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One Metre Worlds at West Kirby Sailing Club - Update

by Keith Coxon, MYA Publicity Officer 3 Jun 2011 13:03 UTC 28 May - 4 June 2011

The IOM World Championships are reaching a critical point at West Kirby. After 18 races the positions at the top are very close with the top five positions occupied by GBR skippers.

The IOM Worlds web site is the place to go for real time information and video footage of the racing. The web site has had over 130,000 hits during the week with the event being watched all over the world.

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