Key points:

– Groupama 34 win the first two in-port races at Dunkirk
– Sobedo win the third
– Three triangle courses planned for Sunday (8:30am departure time from the dock) before departing on the first offshore leg to Breskens (7:00pm from the dock)

This afternoon the Tour de France a la Voile race committee secured three races –and three opportunities to score– for the M34 fleet just off the beaches of Dunkirk. Franck Cammas’ crew (Groupama 34) won the first two races and Thomas Coville (Sobedo) won the final race of the afternoon. Are Cammas’ competitors waking up?

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Boystrous leads Rioja home in light conditions outside the Royal Southern Yacht Club. Photo: Phil Riley

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Hamble, Hampshire, UK:

The growing success of the Gaastra Friday Evening Racing series is largely down to the commitment of a group of regular sailors, none more so than from the ranks of the XOD fleet.

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– Each July there are two editions of the Tour de France
– Amaury Sport Organisation is organizing both races: the cycling Tour de France and the sailing Tour de France à la Voile
– Although one is cycling, the other sailing, they share a great deal

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World’s longest ocean race heading for Marina da Gloria in October 2013

The 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is to be hosted by the Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro this October. The port will conclude Leg 1 of the Clipper Race which departs London on 1 September, creating a fitting link between the hosts of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

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June 28, 2013

New York – New York Yacht Club Commodore Thomas J. Harrington announced an important addition to the Club’s professional staff: Stuart Streuli will be the Director of Communications. The appointment reflects the mission of the NYYC and initiatives of Commodore Harrington and fellow flag officers – namely “state-of-the-art communications and technology making club access real, available and part of everyday club life.”

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Two years ago, when Memel Werfe started, the founder, Henrikas Petrauskas formed a team of highly skilled professionals who share the same passion for beautiful classic boats. Motor or sail, it doesn’t matter: the boats have to be beautiful, unique and their task is to give them a new life.

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June 28, 2013—Seadrill Limited and Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad announced that their jointly owned entity, Sapura Navegação Marítima S.A., Brazil has been awarded a contract from Petrobras to charter and operate three pipe laying support vessels.The contract is for a period of eight years with an extension option for an additional eight years and is expected to commence by the second quarter of 2016.

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Key points:

– Franck Cammas’ Groupama 34 wins Dunkirk practice race
– Race veteran Courrier Dunkerque take second and OmanSail take third
– Three inshore races tomorrow (9am departure time at the docks)he 36th Tour de France à la Voile will start in Dunkirk in only two days.

“This practice race had the spirit of a real one,” said a smiley Cammas back on the dock in Dunkirk after Groupama 34’s victory in today’s trial. Today’s event did not count towards the overall ranking and although every team had guests onboard, the 12 M34s sailed the first course of the TFV 2013 as though it counted. round the world, 190 countries (60 in 2012) will relay Tour de France à la Voile footage (news coverage not included). The race will be shown on NBC Sports (USA), TV Asahi (Japan), Sportsnet (Canada), Eurosport International and Asia, ESPN International and more.

The starting gun fired at 3pm. The first upwind mark was set 0.8-miles away under a cloudy sky and 10 knots of breeze from the SW. Ville de Genève Carrefour Addictions rounded the windward mark first, followed by Groupama 34.

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Volvo Ocean Race 40th birthday celebrations continue with switch to free entry at interactive museum in Alicante

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Hamilton, Bermuda, June 28, 2013.

Nordic American Tankers Limited (“the Company”) conducted its 2013 Annual General Meeting on June 25, 2013 in Hamilton, Bermuda. The following resolutions were approved:

1. All of the nominees of the Board of Directors were approved to serve until the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders; and

2. Deloitte AS was approved as the Company’s independent auditors until the close of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

In addition, the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 were presented at the Meeting.

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