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by Rob Kothe & the Sail-World team on 26 May 2006
Sail-World NZL’s Richard Gladwell found the damaged Gipsy Moth IV in Auckland this week, just metres from Grahame Dalton’s new Velux racer, lots of pictures from them both.

Reporting on things from New Zealand, the iconic Marten brand is thriving as part of the Australian-based Azzura Marine.

All kinds of racing this week, with the Australian squad at the Holland Regatta, Ichi Ban second at the Farr 40 North Americans, the World Match tour, in Croatia. David Staley reports from the Blind Match Racing Championships in Italy and Sean Langman and Joe de Kock will be racing AAPT double handed in the SSAA race from Pittwater to Newcastle this weeked.

The sage of the sailor who stole Premier Cru from her Melbourne marina and sailed her, with his dog as crew to Port Sorrell in Tasmania continues.

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