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Welcome to a very late mid-week edition of Sail-World.com/NZ's newsletter, caused by our change of offices to Takapuna Beach and lack on internet connection until late yesterday afternoon.

While New Zealand continues to be lashed by gales, rain and snow, two regattas are currently underway in Kiel and Chicago with New Zealand sailors handily placed in the early stages of both regattas.

In the Etchells Worlds, sailing in an 84 strong fleet, Andrew Wills, Anatole Masfen and Alastair Gair are lying 10th overall after four races with one scoring penalty (SCP) for 43 pts against their name, and with no discard yet allowed. The regatta is being dominated by US crews with Andrew Wills and friends being the first placed crew from outside the US on the points table.

AtKiel Week, Andrew Murdoch is tied for first place overall in the Mens Laser class, which is very heartening news going into the 2008 Olympic regatta in five weeks time. Sharing first overall with Murdoch is Tom Slingsby (AUS) the world #1. Later today, we will be posting a fuller report on the performance of the other New Zealanders in this ISAF Grade 1 regatta.

Just in is the news that the Cookson 50 Privateer has been promoted to provisional winner of the Open Division in the 2008 Newport-Bermuda Race. This year's race has been outstanding for www.cooksonboats.co.nz!Cookson_Boats having also built the first boat home, the supermaxi, Speedboat.

>From the Australian Olympic team we have more shots of the 'lawn' at Qingdao - which is a rather unexpected development for the Olympic Regatta organisers.

In this issue we have featured the announcement from www.line7.co.nz!Line_7 of their involvement in the NZ Rowing team for the 2008 Olympics and the signing of a contract with organisers of the 2010 World Rowing Championships. Line 7 have long been part of the New Zealand sailing scene, since Barry Wilson opened the doors in 1963 and the recent expansion into rowing will give the company a significant involvement in New Zealand's top two Olympic sports.

Sorry for the length of this newsletter, we will also be producing a shorter weekend edition on Saturday (NZT).

Good Sailing

Richard Gladwell NZ Editor

Kiel Week Day 2: Murdoch tied for the lead New Zealand's Olympic representative in the Single Handed Laser Dinghy, Andrew Murdoch, dominated his fleet in the 3 races sailed today. The Kiel Week Regatta in Germany is the last Regatta before the Olympics for most of the sailors Andrew Murdoch will be competing against in China... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45787&ntid=19

Cookson 50 winner of Open Division in Newport Race Privateer, a Cookson 50 owned by Ronald O'Hanley of Boston Massachusetts, is now the provisional winner of the Open Division in the Newport Bermuda Race ahead of Puma's Volvo 70 Il Mostro skippered by Ken Read. Today, Chief Scorer, Jim Teeters, noticed a mistake in the scoring for Class 16 and the Open Division. Privateer then posted a corrected time of 60:40:09.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45789&ntid=19

News, results, pix - Chicago Etchells Worlds Day 3 Race 4 of the 2008 Chicago Etchells World championships brought tricky conditions and a tough day for many of the regatta's leading boats, though yesterday's top two contenders still remain in the top three overall after today's race.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45763&ntid=19

Going Green - Solar replaces Skates They don't have sails, but they are just as Green. They don't have petrol or diesel motors, but some of them could challenge your average motor boat and win. They're solar powered, but they're not in the tropics with a lot of sun. For the second year, forty solar-powered boats are now racing each other through the canals, rivers, and lakes of the Netherlands.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45788&ntid=19

Earthrace- aims for 60 day World Record The 74 foot (24 metre) bio-diesel fuelled trimaran Earthrace is set to thunder across the finish line off the Vulkan Shipyard in Sagunto, Spain on Friday afternoon 27th June 2008 local time. The magic time is 14.35 local time.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45792&ntid=19

JPMorgan Round the Island Race preview JPMorgan Asset Management Round The Island Race preview. The race starts Saturday 28th June 2008, Cowes, Isle of Wight.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45785&ntid=19

Ericsson 4 unveiled Ericsson 4 was officially unveiled to an invited audience of Ericsson employees and guests. International crew skipper, Torben Grael and Nordic crew skipper, Anders Lewander were present to see the final handover of the boat from the build team.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45794&ntid=19

Moth World competitors arrive at Weymouth Over the next seven days the largest ever fleet of foiling Moths will begin gathering in Weymouth for the CST Composites Moth World Championships. A fleet of 80 - 100 boats is expected with competitors coming from all corners of the globe as more sailors master the tricky art of hydrofoil sailing... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45793&ntid=19

BMW ORACLE's new sail design program underway BMW ORACL,E Racing's sail design and production team are now well underway in developing the huge new sails required for the 33rd America's Cup. The sail design team is headed by BMW ORACLE Racing sail trimmer Ross Halcrow (NZL), and includes designers Laurent Delage (FRA), Robert Hook (AUS), and Juan Meseguer (ESP).... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45777&ntid=19

