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      751 cocaine packaging
      was hidden in the hiding places of the yacht, which was detained off the coast of Wales by the British National Anti-Crime Agency (NCA).

This biggest batch of cocaine (each package weighing exactly a kilogram) was tried to be delivered to the UK from Suriname by two not-so-pretty gentlemen, whom you see in the photo, 41-year-old Scott Kilgore and 53-year-old Gary Swift.

SY Atrevido was detained last August, and the other day the court announced the verdict: Swift will spend the next 19 and a half years behind bars, while Kilgore will spend 13 and a half.

According to one of the leaders of the NCA, Craig Taylor, the cocaine batch that was discovered at SY Atrevido is one of the largest in recent years. Its “street” price is at least 60 million pounds!

And the last one. The yacht was naturally confiscated.

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      Baikal is calling!
      In early August 2020, the fourth Baikal Sailing Week 2020 international sailing regatta will be held on Lake Baikal.

It is noteworthy that in this unique water area of ​​Russia it is the only regatta in which everyone can take part.
The main goal of the organizers is to make Lake Baikal accessible to yachting enthusiasts and give them the opportunity to get acquainted with the most picturesque and iconic places of this great lake.

This year, Baikal Sailing Week will take place along a new route, conceived as an expedition along the Malomor coast. From the village of Sakhyurta, located in the Olkhon Gate Strait, the yachts will sail along the west coast of Olkhon, cross the northern part of the Small Sea (the Baikal part between the coastline and the island of Olkhon) and return back to the village of Sakhyurt along the mainland of the lake.

In size, the Small Sea is about 70 km long and 5 to 16 km wide. This is an excellent water area for racing with a dozen islands and beautiful bays, where the main recreation areas of the west coast are located.

The program includes visits to Buryat shrines: Cape Burkhan and the Stupa of the Enlightenment, a free day in the "capital" of Olkhon – the famous village of Khuzhir, familiarity with the national cuisine and traditions of the Baikal region.

For three years, the Baikal Sailing Week has already gathered more than 150 participants from Russia, Tajikistan, Belarus, Germany, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the USA. No one was indifferent to the beauties of Lake Baikal and the drive of sailing races!

So write in a diary:
August 1 – 8, 2020 – regatta on Lake Baikal Baikal Sailing Week 2020.

Detailed information on the conditions of participation, program and history of the regatta can be found on the official website –

http://bsw.sea-unlimited.ru

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Please note that we can not comment or edit sent to us by candidates, the answers except for the obvious minor changes of spelling and punctuation. At the same time, we reserve the right to later revision YR separately to make a statement of some facts as we see it.

First we offer a brief interview with the candidate on a post of the President of SPPS by Alexei Semenov.

Yacht Russia: What, in your opinion, is the main driving cause of the conflict (scandal) around the election of the President of SPPS?

Alexei Semenov: the Driving force of the conflict was the decision of the Presidium to be completely closed off from the sailing community which chose his own. With all the consequences of his decisions to hold meetings behind closed doors and does not publish information about the outcome taken on these decisions, closing information about the quantitative composition of the membership, the exclusion of new members, division members Sailing Union on their own and others. All of these actions has discredited one of the basic principles of Public organizations of SPPS, such as its openness. All this, unfortunately, led to the current split within the sailing community.

To the root causes of the conflict is also willing to include a number of provisions of the existing Charter of the organization, as well as the lack of structure of bodies such as the Board of Trustees and Supervisory boards. Sure that their presence would have allowed early on to stop issues and would not allow to bring the situation to its current state.

YR: is it Possible to sum up the results (pros and cons) of the current management activities of SPPS?

A. S.: If the coarsening and short, on the one hand, in recent years, our waters have become significantly more be of different kinds of sailing events is, of course, the pros, on the other hand, the clubs continue to close, and the sad statistics are known to all – is, of course, disadvantages.

YR: What are the main and the priorities you see for yourself in this post if elected President?

A. S.: Organization of work of the Presidium, based on the principles of openness. The definition of the list of priorities with production of mechanism for their implementation and accountable for their performance in the directions of those members of the Board. Organization of effective work of Executive bodies of SPPS with the aim of realization of the items declared in my program. The creation of the Board of Trustees and Supervisory boards. Organise comprehensive press service for high-quality and publicly report all events of the Union.

YR: is There still a chance to stop permanent disappearance of the Leningrad yacht clubs?

