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Entries for May 2008

Published/Updated
29 May 2008
Women's Championship gets Harken and Raymarine on board
Support continues to grow from top names for Women’s Keelboat Championship
The organisers of next month’s Women’s Open Keelboat Championship are pleased to announce support from two further race sponsors, Harken and Raymarine.
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J-Cup 2008 - Regatta Report - It's a Wrap!
Published/Updated
28 May 2008
J-Cup 2008 - Regatta Report - It's a Wrap!
J-Cup 2008 - Regatta Report - It's a Wrap!
Racing continued through Saturday and Sunday for the 75 boats competing at the J-Cup 2008, which was hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble.
Racing took place in five classes, on two race areas, and the event also incorporates the 32 boat fleet of J/109s racing for their UK National Championship.
  J Cup Event Images are here.
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May Regatta Report & Images - Club Members amongst the Winners
Published/Updated
20 May 2008
May Regatta Report & Images - Club Members amongst the Winners
There was a good entry for the first of the season's monthly regattas from both within the club and from visiting yachts.
The weekend was also the Southern Area Championships for the J-80 class ahead of next weekend's J-Cup, which the club is hosting.
Saturday's light and variable breezes made setting courses for the different classes very difficult but both Principle Race Officers, David Arnold for the Keelboats and Tony Lovell for the Sportsboats, managed to complete two races for each class. By the middle of the afternoon conditions were becoming so erratic that to try and run the final race was impossible and everyone was sent home.
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Adrian Flanagan Returns - First ever single-handed vertical circumnavigation westwards!
Published/Updated
16 May 2008
Adrian Flanagan Returns - First ever single-handed vertical circumnavigation westwards!
Lone sailor, Adrian Flanagan, is set to arrive in Hamble next Wednesday having completed the first ever single-handed vertical circumnavigation of the globe, westwards via Cape Horn and the Russian Arctic.  
Members of the Royal Southern Yacht Club are looking forward to welcoming Adrian back to the River Hamble, from where he set sail in October 2005 in his 11 metre sloop rigged yacht, Barrabas.
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