Dame Ellens' B&Q bought and renamed Musandam The 75 foot trimaran previously known as 'B&Q', has been acquired by The Sultanate of Oman and renamed 'Musandam' after the spectacularly beautifully Musandam Peninsula which forms the country's northern tip... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45772&ntid=19

Great start to Kiel Week for Andrew Murdoch New Zealand's Olympic representative in the Men's One Person Dinghy (Laser dinghy), Andrew Murdoch, has made a great start to the last major sailing regatta before the Olympic Games. Andrew, currently ranked #3 in the World, started the Regatta with a win and a 2nd which leaves him tied on points for second place with World #1 Tom Slingsby from Australia.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45771&ntid=19

Tunnicliffe trapped at the pin - Kieler Woche Anna Tunnicliffe reports on conditions and racing at the Grade 1 Kieler Woche Regatta in Kiel Germany.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45770&ntid=19

Bermuda Race - Lighthouse winners determined Sinn Fein, Peter Rebovich's Cal 40 from Metuchen New Jersey, beat the other ten boats in Class 1 and the entire 123-boat St. David's Lighthouse Division for top honors in the 2008 Newport Bermuda Race. This is Rebovich's fourth successive Class 1 win and his second lighthouse win in a row.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45765&ntid=19

2008 PWA Costa Teguise World Cup - Day Three Jose Estredo delivers a fatal blow to Marcilio and Sarah-Quita Offringa tenaciously dispatches her rivals on day three of the 2008 PWA Costa Teguise World Cup.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45761&ntid=19

Kiwis get underway at Kiel Regatta The Kiel Regatta in Germany got underway last night for the Olympic class events with the women's match racing set to start tonight. Sailors were greeted by a fine day and a 12 knot onshore breeze.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45764&ntid=19

Victory for Groupama 2 in the Trophy SNSM A victory for Groupama 2 in the Trophy SNSM over rival ORMA trimaran Banque Populaire. Franck Cammas - 'I am proud of my crew. We didn't sleep much and didn't eat much, but we won and that's why we came here.'... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45755&ntid=19

Opening day for Olympic classes at Kiel Week First day of Kieler Woche for the Olympic classes. In the 49er it was Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez of Spain who mastered the conditions to lead after three races. They are one point ahead of Peter and Soren Hansen of Denmark. Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes are in fifth place with a 9, 5, 1 scoreline... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45753&ntid=19

Pindar it is at 18ft Skiff European Grand Prix Andy Richards, Andrew Fairley and Dave Richards on Pindar, won the first round of the European 18ft skiff Grand Prix with a superbly consistent set of results. Day 3 of the first round started with what promised to be classic Garda conditions. In bright sunshine the northerly Peler wind faded away during the morning and was replaced bang on time with the beginnings of the Ora at around midday... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45750&ntid=19

Leopard eyes JP Morgan Round the Island Race With no time to waste, ICAP Leopard and her crew are now en route to the Solent, where she will compete in the JP Morgan Round the Island Race this Saturday, 28th June.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45752&ntid=19

Qingdao victorious in overnight battle for lead Qingdao, New York and Hull & Humber battled overnight in lighter winds and once again Qingdao came out on top. The conditions at the front are difficult with fog and rain hampering progress but each of these teams is pushing very hard and not giving an inch in this penultimate race of the Clipper 07-08 series.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45741&ntid=19

Williams and Leroy top ISAF Match Race Rankings Great Britain's Ian WILLIAMS takes over at the top in the latest release of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings on 25 June, whilst Claire LEROY of France remains well clear of the chasing pack in the Women's Rankings.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45740&ntid=19

Leopard smashes BMW Round Ireland record Mike Slade's ICAP Leopard has devoured a massive 10 hours, 35 minutes and 10 Seconds off the BMW Round Ireland Yacht Race record. ICAP Leopard has set a new milestone of 65 Hours 48 Minutes 47 Seconds and both skipper and crew greatly deserve to be congratulated on their achievement in difficult conditions and presents a much bigger challenge for others in the future... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45738&ntid=19

Line 7 sign three year contract with Rowing NZ Rowing's top athletes will be wearing Line 7 kit for the next three years at least thanks to a new supply partnership signed by the company and Rowing New Zealand. Line 7 will supply competition and leisure apparel to Rowing New Zealand's national rowing teams at Elite, Under 23 and Junior level from now until after the 2010 Rowing world Championships at Lake Karapiro. The company will also produc... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45736&ntid=19

Green seas in Qingdao - Olympic Course Area 240 boats try and remove sea-weed from the Qingdao Olympic course area. Australia's 470 Coach, Victor Kovalenko shared these photos and insight from the current training camp in China.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45731&ntid=19

London 2012 Olympic Match Racing-Information Night The Australian Sailing Team and Yachting Australia would like to send out an open invitation to an information night about Women's Match Racing towards the 2012 London Olympic Games.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45729&ntid=19

