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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS

MINERVA II seen here moored midstream in the River Dart off Dartmouth , Minerva II was previously the final one in a series of eight identical ships for Renaissance Cruises which folded. Swan Hellenic now operates the 30.277ton vessel on a seven year charter. Entering service in 2001 the vessel originally cost $150 million. Photo : Ian Denton ©


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Deurganckdok officieel geopend door koning Albert II Koning Albert II heeft afgelopen woensdagmiddag in Antwerpen officieel het nieuwe Deurganckdok geopend. Dat gebeurde in aanwezigheid van verschillende ministers uit de Vlaamse regering, buitenlandse ambassadeurs en tal van andere hoogwaardigheidsbekleders.

Top : Het eerste schip in het Deurganckdok was de COSCO TIANJIN Photo : Capt Dirk Wijnen – Master Union Diamond © Het containerdok is 2,6 kilometer lang en 450 meter breed. De volledige aanmeerlengte is vijf kilometer. Tijdens verschillende toespraken werd gewezen op het belang van het dok voor de Antwerpse haven en de Vlaamse economie. Het Deurganckdok geeft Antwerpen als containerhaven bijkomende overslagcapaciteit. Zodra het getijdendok af is en de kadelengte in 2007 volledig beschikbaar zal zijn, zorgt het voor een verdubbeling van de containercapaciteit. Men gaat er immers van uit dat het dok minstens 6 miljoen TEU zal behandelen (het Antwerpse havenbedrijf sprak woensdag van ruim 7 miljoen TEU), of evenveel als de Antwerpse haven vorig jaar aan containers omzette. De toenmalige Vlaamse regering onder leiding van Luc Van den Brande besliste in '98 tot de bouw van het dok op de linkeroever van de Schelde. In '99 gingen de werken van start. De werken lagen echter maanden stil nadat de Raad van State de bouwvergunning van het dok tweemaal had geschorst.


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 165 Daarop werd een zogenaamd nooddecreet uitgewerkt en goedgekeurd in het Vlaams Parlement. Het decreet bevatte een uitzonderingsprocedure om de werken aan het dok te kunnen hervatten. Het gaf de Vlaamse regering de mogelijkheid een nieuwe bouwvergunning af te leveren zonder rekening te houden met het gewestplan of een advies van de Raad van State. De totale kosten voor het dok worden geraamd op meer dan 600 miljoen euro, gefinancierd door de Vlaamse overheid (het overgrote deel) en het Antwerpse havenbestuur. Om het dok volledig te kunnen benutten, is een uitdieping van de Schelde vereist. Die werken zouden in 2007 moeten starten. De uitbating van de containerterminals werd toegewezen aan het Singaporese PSA en het Britse P&O Ports, die elk honderden miljoenen euro in hun concessie zullen investeren. Die investeringen zullen volgens schattingen 3.000 jobs opleveren. Ook onrechtstreeks zal het Deurganckdok voor extra banen zorgen. De bijkomende containertrafiek als gevolg van het nieuwe dok zal voor de nodige mobiliteitsproblemen zorgen. De Liefkenshoekspoortunnel onder de Schelde zal naar verwachting immers maar eind 2011 klaar zijn. De NMBS investeert intussen wel om het dok per spoor bereikbaar te maken. Wat het wegvervoer betreft is de Oosterweelverbinding tussen de linker- en de rechteroever ten vroegste in 2012 klaar. De binnenvaart heeft echter al laten weten dat het 50 pct van de bijkomende containertrafiek op zich wil nemen. Naar verwachting zal het Deurganckdok op middellange termijn al verzadigd zijn. Er is sprake van 2012. Daarom komt de bouw van een nog groter containerdok, het Saefthingedok, al in beeld. De Antwerpse haven zal van de Vlaamse regering echter duidelijk moeten aantonen dat er nood is aan zo'n extra dok. De inwoners van het Scheldedorp Doel hebben woonrecht tot er een bouwvergunning voor het dok wordt afgeleverd. Dat zal ten vroegste in 2007 zijn.

