 | Atlantic Cup Leg 2 |
| The second leg of the Atlantic Cup set sail at 2:05 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 19th from New York Harbour to Newport |
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 | Atlantic cup update Leg 1 Charleston-NYC Finish |
| Only four hours separated the fleet of Class 40's finishing the first leg of the Atlantic Cup sailing into New York on Tuesday evening. |
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 | First 24 hours of the Atlantic Cup |
| After the first twenty four hours of the Atlantic Cup, Owen Clarke Designs No.54 Dragon and No.90 40 Degrees are one and two respectively, leading the fleet of seven Class 40s to New York. |
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 | Antigua Race Week |
| OCD's Merfyn Owen has been seen out of the office in the last week, getting some sailing in and racing on Adrian Lower's Swan 44, Selene, at Antigua Sailing Week. |
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 | 2013 Class 40 Worlds to be in Plymouth, a chance to be part of the action. |
| The Class 40 World championships are being held this year in Plymouth immediately after the RORC Fastnet Race. OCD have been instrumental in bringing the regatta back to the UK and are organising the charter and sale of Class 40 yachts in time for both regattas. |
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 | RORC Caribbean 600 victory for 40 Degrees and a demolished Class 40 record |
| Fifth running of the RORC Caribbean 600 sees victory and a new record for the Owen Clarke designed, Jaz Marine built, 40 Degrees in the six boat Class 40 fleet. |
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 | Jaz Marine, significant price reduction for the Owen Clarke 4th generation Class 40 |
| As a result of recent exchange rate changes Class 40 builders Jaz Marine South Africa are offering significant reductions on the price of their 'kit boat' and 'complete build' 4th generation Owen Clarke Class 40s. |
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 | Breaking records and breaking keels – Owen Clarke Vendée Globe round-up |
| Last week Mike Golding and Dominique Wavre both finished their Vendee Globes in sixth and seventh places respectively. These two remarkable skippers of Owen Clarke designed Open 60s Gamesa and Mirabaud have wrapped up a record three Vendee Globe finishes each, the only two skippers to have ever done so. |
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 | Viewing Spirit of Adventure in February |
| Merfyn Owen sailing the custom performance cruising yacht Spirit of Adventure from Durban to Cape Town Merfyn was one of the design team who developed this special cruising sailboat and is engaged actively in brokering the sale of her |
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 | Owen Clarke 60's round Cape Horn - Golding's record intact. |
| All three Owen Clarke 60's round Cape Horn and Golding retains Cape to Cape record with under seven thiousand miles to the finish line, a little over two Trans Atlantic races. |
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 | 40 Degrees fits new rig and completes 90 degree test |
| 40 Degrees 2 undergoing her obligatory 90 test in Charleston SC after the fitting of her new 173 kg two spreader rig, built by Southern Spars, the design of which was a joint collaboration with Owen Clarke Design. |
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 | Class 40 Amhas listed with OCD, Cutlass US$ 50K price reduction and what’s Rob been up to? |
| Owen Clarke's agent in North America Rob Windsor has just delivered two Class 40 sailboats to Charleston, one of which Amhas, has just been listed on the OCD Boatshed Performance website. They join 40 Degrees 2 and Cutlass. |
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 | Golding feared close to dismasting again in the Vendee Globe |
| Life can change so quickly in the south, bringing back memories of a dismasting while in the lead in the 2008 Vendee Globe. In the early hours of Sunday morning while furling the Code 0, a squall took the wind from 18 to 35 kts and at the same time the furling line failed under the load |
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 | Acciona 100% Eco-Powered breaks rudder but continues to race in the Vendee Globe |
| Javier Sanso gybed his Owen Clarke-Clay Oliver designed Open 60 onto port today for the first time since reporting an impact and running over something three days ago. As a result he was able to observe that the lower portion of his port rudder had taken an impact and broken off. |
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 | Acciona Atlantic comeback in the Vendee Globe |
| Javier 'Bubi' Sanso (Acciona 100% EcoPowered) has scorched down the North Atlantic and through the Doldrums as if they were a myth and how has the top of the fleet in his sights. He has made up 350 miles in the last two days after being more than 700 miles off the lead. |
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 | Advances in design of performance cruising yachts |
| The 2012 Superyacht Design Symposium was held in Miami recently. Merfyn Owen was invited on behalf of Owen Clarke Design to present at a forum dealing with the trickledown of racing boat technology to the superyacht sector. |
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 | Class 40 for auction and other brokerage news |
| Owen Clarke design and Boatshed Performance are offering the Class 40 ex FujiFilm for sale by auction. At the same time there are a number of other newsworthy stories from this international performance brokerage team. |
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 | Three OCD Open 60s start the Vendee Globe |
| Three IMOCA Open 60's designed by UK designers Owen Clarke Design started from the Les Sables d'Olonnes this weekend on the Sodebo Vendee Globe three month 25,000 mile global marathon. |
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 | Owen Clarke Design announce their first mid-size IRC racing yacht design |
| High performance yacht designers Owen Clarke Design have designed their first mid-size IRC racing sailboat to race against the Ker 40. Developed for racing in events such as the RORC Fastnet Race, the intention is for the yacht to be a 'Kingfisher moment'. a new and winning concept for its owners and designers. |
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 | Vendee Record |
| Owen Clarke's IMOCA 60 designs and their sailors' performance in solo events have been consistent. Together they've won the IMOCA 60 Class in the Route du Rhum and twice in the Transat Anglais (OSTAR). In the 2008 Vendee Globe, Mike Golding (Ecover 3) was leading before he was dismasted south of Australia. |
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