Inaugural Hungarian 18ft Skiff Grand Prix

9:57 AM Fri 6 May 2011 GMT

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The inaugural Hungarian 18ft Skiff Grand Prix will be sailed at Lake Balaton, Hungary from 12-15 May, and is the first European Grand Prix of 2011. Miklos Ujhelyi-Gaspar, the leading Hungarian 18ft Skiff skipper and 2010 European champion, advises that the four-day long event will be organised by the Spartacus Sailing Club www.spartacus.hu at the south side of the lake located at Balatonfoldvar. Miklos said: 'We plan to do ten races, with one long distance race around about the Tihany peninsula. It will be a great challenge and a beautiful voyage'. 'The Hungarian sailors await the 18ft fleet with great ...

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