Tug Malta invests in new boats Tug Malta will be investing Lm4.5 million to purchase two new tug boats in order to improve the services it is currently offering in the Maltese harbours, to the Freeport and to the owners of the shipping lines. The investment, which will increase the efficiency of Tug Malta's services, is coming solely from the company and Tug Malta will not seek any assistance from the Government. The Minister for Investment, Industry and Information Technology Austin Gatt said that the company is able to do this because it is doing well financially. By applying a certain control over the operational and administrative expenses, Tug Malta manages to operate profitably. Minister Gatt revealed that the company is expected to have a pre-tax profit of Lm549,000 at the end of its financial year in September 2005. Tug Malta however still maintains a consistent service of very high quality without any detriment towards the services it offers to its clients, and in fact it answers ships' calls in less than an hour in 99.8 per cent of the cases. John Sullivan, Chairman of Tug Malta, said the two new tug boats are expected to be delivered in February and November of next year. The need for the new tug boats rose from the fact that the current fleet, consisting of six tugs, have certain problems such as lack of reliability in bad weather, lack of strength and not enough speed. The two new tugs will allow the company to offer a better and faster service, a smaller number of tug boats being required for each ship, and a decrease in the frequency of the tugs not operating due to bad weather.


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First double-acting icebreaking supply vessel named The first double-acting large icebreaker, the icebreaking PSV Fesco Sakhalin, was formally named at the end of May. The icebreaking standby and supply vessel was ordered by FESCO in Russia from Aker Finnyards in Helsinki. Yrj”Julin, President of Aker Finnyards said: "This is the first icebreaker from Finland to Russia since the 1980s. Fesco is our old client; in addition to a number of Arctic cargo ships we have delivered six icebreakers for them since the late 1960s. Now we are very pleased to have continued this fruitful cooperation as well as to have re-established the long co-operation in shipbuilding between our countries." The design is a result of the long term R&D activity, which started already in 1989 with research on the operational conditions in the Sakhalin area in the Far-East of Russia: The vessel will be operating in the harsh Okhotsk Sea environment, with freezing temperatures down to -40øC and difficult ice conditions with ice ridges up to 20m deep and solid ice exceeding 1.5m in thickness. Fesco Sakhalin will work as standby and supply vessel on the Sakhalin-1 project, involving the development of three oil fields in the area, where total potential recoverable resources are estimated at 307 million tonnes of oil and 485 billion cubic metres of gas. Exxon Neftegas Ltd is the operator for the multinational Sakhalin-1 Consortium.

Odfjell tanker damaged in collision A CHEMICAL tanker operated by the Norwegian Odfjell group remains in a port in Indonesia following a collision with another vessel last week. The 28,053dwt NCC Madinah had discharged its cargo in Gresik, Indonesia, and was on its way to an anchorage when the collision with a small inbound Indonesian tanker occurred shortly before midnight on 6 July. Local sources say one person is missing and another injured from the Indonesian vessel, but there were no casualties among the 32 crew of NCC Madinah. The ship has not been released yet by the local authorities, an Odfjell official told Fairplay. He added that after the release the vessel will have to be dry-docked. He said the cause of the accident remained unknown. Both ships had pilots on board when the accident happened. NCC Madinah flies the Norwegian international flag – NIS – and is owned by National Chemical Carriers of Saudi Arabia. The 1976-built vessel is classed with Det Norske Veritas.


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Growth in offshore energy market spurs Global Marine and SMIT to cooperate Global Marine Systems Limited, the cable installation and maintenance company, and SMIT Heavy Lift Europe BV, a division of SMIT International, have announced their intention to cooperate to meet the needs of the growing renewable energy market. Global Marine is a leading installer of the inter-turbine and shore connection cabling for offshore wind farms, while SMIT has more than 160 years experience of marine construction. The combination of Global Marine's cable installation and burial skills, allied to SMIT's extensive vessel fleet and offshore experience, creates a significant solution to the burgeoning offshore energy market, said the companies in a joint statement. "For Global Marine the offshore renewable energy market is an area of strategic growth and this relationship will enable the company to offer the very best installation service possible for wind farm projects," said the statement. "Global Marine will benefit from SMITs extensive fleet of vessels combined with its in-house engineering management and corporate infrastructure. Conversely, SMIT will gain from the installation skills GlobalMarine already brings to the offshore renewable energy market." "From SMIT's perspective, this relationship is something that will greatly benefit both businesses. With the recent acquisition of a jack-up barge with 600 tonnes lifting capacity SMIT is seriously looking at the offshore energy market. The company has found in Global Marine a collaborator with an enviable reputation and excellent track record, with more offshore cable installation project management experience than any other," the statement concluded.

