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 Do Teeth Whiteners Work? - Sponsored Link Ad - Find out which ones actually brighten your smile, and which ones don't Fundraising team set sights high for summer Yachting Monthly - A group of sailors is setting its sights high at Cowes week this year to raise money for the Ellen MacArthur Trust.Led by Manchester-based couple Andy and Karen Crosland, Sailforcharity raises thousands of pounds each year for a nominated charity. This Najad buys Maxi and relaunches Aphrodite Yachting Monthly - A new yacht group was born today.Linna Yacht Group consists of the Najad, Maxi and Aphrodite brands and has its sights set on being the third-largest boat producer in Europe.Alfred van Wincoop, MD and 70% owner of new business explained his strategy: Court won't stay ruling in America's Cup case Globe and Mail - New York -- The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court refused to stay a lower court's ruling that the Golden Gate Yacht Club of San Francisco is the challenger of record in the America's Cup, according to the U.S. syndicate. America's Cup Hornet Welsh championship Yachts and Yachting Online - The 2008 Hornet Welsh Nationals were held in a variety of conditions with tight racing throughout the fleet. Race one, was sailed in gusty conditions. Lewis Woodland and Jon Bailey port tacked the fleet and developed a good lead by the windward mark. GP14 Scottish championship Yachts and Yachting Online - Twenty-two GP fourteens included fourteen visitors from as far as Chelmarsh in the south and Arran in the north competed for their Championship of Scotland on Castle Loch. The south easterly wind was not as strong as predicted, but fluctuated from force full report and photo gallery from the massive RS Anniversary event Yachts and Yachting Online - "Now I know what everyone means when they talk about the RS family" commented one first timer. When all the RS classes get together there is something very special about it. Old friends, new adversaries, tons of enthusiasm - you could not wish to spend day four of the Finn Europeans in Scarlino Yachts and Yachting Online - Mixed fortunes for Ainslie, but Florent still leads How do you respond to someone who is proving reliably consistent and not making any mistakes? Simple. You go out and win the next two races. And that is exactly what Ben Ainslie (GBR) did today at the See the new Southerly 32 sail Yachting Monthly - May.Included in a jam-packed issue is great advice on getting afloat for under 5,000 and using a PC to navigate at sea.There's also a test of the new Southerly 32 - the exciting new lift-keel cruiser.Buy the issue to read the YM verdict and click on the Explore the Amazon from your desk Yachting Monthly - The June issue of YM includes a report on The Rally You've Never Heard Of.Miles Kendall went to the mouth of the Amazon to meet up with the 35 yachts of the Ile du Soleil - a rally that takes in the Canaries, Senegal, Cape Verdes, Salvador and the Shambler Sail Magazine Online - A sailor's guide to attracting the opposite sex By David Schmidt "Ooohhh, is that a Rambler shirt?" It was a female sailor cooing to the rest of her all-female crew at Antigua Sailing Week as I walked past their charter boat at Jolley Harbor. Hull & Humber win race 9 Yachting World - Hull & Humber has won Race 9 of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race, crossing the revised finish line at 2022 GMT on Tuesday 6 May. It is the team's third individual stage victory of the 35,000-mile race. Skipper Danny Watson says, 'It was One in and one out of Artemis Transat Yachting World - Steve White, aboard Spirit of Weymouth, has entered the Artemis Transat in the IMOCA Class - taking the number of IMOCA skippers to 13. Having completed his qualifying passage, the Brit takes his place amongst an impressive line-up of singlehanded New Dynamic Sailing System tested Yachting World - Swing, lift, pump or dump, canting keels or water ballast. You might have thought all possible methods of achieving more stability had been explored. Apparently not. A new design concept claims to provide a novel solution to one of the most fundamental 9 boats, 5 venues for 2008 iShares Cup Yachting World - The final pieces are now in place for the 2008 iShares Cup Sailing Series. The venue for the German leg of the European tour has been confirmed as Kiel, on the Baltic Sea, and Tommy Hilfiger has been announced as the ninth entry in the series.Kiel, in RNLI unveils memorial design Yachting Monthly - The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has selected a design for a sculpture to pay tribute to the hundreds of volunteer crew members who have lost their lives while saving others at sea over the last 184 years.The sculpture, by Sam Holland ARBS, will Golding to fire starting gun for Artemis Transat Yachting Monthly - Mike Golding will officially start The Artemis Transat from onboard the Royal Navy's HMS Argyll on 11th May at 2.00pm. Mike won the 2004 edition of the race in the IMOCA 60 class, and was due to compete in this year's race, but has been forced to King of Cowes returns to Cowes Week Yachting World - LaserPerformance (Europe) Ltd and Volkswagen have announced that 2008 will see the return of the Volkswagen Touareg King of Cowes at Skandia Cowes Week.On Friday 1 August class winners from 2007 will race in identical Laser SB3s off Cowes in a one-day, Last night at sea for Konyukhov Yachting World - Having finally turned his back on the Roaring Forty and Furious Fifty latitudes, the 56 year old adventurer was sweating to make more than 4 knots in the light head winds yesterday - produced by the high pressure system currently hanging over Cape Jurassic Coast landslip 'worst in 100 years' Yachting Monthly - A landslip has destroyed more than 400 metres of Dorset's Jurassic Coast.Described as the worst for 100 years, the landslip blocked a stretch of beach between Lyme Regis and Charmouth but there are no reports of injuries.Portland Coastguard said the Concern over proposed Marine Navigation Bill Yachting Monthly - The RYA has expressed concern over the proposed Marine Navigation Bill published today which would empower Harbour Authorities to make 'General Directions' for navigational and non-navigational purposes.Currently Harbour Authorities normally rely on Hull & Humber wins Clipper leg nine Yachting Monthly - Hull & Humber has won Race 9 of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race, crossing the revised finish line at 2022 GMT on Tuesday 6 May. It is the team's third individual stage victory of the 35,000-mile race which is being contested by ten Artemis Transat Fleet arrive in Plymouth Yachting World - The 13 IMOCA 60s and 11 Class 40 boats competing in The Artemis Transat 2008 are now all berthed at Sutton Harbour, Plymouth having arrived over the weekend. The Race Village has come alive with the arrival of the fleet and thousands of visitors enjoyed BMW Oracle Racing partners with VPLP Yachting World - The leading French multihull design firm Van Peteghem Lauriot Prevost (VPLP) is working with BMW ORACLE Racing's design team in developing its new mulithull boat for the America's Cup Deed of Gift match. Firm principals Vincent Lauriot Prevost and Marc Podium position for Phil Sharp Yachting World - Phil Sharp (left) and David Krizek onboard Atlantick FT are celebrating moving up into third position in the Transatlantic AG2R race. With approximately 1,300 miles until the finish line in St Barths, the duo are looking forward to hoisting their |