Chicago Etchells World Day 2 Results - Pix Chicago Etchells Worlds Day 2 - USA's Bill Hardesty, Erik Shampain, Steve Hunt and Jennifer Wilson dominate the day with bullets in both of today's races. Bill Hardesty, skipper on the leading boat, comments, 'It's tricky out there. We just kept it simple, work to keep the boat speed up, and then you just have to hope that your side works out.'... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45730&ntid=19

Final Day of International Classes - Kieler Woche After yesterday's strong breeze the weather conditions in Kiel improved and mostly two final races on the eight courses were sailed in each class today at Kieler Woche.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45726&ntid=19

Attacks of the Big Green Monsters US Laser Radial representative Anna Tunnicliffe reports from Kiel, Germany at the conclusion of her training camp.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45718&ntid=19

Craig aims for record fourth OK Dinghy World title Warnemunde was a particularly popular choice as the venue for the 46th OK Dinghy World Championships, scheduled to open next weekend. So far 89 sailors from Australia, Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, New Zealand, Poland and Sweden have entered for what promises to be a tough and hard fought for event.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45716&ntid=19

Il Mostro looks the winner of Bermuda race On the basis of provisional results posted late Tuesday for the Newport Bermuda race, the Puma branded Volvo 70 yacht Il Mostro, which set an elapsed time of 69 hours, 33 minutes and 24 seconds and a corrected time of 61 hours, two minutes and 51 seconds sits on top the Open Division's leaderboard on corrected time.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45712&ntid=19

Region of Sardinia Trophy next stop for TP52s Next week the Audi MedCup Circuit moves to Italy for the first time since May 2006 with the Region of Sardinia Trophy (30th June - 5th July). After two modest opening regattas in Alicante and Marseille the new Italian boat Audi Q8 will be looking to step up their performance on home waters.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45711&ntid=19

Leaders stand ground - PWA Costa Teguise World Cup Marcilio Browne and Sarah-Quita Offringa stand their ground in the double elimination to claim the early event lead at the PWA Costa Teguise World Cup, ahead of determined runners up Jose Estredo and Laure Treboux. The men's final witnessed a fusion of technical freestyle with mammoth airtime.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45710&ntid=19

Alfa Romeo and Southern Star continue domination At the Boat International Superyacht Regatta - Silver Jubilee, Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo dominates the Performance Division while Claudio de Eccher's Southern Star heads up the Cruising Division.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45708&ntid=19

12ft Skiff make the best of it at Weston A slightly depleted fleet of three 12ft Skiffs take the trip to Southampton for the Weston Skiff Open. The teams in attendance were CST Composites crewed by Andy Lang and Dave Roe, Design Source crewed by Iain Christie and Tom Vian, and CMcS-POM crewed by Bob Clements and Alan Atterbury... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45706&ntid=19

Teams gather at Cowes for Rolex Commodores' Cup The Rolex Commodores' Cup begins on Sunday, with the first race scheduled for Monday 30 June, but there has been no shortage of activity since close of challenges for the 9th biennial Rolex Commodores' Cup 2008. Great Britain's Rolex Commodores' Cup team manager David Atkinson expects racing to go down to the final day wire as he predicts one of the closest Cup contests in recent memory... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45746&ntid=19

Spithill beats Coutts in X40 catamaran face-off After three days of closely fought match racing in Extreme 40 catamarans off Italy's east coast, James Spithill and his BMW ORACLE Racing crew took home the Jaeger-Lecoultre Just the Best Trophy. In doing so, Spithill defeated his teammate and skipper Russell Coutts - the face-off between Coutts and Spithill came down to the final day... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45700&ntid=19

Gitana Eighty first home in Record SNSM After setting out from Saint Nazaire on Sunday at 1735 UT, the fleet of Imoca 60 footers made it back into the Loire Estuary this Tuesday morning... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45693&ntid=19

Putting in the Tacks as Trimarans do battle Leading the way is the crew of Banque Populaire, who benefitted from the rounding of the island of Ushant to give their friends on Groupama 2 the slip in the Record SNSM..... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45694&ntid=19

Aussie Shockwave V takes Bermuda Div Line Honours Originally launched as Neville Crichton's Shockwave in 2000, the Reichel/Pugh 80 was recently purchased by Australian Andrew Short. With the exception of two Americans, Peter Davis and Jan Majer, Short's seventeen member crew is from Australia. Shockwave 5 will have a quick turnaround as she prepares for her return 'Down Under' via the Panama Canal for Hamilton Island Race Week.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45679&ntid=19

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MAJOR EVENTS

2008 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1097

2008 Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1088

2008 Olympics Qingdao http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1013

Audi MedCup Circuit 2008 http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1091

2008 - 2009 Volvo Ocean Race http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Eid=1081

Clipper 07-08 Round the World Race http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1018

Round the Island Race http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Eid=814

Earthrace Round the World Record attempt 2008 http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=924

Extreme 40s http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=976

Gitana 13 Record attempts http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1084

New Zealand Sailing http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=225

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