A. S.: I Think that Yes, and even more than confident that perhaps not only the preservation of the remaining, and the revival of the now closed, such as Kronstadt, and new. Without faith I would not declare myself as a candidate for the elections and see this as its primary task .

YR: Are there data elections any (and whose?) property interests?

A. S.: I Can answer for myself. Personally, I’m going to the polls, not following any of the property interests. Moreover, I from personal funds to lay the budget for the maintenance of the Executive structures of the Union.

Already 11 days continuing attempt of the French skipper Francis Guiana and its crew of 4 people to install the Maxi-trimaran IDEC Sport a new world record on the classic route of the Tea race from Hong Kong to London.

Over the past 11 days, the trimaran has overcome 6072 nautical miles (at an average speed of 23.1 knots). While IDEC Sport is already on 771 mile (nearly a day and a half) ahead of schedule current record – Italian Giovanni Soldini on Maserati Multi 70.

Recall that in 2018, Soldini crossed the distance from Hong Kong to London in 36 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes and 2 seconds.

Tracker racing

http://trimaran-idec.geovoile.com/routeduthe/2020/tracker/?lg=en

This is the largest consignment of cocaine (each bag weighing exactly pounds) tried to deliver to UK from Suriname, the two are not the cutest of the Lord, which you see in the photo, a 41 – year old Scott Kilgore and 53-year-old Gary swift.

The yacht SY Atrevido detained in August last year, and recently the court announced the verdict: swift will be imprisoned for the next 19 and a half years, while Kilgore is 13 and a half.

As told reporters one of the leaders of the NCA Craig Taylor, of cocaine, which was discovered on SY Atrevido, – one of the largest in recent years. Her “street” price at least 60 million pounds!

And the last one. The boat, of course confiscated.

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      771 miles benefits!
      For 11 days, the French skipper Francis Jouillon and his crew of 4 have been trying to set a new world record on the classic tea race route from Hong Kong to London on the IDEC Sport max trimaran.

For 11 days, the French skipper Francis Jouillon and his crew of 4 have been trying to set a new world record on the classic tea race route from Hong Kong to London on the IDEC Sport max trimaran.

Over the past 11 days, the trimaran covered 6072 nautical miles (with an average speed of 23.1 knots). At the same time, IDEC Sport is already 771 miles (that is, almost a day and a half) ahead of the schedule of the current record holder – Italian Giovanni Soldini on Maserati Multi 70.

Recall that in 2018 Soldini overcame the distance from Hong Kong to London for 36 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes and 2 seconds.

Race Tracker –

http://trimaran-idec.geovoile.com/routeduthe/2020/tracker/?lg=en

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Now I present to you a brief interview of the candidate SPPS Sergey Alekseev (aka – the current President of SPPS).

Yacht Russia: Why was declared closed, the Bureau of SPPS?

Sergey Alekseev: Closed bureaux was conducted. Recently at a meeting of the Presidium of the people who interfered with the work, intervened in the discussion on the agenda. Therefore, the Bureau decided to invite to the meeting those members of the SPPS that are relevant to the issues under discussion.

YR: is it True our information is that such private bureaux were not one, but two?

S. A.: See question 1.

YR: What is your current program different from your previous program?

S. A.: the Program differs in that it has changed the problems and challenges in our sport. If eight years ago it was the restoration of the Union, the decision of organizational and financial problems, such as the restoration Directorate, completely lost the documentation, the payment of a large debt and taxes, restoring the strength and credibility of the HGA, now is a revival of the yachting infrastructure, maintaining the largest and the only available River yacht club of trade unions, of the team’s most experienced athletes and is the largest in the city’s fleet of cruising yachts which hold all sailing in the city. In addition, it is the solution to those serious problems, which puts us Olympics 2024.

YR: do you have a specific proposal (or decision) to join the sailors of St. Petersburg?

S. A.: the problems that created the HGA Lord Fedorova, Semenov and thunders, it has rallied the sailors of the city. So my candidacy for President was supported by such clubs as Baltiets Yacht club, St. Petersburg, the team athletes River yacht club Association classes L6 and the Dragon.

Pleased that calling colleagues from the WFTU and support me.

Despite the illegal actions of the aforesaid gentlemen, we will hold our conference and even more unite.

YR: Fair information around the election of the President of SPPS clashed hidden business interests, focused on the River real estate (Central) yacht club?

