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by Sail-World.com on 26 Jul 2010
Welcome to this edition of Sail-World.com's Europe newsletter.

The sailing season is in full swing!

World Championships have just concluded and others are yet to start and the Audi MedCup Circuit has been in Barcelona.

The Class 40 World Championships are over for another year, the PWA 'masters' are in Sotavento for the Fuerteventura Grand Slam, the Audi Melges Gold Cup has reached its climax, and we have galeries of images by Carlo Borlenghi from Rolex Ilhabela Sailing Week.

But of course there was so much more happening last week, so please read our latest newsletter.
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