Loose nut caused ferry accident THE grounding of the ferry Queen of Oak Bay on 30 June was caused by mechanical failure of an engine speed control device, according to BC Ferries. The preliminary investigation report, released, said a control arm connecting the engine speed control governor to the engine fuel rack disconnected when a nut came off the attachment bolt. A cotter pin that normally prevents the nut from coming loose was missing. The propulsion system ‘ over speeded’when the bold disconnected. The ‘ over-speed trips’protective system then engaged and shut down the propulsion system as the ship entered the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal area, Canada, as a result of which the ferry ploughed into 24 pleasure craft before grounding. According to BC Ferries president David Hahn, the entire fleet has been ‘ checked and cleared’in response to the accident report findings. Damage to the Queen of Oak Bay was minimal and sea trials began on 6 July. The vessel is expected to resume normal operations today.

Pride of America debuts in Hawaii

Pride of America joins Pride of Aloha in sailing Hawaii, The Pride of America made its Hawaii debut, when the $350 million passenger liner arrived at Hilo Harbor with 1,600 passengers and nearly 1,000 crew aboard.

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 165 40 percent of whom were recruited in Hawaii. "This will be a great connection between Hawaii and the rest of America," Kekoa said. Passengers were already feeling the connection and gave the first new U.S.-flagged cruise ship in nearly 50 years rave reviews after the five-day voyage from San Francisco. "We thought five days at sea would be boring, but it's been anything but," said Jeanne Tweedy, 55, of Colorado Springs, Colo. "There's absolutely nothing we could want for." "The service has been super and the staff are just wonderful," added her sister, Kathy Cleary, 54 also of Colorado Springs. The women also had high praise for Capt. Kjell Nesheim, who has experience cruising the islands aboard the NCL's Pride of Aloha, which began interisland cruises a year ago. The Pride of America is one of two ships from the failed "Project America" program that Norwegian bought after the U.S. cruise ship company American Classic Voyages declared bankruptcy in 2001. The ship, along with the Pride of Hawaii, were completed in Germany. When the Pride of Hawaii is delivered in May 2006, "we'll be bringing almost 8,000 passengers per week here to Hawaii," Robert Kritzman, NCL executive vice president and managing director for Hawaii. Sales have been strong through the end of the year and bookings already are being made well into next year in response to an East Coast marketing campaign, Kritzman said. "That's a sign of the strength of Hawaii's tourism right now," he said

NAVY NEWS

Dampier to be patrol boat base DAMPIER will be the base for two new Armidale Class Patrol Boats to bolster security for Australia's largest natural resource operation, the North West Shelf. Defence Minister Robert Hill said the West Australian port was selected based on the Navy's operational requirements. He said it would optimize maritime surveillance and response capabilities in the strategically vital region. "This is delivering on the Howard government's election commitment to buy two additional Armidale Class Patrol Boats to provide dedicated surveillance and monitoring of the North West Shelf," Senator Hill said in a statement today. "The patrol boats will provide an enhanced quick reaction capability to respond to potential threats, including terrorist attack, and will add to the Navy's overall border protection capabilities. "The patrol boat crews will fly into and out of Dampier to maintain patrol cycles on a rotational basis." Senator Hill said major maintenance requirements would be carried out in Darwin, where the families of crew members are expected to live.


