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A new pay to race series around our shores with stop offs in Cork, Galway, Derry has been confirmed. The Round Britain and Ireland Challenge gets underway next year and no experience is needed pre race by the crews as a large amount of training is offered; the crews usually include a mixture of ability and experience and all the yachts are skippered by a Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster qualified individuals.

With stop offs in a variety of ports this event should offer something for everyone interested in seeing Britain and Ireland from a new perspective whilst racing in a fleet of fantastic yachts.

The races which will start from spring 2011 are using a fleet of six bespoke brand new Dehler Varianta 44’s which are in build in Griefswald at the Hanse/Dehler yard right now. The training weekends and each race start and end in Weymouth bay, the home of the sailing events of the 2012 Olympics, with stop offs from Cork, Galway, Londonderry, Inverkip, Stornoway, Leith, Hull, London, and Cowes.

The series offers sailors of all experience levels the chance to either undertake a single leg from £600, or the whole 28 day race from £4,750 per person. Included in this price are two training weekends with around 300 sea miles, sea survival training, all port fees and food whilst at sea, Gill OS2 offshore foul weather gear, and a post race awards dinner. For more information please contact the race organisers at [email protected], or call 01305 775935 / 08456 434603.


 

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Stories can be diverse and they can be influential, albeit some are more subtle than others in nature, while other events can be immediately felt. No more so felt, is firstly to those living along the coastal rim and rural isolated communities. Here the impact poses is increased to those directly linked with the sea, where daily lives are made from earning an income ashore and within coastal waters.

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