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27/09/2024 - 13:19

Third day of the 5.5 Metre French Open, rain and no wind

It was a very different day in Cannes, one that was certainly not as described in the brochure. The third day of the 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales was a wash out with incessant rain showers and no stable wind all day

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26/09/2024 - 07:01

Perfect score for Beta Crucis as 5.5 Metre French Open in Cannes

Beta Crucis (AUS 63, Martin CROSS, Bob STODDARD, John Cross) posted a perfect score on Day 2 of the 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes, after Tuesday was blown off.

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07/09/2024 - 08:12

5.5 Metre class: Ku-Ring-Gai III wins 2024 world championship

Despite never winning a race, Ku-Ring-Gai lll (John Bacon, Joost Houweling and Edward Wright) sailed an impressively consistent series in a fleet that’s fiercely competitive, yet also has an enviable level of camaraderie

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05/09/2024 - 08:05

5.5 Metre worlds: race wins for Aspire and The Jean Genie

Aspire (Przemek Gacek, Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Kilian Weise) won today’s first race – the fifth of the championship – by a narrow margin at the end of what proved to be an adrenaline fuelled downwind leg for many competitors, with many boats overlapped on the finish line

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04/09/2024 - 09:58

Australia and Switzerland prevail on second day of 5.5 Metre world championship

In today’s first race Arunga XII (Mark Tolhurst, Stephen Mc Conaghy and Thomas Spithill) stunned the fleet with a port tack start from the pin end of the line

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