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News from the UK and beyond

by Sail-World.com on 21 Jul 2010
Welcome to this week's Sail-World.com UK newsletter.

We have lots of dinghy sailing news. Ben Ainslie is to venture back into the Finn, we have news from the ISAF Youth World Championships, the British Classic Yacht Club Panerai Cowes Regatta is underway and the 470 Worlds have just concluded. Read how the British sailors fared. Cork Week concluded and there was an all British podium at the Laser 4000 Europeans.

Internationally, another event on the Audi MedCup Circuit is underway, the Extreme 40 World Championship has come and gone, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race concluded and the SB3 Worlds are underway.

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