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X-Yachting 2013
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the british x-yachts owners association has celebrated its first year of events. the association was formed in 2011, with its inaugural event being a sociable sailing rally to picturesque yarmouth on the isle of wight. shortly afterwards a number of x-yachts owners formed a committee, supported by x-yachts (gb), with the mission statement “to further camaraderie and pride of ownership of owners and crew of all x-yachts”. a laying- up supper was held in the autumn of 2011 at the royal thames yacht club
, london, with the first fitting-out supper held in march 2012. other events have included a reception at the annual x-yachts solent cup and southampton boat show, and a rally to the royal yacht squadron, cowes. the association will round off the year with a laying-up luncheon at the famous leander club, henley-on thames. plans are also being made for a possible members’ visit to x-yachts haderslev in denmark in 2013. for further information visit: www.x-yachts.com/seeems/114153.asp transatlantic triumph the x-65 karuba v took overall victory in the transatlantic superyacht race in december 2011. the 20m yacht, owned by the fizulic family, won on corrected time after completing the 2,600 mile course from the santa cruz de tenerife in the canary islands to virgin gorda in the caribbean. the race was organised by the yacht club costa smeralda’s in conjunction with the international maxi association (ima) and the real club nautico de tenerife, and was open to monohull maxi yachts with an overall length of more than 18 metres making karuba v one of the smallest entrants. nevertheless her performance was so impressive she beat the line honours winner, the 66m baltic yachts hetairos into second place by more than six hours on corrected time, while tobias koenig’s swan 82 grey goose took third overall, more than 10 hours behind on handicap. also in the fleet were the wally yachts indio and kenora , and the well-travelled 115ft farr sojana .
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