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 165 The Navy will lead a small team to Dampier and Karratha in the near future to discuss infrastructure and support issues, including opportunities to use the logistic support of the area's existing commercial and port facilities. "This decision will also provide flow-on economic benefits for the region, particularly in relation to logistic support of the ships and transport and accommodation for the patrol boat crews," Senator Hill said. The initiative is part of a $139.3 million package over four years to protect Australia's offshore oil and gas facilities on the North West Shelf and protect Australia's borders. The first of the ADF's 12 new Armidale Class Patrol Boats, HMAS Armidale, has already been delivered to the Navy on time and on budget and was commissioned on June 24 in Darwin.

SHIPYARD NEWS

Yard number 6127 will be named QUEEN VICTORIA, a large passengerliner from which the first section is seen afloat at the Fincantieri yard in Marghera (Venice) Photo : Piet Sinke ©

Warsaw steps in to help Polish yard POLAND’ S Agency for Industrial Development is to provide Naval Shipyard in Gdynia with PLN25M ($7.3M) as a stabilisation loan to be paid back by the end of the year. The defence ministry has applied for the builder to be corporatised, with the government retaining all the shares, as a first step towards possible privatisation. There have been rumours that Naval Shipyard would be merged into Gdynia Shipyard or even combined with Gdynia repair specialist Nauta. Once there has been a change to the company structure, together with the necessary redundancies and reorganisation of the yard, the government is expected to inject fresh capital. Naval Shipyard recently had trouble paying employee wages when one of its customers delayed payments. The yard is short of military orders and has struggled to find merchant business: it now has a mixture of repair, conversion and newbuilding contracts

Secret deal for Aker Construction work underway at Aker Ostsee.Aker Yards has picked up an order for another couple of CS 1700 series containerships but the rather reticent buyer does not want his identity disclosed. The EUR 65m ($78m) deal is for a 1,698-teu vessels with sockets for 300 forty foot reefer boxes. Delivery from the Aker Ostsee yard in Germany is due in the second quarter of 2008.


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 165 With the latest order Aker Yards now has an order reserve of 109 vessels stretching up to late 2008 of which 50 are containerships.

Bourgas launches Smiltynes' second Bulgaria’ s Bourgas Shipyards has launched a second ferry built for Lithuanian owner Smiltynes Perkela. It will serve the Nida river region in Klaipeda. The owner has another six ships. The 62-metre vessel was ordered in November at a cost of EUR 3.4m ($4.1m), the Dnevnik newspaper reported. The yard delivered a 1,500-passenger ferry to the owner in 2004.

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The new ferry VLIELAND seen in the Bay of Biscay enroute Harlingen from the Phillipines during her delivery voyage last month - Photo : Kapt Ko Kaale ©

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CMA CGM SECURES LONG TERM SERVICES IN BELGIUM

CMA CGM continues its strategic diversification focused on investing in terminal operations in the world’ s leading ports, through its affiliated company Terminal Link. The Group is pleased to inform of two important investments in Belgium: 1- CMA CGM has entered into a Joint Venture with HNN in the Container Handling Zeebrugge terminal (CHZ Terminal), with 35% equity shares. The Joint Venture will invest to upgrade the terminal's infrastructure and equipment, increasing terminal handling capacity from the current 600,000 Teus to 900,000 Teus a year. CMA CGM will continue using Zeebrugge for its Asia /Europe services, (namely FAL, NCX, SCX, SUNDEX) and UK feedering fleet. 2- CMA CGM has acquired a 10 % equity in Antwerp Gateway. It intends to gradually transfer its controlled services which are calling Antwerp to the new Gateway Terminal. These two strategic positions in Belgium represent a new important step forward in CMA CGM's commitment to ensure a very long term high quality service to its customers.

