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Damaged yacht reaches port

A Fremantle Sailing Club yacht, which was damaged in the Southern Ocean as it returned from Adelaide, was escorted safely into Albany early this morning.

Finistere, which competed in last year’s Sydney-Hobart yacht race, hit a submerged object 74 nautical miles off the south coast of WA and its keel was badly damaged.

Owner Rob Thomas and his two crewmates made a distress call at 7pm Saturday night and an Albany Sea Rescue vessel took fuel to the Finistere and escorted it back to port, arriving just after midnight.

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ANGELA POWNALL

Overdrive has runaway class win in Queensland Yacht Charters series

by Ian Grant

The typical February weather pattern influenced by the tropical Monsoon provided Rupert King with a test of character when he helmed Overdrive to a runaway class win in the Queensland Yacht Charters series.

It is always difficult to seek an escape route from the warm temperature and the rain however the Overdrive crew found some relief away from the humidity on shore in the short course racing over the Whitsunday Sailing Club courses on Pioneer Bay.

South Florida Business Journal

Attendance increased by a percentage point from the year before at the 2006 Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail. Yet, exhibitors have reported a more steep sales increase.

"Sales at the 2006 Miami show exceeded our company's all-time performance by 40 percent," said David Knight, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Washington, N.C.-based Fountain Powerboats. "We attribute these results to the hard work and training of our international and domestic sales teams, and we expect the orders taken at the Miami show to help our company achieve its third and fourth quarter sales and profit objectives."

by ( www.MichiganPR.net )

Deep Blue Yacht Supply is a revolutionary wholesale company that offers boating parts to the public at prices that up until now have not been available to the retail boating consumer. Their mission is to provide all customers with the highest quality yacht supplies at the absolute lowest prices in the industry.

Deep Blue Yacht Supply currently offers significant discounts on Inboard Propellers, Outboard Propellers, Zinc Anodes, Marine Bearings, Deck Hardware, Stainless Shafting, Shaft Seals, Prop Pullers, and other boating essentials. They also offer a special order department to assist their customers in procuring custom propellers and hard to locate items.