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2009 World Cup Notice of Race |
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The Notice of Race for the 2009 8-Metre World Cup has been issued. Hyeres offers sublime sailing conditions and management, and, the event promises to see one of the most competitive fleets of 8-Metres in recent years. After the World Cup in Scotland and Norway it is clear that the sunny shores of the Mediterranean sea have very strong appeal to owners and crews longing for their annual 8-Metre brake from a work-a-day world. We vey much look forward to welcoming you there ! The Notice of race for the Tune-up race will be issued by the S.N.G. who will be our host for that event in Hyeres. The dates are 10-11-12 September. The latest news is that four time America’s Cup winner Brad Butterworth has confirmed to be competing for the Neptune Trophy with the 1930 William Fife design Severn. He will bring along some of his Alinghy team members to complete the crew. Oops…. we better all get our act together and make sure boats and crews are in top shape, Brad is probably a slightly better sailor than all of us combined and staying ahead of his team will be a pretty interesting exercise. Rumours have it that the undefeated Bona will be entering to test their skills against Severn, and, so will Aun who have some of the AC Nippon Challenge team on board. Last but not least, it looks like the one who ran the Japanese quest for the Cup, John Cutler (now with Desafio Espagnol), will be around too. Question is on which boat of course… All in all this will make it an exciting week with chances for all of us to sail with and against some of the World’s best sailors. Don’t miss out ! [Notice of Race] [Entry Form] [Official Website] John Lammerts van Bueren Executive secretary IEMA |