Skandi Navica laying Snohvit carbon dioxide pipeline Statoil in Norway says Skandi Navica is currently laying the pipeline which will allow carbon dioxide separated from production on the Snohvit project to be injected back into a separate formation on the Barents Sea field. The carbon dioxide injection pipeline is being reeled onto the seabed in five stages. The pipeline runs out to the storage structure, which lies beneath the gas-bearing layers on the Statoil-operated field, from the Melkoya receiving terminal in northern Norway. Statoil has been separating carbon dioxide from its Sleipner West gas production and storing these volumes in a sub-surface formation in the North Sea since 1996. Injection and storage of this kind is set to reduce total carbon emissions from the two fields by no less than 1.7 million tonnes per year, including 700,000 from Snohvit. "Our Snohvit pipeline marks the first offshore injection of carbon dioxide from a land-based plant," says Jorunn Klovning, manager of health, safety and the environment for the Tromso Patch/Snohvit. Injection of carbon dioxide beneath the seabed will substantially reduce the environmental burden at the Melkoya plant, she points out. "At the same time, we're winning valuable experience which will be highly significant for continued development of carbon deposition in future projects."


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 165 Work on laying the 8in injection pipeline began from land in early June, and just over half of the 151km length has so far been installed. The pipeline is being reeled onto the seabed from a drum on Skandi Navica, a method which provides a laying speed of 10-20km per day. The work is scheduled for completion in the course of July.

Vroon Offshore Services takes delivery of diving support vessel Vroon Offshore Services has announced that it has taken delivery of a DPII Diving Support Vessel, which has been named VOS Sympathy (ex-Searanger). The vessel is presently completing upgrading and trials in Singapore, and will be repositioned to Europe where it is expected to commence operations in the second half of July. Vroon Offshore Services says it plans to grow its diving support activities, and has one new building on order for delivery in 2006 at the AGB Yard in India.

Halul takes delivery of anchor handler

Gulf Times reports that Halul Offshore Services has taken delivery of the anchor-handling tug MV Amber. The vessel is scheduled to start working for Total E & P Qatar shortly. The vessel is owned by CH offshore in Singapore, with whom Halul has an agreement to market its vessels in the region.

New name confirmed for standby vessel company The largest operator of dedicated safety standby vessels in the North Sea has confirmed that it has undergone a name change.Aberdeen-based BUE Viking has become known as Viking Offshore Services Limited, reflecting a shareholding change in the business last year. An extensive rebranding exercise is being undertaken by the company, which has 37 vessels. Viking Offshore Services chief executive Graham Philip said: "The change of company name effectively represents the start of a new era for the business. We operate successfully in a highly competitive sector, and to sustain that it is important we have aclear and distinctive brand to represent our qualities and values in the market place." "Our name is changing but our commitment to providing a quality service for our many customers in the North Sea and a safe working environment for our crews remains," said Philip. The new name comes in the wake of the acquisition by Viking Supply Ships of BUE Marine's 50 per cent shareholding in BUE Viking last year. All vessels are being re-painted, in a rolling programme, in the traditional Viking Supply Ships colours of yellowand black and will be renamed to start with the prefix 'Viking'.


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 165 BUE Viking was formed in September 2002 through the merger of the standby vessel operations of BUE Marine and Viking Supply Ships. The latter is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oslo-based investment company Kistefos AS.

PANAGIOTAKIS STAR SOLD Rederi AB Nestor (a subsidiary of Marine Carrier AB) of Pitea, Sweden purchased the 8400 BHP, ocean twin screw tug, 'Panagiotakis Star' (ex-Anglian Duke, Endurance, Azzurro Primo, Maersk Blower) from Megalohari Offshore Actividades Maritimas Lda of Madeira, Portugal. The Lloyds +100A1 classed, 154' x 40' x 19.'6 tug, had been on charter to a third party in the Mediterranean until just before the hand-over in Italy. Current Owners have renamed the tug 'Hercules'. Photo : Piet Sinke © The tug was built in the Odense Shipyard in Denmark in 1977. New Owners will take advantage of her Ice Class 3 rating and employ her in the towing of deck barges in the Baltic region. This is the first tug sold to this Buyer, who has purchased 300' x 90' and a 400' x 100' deck barges through Marcon International in the last two years. In this transaction, Marcon represented the Buyers and Marina Vernicos of Byron Vernicos Ltd. represented Sellers. This is the 31st sale or charter brokered by Marcon in 2005. Ten additional sales are expected to conclude within the next 30 days.

