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Articles in Feb-March, 2009 issue of Offshore Yachting

• Bavaria teams up with BMW and Farr Yachts for 55 Cruiser
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• Jessica Watson on track to breaking Jesse Martin's record
• NSW Government tightens restrictions on powerboat license
• US Yachts named best international Hunter Marine dealer
• Antigua police searching for Drew Gollan's killer
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• Doyle Sails take on Bamar agency in NZ
• Oceanis 31 wins European Yacht of the Year
• Marten 49 owners race on Sydney Harbour
• World beating IRC 40-footer coming Down Under
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• Alliaura Marine unveils 52-foot little brother to Feeling 55
• Sunbeam adds 30-footer
• Eight bells: two past winners of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race sailed their final voyage in December … Graham Newland and Alby Burgin
  by Peter Campbell
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  by Matt Allen
• A shark's tale
  by Anthony Twibill
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• History in the making: from start to finish, the 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was all about history, remembering the past while stamping its own mark on the record books. It certainly captured the attention of the nation like no other race in recen
  by Rob Mundle
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  by Peter Campbell
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• Bertrand wins Etchells Nationals with a day to spare: John Bertrand and his all-star team of Andrew Palfrey and Ben Ainslie sailed Triad to victory in the 2009 Australian Etchells Championship for the fourth time—with a day to spare
• Limit not fast enough in King of the Derwent: despite hitting 24 knots around the bay, the west Australian yacht Limit could not hold her time in the King of the Derwent race in Hobart
• Sydney success in West Coaster: the Short family from Sydney sailed in the wake of their father and grandfather to take line honours and break the race record for the Melbourne to Hobart West Coaster race
• RYCT wins Sayonara Cup and Prince Philip Cup: Hobart Yachtsman Nick Rogers has regained the historic Sayonara Cup for the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania as well as winning the prestigious Prince Philip Cup sailing his newly launched international Dragon cla
• Record fleet for Skandia Geelong Week: with event hosts the Royal Geelong Yacht Club celebrating its 150th anniversary, Skandia Geelong Week 2009 was expected to be a big one, and it didn't disappoint
• Kiwis storm podium in Youth Match Racing Championship
• Freedman Foundation sailing program continues to grow
• Audi Etchells Worlds
• Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle race
• Offshore racing calendar
• The helmsperson: taking the wheel of a racing yacht can be a path to glory. But it takes the right person to make it as a helmsperson
  by Lisa Ratcliff
• Yacht piracy in the 21st Century—staying away from the hot spots…. But where are they? pirate danger zones for commercial ships may not be the most dangerous for cruising yachts
  by Nancy Knudsen
• A cut above: this Reichel/Pugh 36-footer is razor-sharp, but won't frighten the family
  by Barry Tranter
• Countdown for Loki: just over a year ago, Loki lay in ruins, smashed and abandoned against the rocky shores of Sicily after an ill fated middle sea race campaign. But like the incorrigible Norse deity whose name it bears, Loki is back to cause mischief fo
  by Karen Eriksen
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  by Bill Richards
• Watching it on the box
  by Peter Campbell
• Kart-It, don't carry it
• Hella Marine's DuraLED up to the job
• Burke Marine launches flat foam fenders
• RFD launches two PFDS
• IV in a row: four consecutive line honours wins for Wild Oats XI. Four quotes from skipper Mark Richards which sum up the victory
• Steel willed: Bob Steel's overall victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008 aboard his TP52 Quest has elevated this Sydney yachtsman to an elite list of just nine other skippers to have won the bluewater classic twice
  by Matt Henry
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