S. A.: it’s hard for Me to say that this is the reason. I can say that the conflict with management of the Private Institution “River yacht club of trade unions” began after the SPPS supported the movement yachtsmen of the club against the commercial development of the territory and agreed with the city that the reconstruction projects will not be accepted without approval of the yachtsmen.

After all, we still don’t know how is going to develop the club his administration. Strange and intents of the Petrogradsky district Administration for the development of the territory of the yacht clubs in the Petrovsky and Krestovsky island. So far all they’ve done is created a school “Krestovsky island” on the basis of ownership of Sankt-Marburgskogo sailing club and fenced off its moorings wall. The school is financed by the budget, and athletes taken from other schools. About the level of “leadership” tells the tragedy that occurred in school – the death of a young athlete.

YR: is There a chance at least to stop the further closing of the yacht clubs in the city?

S. A.: be Sure to stop. It’s all there in my program. Next year will be put into operation a beautiful Marina in Lakhta, prohibited commercial development of River club has moved forward a decision on the restoration of the yacht club in Strelna.
Looking for investors in an embodiment prepared with the involvement of SPPS project is the restoration of the yacht club in Kronstadt.

Hope that thunder and Semenov will keep their application on restoration of the house of ROPS on Petrovsky island and a sailing Center, St. Petersburg, especially since the yachtsmen won a grant for its design.

P. S. the Editors will continue to monitor developments surrounding the elections of the President of SPPS.

In the Experimental team to collect went 23 riders from Saint-Petersburg, Sochi, Azov and Sevastopol, Moscow, Rostov, Gelendzhik, Togliatti and Krasnodar. The participants – young sailors in the class “Optimist” age 9-14 years (2006 – 2011 year of birth). Recruitment in the experimental group of the Association of yachts of a class “the Optimist” was held on a common basis was formed on the basis of medical test and sports achievements.

The team got Black Nikita Naymushin Julia, Larchenkov Daniel, Larchenkov Nikolay Danilenko Vasily Guschin Pavel, Anastasia Babanova, krupnikova Milan, Sotnikov Andrei Laptev Alexander Babkin Marina, St. George Barbara, Carpita Artem, Shurenkov Cyril, Kehlata Elizabeth, of Fastenko Alexander and Fastenko Nikolay Liubomirov Vladimir, Makurin Roman, Basalkina Veronica, Jachin Elias, Sheludyakov Cyril Curtis Jan.

The first group of athletes arrived in Valencia yesterday and already started training. During this camp, special attention will be given to the starts, the tactics and strategy of racing. Now, the Russian racers are working with a specialist school 8 Days a Week David Labruce, as well as domestic coaches Anna Basalkina, Denis Razumovich and Kristina Ezhova. On 29 January the team will join the second part of the Experimental group with the team leader Vadim Mechanicum.

February 1 athletes under the expert guidance of North Sails will test the sails and masts, and to study configuration and theory. Later, a team will begin and famed Italian coach Simone Ricci. 29-year-old coach needs no introduction. Ricci, representing the school Tognazzi Marine Village – the coach of three-time world champion in the class “Optimist” Marco Gradoni, who recently was recognized by the World Sailing “the Sailor of the year”. Also, under the direction of Simone in 2019 Italian team won the title of Champions of Europe.

In the framework of the Assembly of the Experimental team athletes work on the strategy and tactics of the race, forecasting a racing situation, improving the speed characteristics of the yacht, improving technical elements and physical training.

Phillip Kovalev

the press service of the Association of yachts of a class “the Optimist”

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      Luna Rossa lost the mast
      Yesterday, during an evening workout a few miles from Cagliari (Sardinia), on the AC75 boat of the "note" challenger for the America's Cup – the Italian team Luna Rossa – the mast collapsed.

Fortunately, no one was hurt. The yacht, which was deprived of its mast and sailing equipment, was quickly towed to the nearby Luna Rossa base and quickly started repairing.

The team leaders reacted to the incident philosophically, noting in a press release: “The fact that we were the first of the contenders for the Cup who lost the mast, of course, is not enough joy. But on the other hand, if you do not work at maximum, you will never know what the limits of your capabilities are! ”

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      Eight dead in a night fire
      At least 35 yachts, boats and houseboats were burned in a terrible fire that began yesterday shortly after midnight in a marina on the Tennessee River near Scottsboro (US state of Alabama).

So far, eight deaths are known (but perhaps this figure will increase further). “Strong gusts of wind blew fire in a matter of seconds, so we were powerless to do anything,” said one of the witnesses, whose brother, trying to escape, threw himself into icy water and drowned.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

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