MISC moves into Indonesia Malaysia International Shipping Corp (MISC) has struck an alliance with Indonesian shipowner Bumi Laut Shipping. They will form a joint venture to provide integrated logistics services in Indonesia, MISC said. The MISC company MISC Integrated Logistics will hold 40% in the company, with Bumi Laut holding the rest. Bumi Laut operates a sizeable fleet of small tankers under the Bumi International Tankers banner. Its largest ship is the 17,000-dwt Bumi Nusantara (built 1998). Most of its units are employed with Indonesian oil giant Pertamina. Bumi Laut also owns a multi-purpose containership.

Euronav takes Ceres suezmaxes Belgian owner Euronav confirmed today it had taken delivery of two more suezmaxes as part of its staggered takeover of Ceres Hellenic’ s Tanklog tanker fleet. The 150,000-dwt Filikon (built 2002) and 159,000-dwt Cap Pierre (built 2003) were delivered to Euronav in exchange for a cash payment and 2.2 million of new Euronav shares. The Filikon is on longterm charter to Sun Oil International, while the Cap Pierre is on charter to Valero. Both vessels were bought by Ceres in 2003. It paid a reported $53m for the Cap Pierre from Metrostar, and $49m for the Filikon (ex-Paros) from the Alafouzos group.


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 165 Euronav announced in March its $1bn deal to take over the entire tanker fleet of Ceres Hellenic and merge it into its own operations. Tanklog had a fleet of 14 modern double-hull suezmax tankers, including five on order in Korea, plus two double-hull aframax tankers. The Belgian company described the latest deliveries as the second phase of the transaction.

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The ORIANA visited the port of Rotterdam Photo : Michel Kodde ©

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Breskens Sailing Weekend: 26, 27 & 28 augustus 2005 Op 26, 27 en 28 augustus wordt voor de tweede maal het Breskens Sailing Weekend georganiseerd volgens de nieuwe formule waarmee in 2004 de ‘ voormalige’Breskens Week nieuw leven is ingeblazen. De Breskens Week was een wedstrijdserie waarin verschillende Belgische zeilverenigingen samen met de Watersportvereniging Breskens hun traditionele wisseltrofeeën verzeilden. Door veranderingen in de handicapsystemen raakte de zaak steeds verder verbrokkeld en nam de animo om deel te nemen navenant af. Vorig jaar heeft het sterk verjongde comité het Internationale zeil evenement nieuw leven ingeblazen door een aantal aanpassingen; de wedstrijdserie werd ingekort tot één weekend en er werd een nieuwe impuls aan het sociale gebeuren gegeven. Een gezellige feesttent met muziek en zeer betaalbare schippersmaaltijden zorgden voor een uitstekende sfeer. Het belangrijkste echter was het initiatief om ervoor zorg te dragen dat de Belgische jachten werden voorzien van een ORC handicap zodat iedereen samen in één klassement tegen elkaar kon strijden. Daarnaast werden ook aparte klassementen berekend die nodig waren voor verschillende jaarprijzen zoals het Noordzeekampioenschap van de Belgische kust. Tevens werd er flink aan getrokken om een aantal eenheidsklassen naar Breskens te lokken. Het resultaat was een mooie vloot die met passie streed om de vele prachtige wisseltrofeeën. Ook dit jaar worden de wedstrijden georganiseerd voor IMS, IRC- en ORC Club gemeten boten waaronder de First 31.7 als aparte handicap klasse, alsmede voor Sportboten, J 22 en J 24. Breskens Sailing hoopt dit jaar weer meer jachten aan de lijn te krijgen. De Monding van de Westerschelde heeft alles in zich om onder alle omstandigheden mooie banen uit te leggen. Een indrukwekkende vloot van hulpschepen is paraat om dit alles vlekkeloos te laten verlopen. Deelnemers kunnen zich tot en met 23 augustus a.s. inschrijven via de website www.breskenssailing.nl Deelnemende watersportverenigingen zijn: BRYC RBSC RYCB SRNA KNR&ZV De Maas KNZRV WV Breskens

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