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by Sail-World.com Team on 9 Sep 2010
Welcome to this week's edition of our Sail-World.com Europe newsletter.

The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup is underway in Porto Cervo, there is a new Alpen Cup Champion, Thomas Laherstorfer from Austria, the ORCi World Championship competitors at the Flensburger Segler Club (FSC) are battling high winds
while the Steiner X-Yachts Gold Cup in Tuscany finished earlier this week in Italy.

The Danish Open Match Cup, in Bornholm Denmark is about to commence. Looks like a windy week. Can Mathieu Richard (French Match Racing Team) win another World ISAF Match Racing Tour event and set himself up to become the World Champion? Or can Team Azzurra skippered by Francesco Bruni from the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda upset the event favourite? Sail-World.com will have all the latest news as it comes to hand.

In international news, the Volvo Ocean Race has appointed Rick Deppe to Associate Producer and Media Crew Member (MCM) Manager role for the next event. Be sure to check out the great vision on our website.

Please look at the various image galleries from this week and we hope you enjoy reading all the latest European and international news.
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