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Wednesday, 12 July 2006
Friends of the Earth Class 40 leaving Cape Town 7th July Friends of the Earth Class 40 boat entering in the Route de Rhum has left Cape Town on July 7th on it's way to Falmouth for final race preparations. In a bid to help raise the profile of global warming, Lewis Gordon Pugh swam in the frozen seas of Antartica and is now considering swimming the length if the Thames. Friends of the Earth however are entering the 3500 mile transatlantic race the Route de Rhum this year in a Class 40 boat and this will be their way of keeping climate control measures in the public eye. It shows that the solutions to climate change already exist and there is still time to take action. This is the first time this class has been allowed to compete and it remains to be seen if British born skipper, Jonathan Crinion, can shave any time off Ellen Macarthurs single hull time of 13 days 13hours 31 mins in 2002 albeit in a different class of boat. The Friends of the Earth entry is sailing to support The Big Ask, Friends of the Earth’s climate campaign, which is calling for the Government to introduce a climate law that will commit it to cutting the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions by three per cent year on year. The Big Ask is supported by over half of MPs and thousands of people across the UK. Add this page to your favorite Social Networking websites
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 January 2008 )
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Thursday, 06 July 2006
Oceanis value from Bénéteau Since the launch of the Océanis 50 last December, Bénéteau have continued to update the Océanis range with the arrival of the Océanis 40 and 46 in September 2006. In what is seens as a bid to try to slow the 1000 units sold and still rising march of the Jeanneau SO 40.3, Bénéteau hope to emulate the success of it's rival. Despite the poor quality images shown, Oceanis is the name given to Bénéteau's luxury cruising range as opposed to it's Cyclades models which are more designed around sailing families on a budget. These two stylish Oceanis models have hulls and decks designed by the Berret-Racoupeau design office and an interior created by Nauta Design to try to give some elegance and style. Jean Berret and Olivier Racoupeau’s have tried to balance high-performance whilst ensuring there are well-proportioned with enough space to create excellent, Cruising value pound for pound can't be found much cheaper yet comfortable interior accommodation in the design of the hulls. No indication of price on the water yet for the UK, but with the Oceanis 47'3 around £170,000 and the 393 at around £105,000, cruising pound for pound can't be found much cheaper elsewhere. Join the Beneteau Users Group now! Beneteau Users Group Add this page to your favorite Social Networking websites
Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 May 2008 )
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Tuesday, 04 July 2006
Customized center cockpit yacht Nordia from the Netherlands are producers of large customized cruising yachts and their latest creation is a 70 foot performance cruiser design. It will make use of a new light-displacement hull to increase performance. This particular model the hull is constructed out of aluminium and optimzed with the help of computer simulation to ensure that maximum speeds witll be achived in even light winds and because it's total sail area is almost 5 times that a Bénéteau 343. The launch date for the Nordia 70 is not yet defined as the work is still being finalized on the drawing board. However if required, the centre cockpit performance cruiser can be made up to 120' feet in lengthon request. Add this page to your favorite Social Networking websites
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 January 2008 )
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