Antigua Sailing Week - Fantastic sailing conditions for day one

10:10 PM Sun 24 Apr 2011 GMT

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Antigua Sailing Week - Fantastic sailing conditions marked the start of the 44th Antigua Sailing Week with clear blue skies echoed in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean Sea. A breeze of 15 knots from the east gave a gentle start to the regatta. Eduardo Perez-Bengochea's Gunboat 62,CucuBelle won the first battle of the big catfight in Multihull 1. This is the biggest and most impressive multihull spectacle to come Antigua for many years and these flying machines light up in big breeze. CucuBelle hit the line with pace and accuracy and headed inshore to benefit from the lift ...

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by Louay Habib