirely round the two islands of New Zealand in The Round New Zealand Race 2012. This will be one of 2012′s most challenging offshore [...]

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Yachting News 14th February 2012

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25 Feb 2012 The afternoon of 25 February 2012 in Auckland will see a very special group of boats start on the first leg of four that will take them anti-clockwise entirely round the two islands of New Zealand in The Round New Zealand Race 2012. This will be one of 2012′s most challenging offshore [...]

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Yachting News 6th February 2012

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Riptides can carry hapless swimmers out into the ocean very quickly – by the time a lifeguard is able swim out to rescue them, it may be too late. Using a Jet Ski to reach struggling swimmers is one option, although such watercraft can be expensive, problematic to store on-site, and difficult to launch for [...]

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Yachting News 31st January 2012

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Riptides can carry hapless swimmers out into the ocean very quickly – by the time a lifeguard is able swim out to rescue them, it may be too late. Using a Jet Ski to reach struggling swimmers is one option, although such watercraft can be expensive, problematic to store on-site, and difficult to launch for [...]

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Yachting News 28th January 2012

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Riptides can carry hapless swimmers out into the ocean very quickly – by the time a lifeguard is able swim out to rescue them, it may be too late. Using a Jet Ski to reach struggling swimmers is one option, although such watercraft can be expensive, problematic to store on-site, and difficult to launch for [...]

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Yachting News 23rd January 2012

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Riptides can carry hapless swimmers out into the ocean very quickly – by the time a lifeguard is able swim out to rescue them, it may be too late. Using a Jet Ski to reach struggling swimmers is one option, although such watercraft can be expensive, problematic to store on-site, and difficult to launch for [...]

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Yachting News 17th January 2011

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more here Laura’s story on Yachtyakka here more here more here Laura’s web page here Three days before the finish of its journey round the world sailor Laura Dekker brings today a statement in which she fiercely swipe at the authorities who wanted to thwart her trip. She writes that her treatment by Council for [...]

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