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| Saturday, 06 January 2007 |
JP Morgan - Extreme 40
This year we have been running the JP Morgan Extreme 40, which has been competing in the I-shares cup. Our time with this project was taken up with delivering the boat and RIB to and from all events and providing shore support during the races. The boat won the first event in Lugano, Switzerland and went on to achieve respectable finishes in the remaining four events. Another season highlight was preparing the boat for sailing through Tower bridge in London with members of the successful Olympic team.
TP52 – Panthera
Panthera came to the Solent for the first time in 2006 and managed to win almost every event entered. In 2007 the boat was further optimised for IRC with a new keel and bowsprit and some minor deck layout alterations. In 2007 the boat won the Red Funnel Regatta, IRC nationals, her class in the Round the Island race and finished 2nd in a very competitive Cowes week. Panthera then spent the winter in the Caribbean competing in both St Maarten and Antigua Sailing Weeks scoreing a first in class and first overall at both regattas. The boat was then shipped back to the UK to compete in Cork, Cowes week and the Little Britain Challenge Cup and is now being laid up for the winter. 
Farr 52 – Chernikeeff 2:
We took on Chernikeeff 2 in 2006 and have had a major overhaul of all deck gear and systems. After a successful season the boat has spent the winter packed up in the shed. All hydraulics and deck gear have been serviced; pedastals and mast have been resprayed and the keel joints have been re-laminated with a new spray and race fairing job on the keel. All this has been complemented with new cockpit bags and rail pads.
Farr 52 – Bear of Britain:
Bear, new in 2001 has seen a lot of sailing hours over the past few years. Sailed by a youth, amateur crew and has won just about every trophy in the Solent, including being part of the GBR winning Commodores cup team in 2004. The boat had a major refit in 2003 and still looks like she is fresh from the packaging 5 years on. Due to a reduced schedule in 2008 we now no longer manage the Bear.
Ker 39 -Erivale 3:
Having taken on the management of Erivale in the winter of 2006 we have since replaced all running rigging, overhauled all boat systems and even re-organised the trailer! A new rudder has been fitted in April and has made a large improvement to the boat's handling. This boat had a heavy offshore programme in 2007, including the windy Fastnet where the boat finished inside the top ten overall.
In 2008 this boat was chartered for use in the Commodores cup and was part of the winning the winning England Red team and not forgetting a strong contender for the overall RORC series when sailed by her regular crew.
Etchells:
We will be looking after 4 Etchells this year, covering everything from paperwork and logistics to polishing. With the headache of boat management taken away this should allow their owners to fully concentrate on getting the most out of the boats on the racecourse.
Antilope - Rogers 36
Antilope was new in May this year. We helped commission the boat and worked throughout the year to improve on all the systems and overcome the expected 'teething troubles' with a new boat. The boat has now been sold.
Anticipation - Beneteau 40.7
Prior to the 40.7 nationals in 2007 we re -faired the keel bulb as there was some damage from grounding and did a general deck tidy up. This boat went on to win the nationals by a large margin...At the beginning of 2008 we removed the mast and have done some basic maintenance work and supplied some new halyards before re-stepping. This boat is a top charter boat and has had busy season.
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