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17 Enter Arklow's Metmasts Turbines Yacht Race
There are 17 entrants so far for Sunday's Metmasts Turbines Yacht Race. The second race round the Arklow wind turbines is hosted by Arklow Sailing Club. The challenge of a 34 mile sprint around the Arklow Bank Wind Turbines, coupled with the attraction of the magnificent metmAsts trophies and prize fund has enticed a strong fleet. All competing yachts will be fitted with GPS trackers, so that live progress can be viewed by followingat: www.arklowsc.com. Entry forms and details are available on the same site.
Metmasts Competing Yachts
AQUELINA Arklow SC IRC WINNER 2009
LLUEST Courtown SC
MAURITIUS Courtown SC
C U L8 R Courtown SC
ELENTIC Courtown SC
NOONAN BOATS Wicklow SC
HI-FLYER Wicklow SC
X-POSURE Arklow SC
DREAMTIME Arklow SC
OUTHAUL Arklow SC
JAERONIMO Arklow SC
MOLLY Arklow SC
NIAMH CINN OIR Arklow SC
CETEWAYO Arklow SC
BLEW BUBBLES Arklow SC
MISI Arklow SC
SIDEWNDER Arklow SC
Second Race Round Arklow Wind Turbines
The second Metmasts Turbine Race takes place around the Arklow wind farm off the east coast of Ireland on Sunday, June 6th. The 34–mile race is expected to take at least six hours to complete in moderate conditions. Last years inaugural fleet, which featured in August Afloat magazine suffered from lack of wind but nevertheless enjoyed Arklow's legendary hospitality supported by sponsor Metmasts.