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Matt Newland:
Right, it is time to sort out some possible events for next summer.

First is the Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan, in France. Fantastic event. 18th-24th May.

Sail Caledonia is from 23-30th May.

Round the Island Race is 20th June. We already have one SeaRaider down for it and will be looking into getting more boats entered. I would love to see a strong contingent of BayRaiders, so if you are interested, please let me know.

There must be other events, keep adding please.

Best wishes,
Matt

Craic:
Just noticed that they have already started the registration for Morbihan Week 2009 at http://www.semainedugolfe.asso.fr/index.php?langue=gb&mod=accueil . We registered our BR 'Llafurio'.

After Morbihan, there'll probably be another edition of the 'Velalonga Raid' around Venice Lagoon, a great adventure for shallow water boats.: www.velalonga.com .

Then, around early September 2009 there will probably be another 'Dorestad Raid' in the Netherlands, http://www.natuurlijkvaren.nl/?p=53 .

Looks like 2009 will be another busy year for Raiders.

Craic:
There are several photo collections of the Velalonga Raid 2008 on the web, though somewhat hidden. Try http://www.flickr.com/photos/17001721@N08/sets/72157605521224010/show/ or http://picasaweb.google.it/rachfil/VELALONGARAID?authkey=g9bWyJLqoaw#slideshow .

Craic:
Sorry, I forgot:
If you register for Morbihan, register your Swallowboat (any) NOT for the Sail & Oar (Voile Aviron) flotilla.
Reason: The vast majority of boats in the typical Sail & Oar fleet in France consists of fierce small craft. Therefore such fleet is only let out in up to moderate winds and is typically kept in the most sheltered waters. Swallowboaters would find that clearly boring.
Rather register for the 'Petit Plaisance Traditionelle' fleet, there are a good bit heartier boats in that. That fleet also does one or two good races during the week.

Craic:
Still early days,
but I already heard of five (5) BRs that will attend at Morbihan week. Any more?

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