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OYSTER - WORLD LEADERS IN DECK SALOON CRUISING YACHTSISSUE NO 48SPRING 2003NEWSO YSTER ®NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF OYSTER - DOUBLE QUEEN'S AWARD YACHT BUILDERSNew Zealand RegattaARC 2002AMERICA'S CUP 2003EDITORLIZ WHITMANCONTENTSFROM THE EDITORWe publish Oyster Newsfour times a year and weknow from our readersthat the articles they mostenjoy reading about arethe contributions fromOyster owners. If youhave a story to tell orinformation about cruisingin your Oyster please letme know. Photographsare always welcome withor without a story.Email: liz.whitman@oystermarine.com3 FROM THE CHAIRMANRICHARD MATTHEWSLOOKS FORWARD TO THE YEAR AHEAD4 NEWS ROUNDUP6 OYSTER OWNERS DINNERAN EVENING AT THE ROYAL THAMESYACHT CLUB8 AMERICA'S CUP 2003A PERSONAL COMMENTARYBY RICHARD MATTHEWS12 UPDATE FROM HANNAL STODELNEWS FROM THE SONAR AND 29ER REGATTAS14 OYSTER NEW ZEALAND REGATTAEVENT NEWS, RESULTS AND GREAT PICTURESROGER VAUGHAN26 ATLANTIC RALLY FOR CRUISERSNEWS FROM THE 2002 ARC28 MY ARCTERRY KING-SMITH GIVES AN INSIGHT INTO HIS FIRST ARC32 FIRST TIMERS ON THE HIGH SEAS56 OWNER, MARK BLYTHE, SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE OF AFIRST ATLANTIC CROSSING36 SAIL SETTINGPAY ATTENTION TO YOUR TENSIONS –THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIESMATTHEW VINCENT40 MISSIONS IMPOSSBLEA PROFILE OF 62 OWNER MAURICE FRANKEFORTROGER VAUGHANCONTRIBUTING EDITORROGER VAUGHANFRONT COVER PICTUREThe crew of the Oyster 70, Thunder,get into the racing spiritPhoto: Richard MatthewsBACK COVER PICTUREThe New Zealand Regatta fleet prepares toline up under Auckland's Harbour BridgePhoto: Richard MatthewsOyster News is published by Oyster Marine Ltd.46 THE BAY OF ISLANDSA MUST FOR ANY YACHTVISITING NEW ZEALANDRICHARD MATTHEWS48 THE THORNY PATHTHE FIORENTINO FAMILY EXPLORETHE VIRGIN ISLANDSGABRIELE FIORENTINO54 LAGOS TO SEVILLE AND BACKA DELIGHTFUL 10 DAY CRUISE INTOTHE HEART OF ANDALUCIABARRY SADLER58 JUST LAUNCHEDA SELECTION OF NEWLYLAUNCHED OYSTERSOyster News is for promotional purposes only,privately circulated, and cannot form part of anycontract or offer. Views, details and information hereinare not necessarily endorsed by the publisher whowill not be held responsible for the consequences ofany error or omission. Pictures and illustrations areliable to show non standard equipment.2 www.oystermarine.com
London Boat Show 2003The end of an era?The London show started on 2 January, meaning that our showteam had to arrive in the capital on New Years Day, still with asore head or two from the New Years celebrations!Wouldn’t you rather be sailing!Welcome to this 48th edition of Oyster News.As usual, thanks to owners who have so kindly madecontributions, we have some interesting editorial. This editionalso features coverage of our first New Zealand Regatta which,if I say so myself, was a huge success.The first race might have only been 25 miles but at least 10 of the14 Oysters taking part had sailed over 14,000 miles, half wayaround the world, to get to the start line! Thanks to contributingeditor Roger Vaughan for his coverage of the event.With so much going on we are hoping to publish Oyster Newsquarterly this year. This means we will be looking for more editorialfrom Oyster owners – the call is out so if you have news ofexploits afloat Liz Whitman would be delighted to hear from you.Almost unbelievably the early date was, we were told, due to aclerical error when the British Marine Federation, who run theevent, booked the dates. Perhaps also due to the fact that anyhelp they might have expected from the venue operator mayhave been diminished by the fact this was to be the lastLondon Show at Earl’s Court.The Federation have an eight-year contract to move the showfrom 2004 to the new Excel Exhibition centre in London’sDocklands. It was a little sad to be saying farewell to the oldEarl’s Court show after so many years. Very sobering when anumber of our staff worked out they had spent the best part ofa year of their life inside the halls! Earl’s Court, perhaps centredon the Guinness bar, will have been the start of many a sailor'snautical aspirations and no doubt a few ambitious voyages.The Excel centre has a number of potential advantagesincluding its immediate proximity to London’s City Airport andthe promise of easy road access and abundant parking.Perhaps surprisingly, for Oyster anyway, the final show at Earl’sCourt attracted a much higher rate of enquiries than in 2002.We are grateful to the many owners who over the years havelent us their yachts to show at Earl’s Court. As for next year –see you at Excel.With so many negative things going on in the world perhaps thisis a good time to go cruising. Every sunset is a thing of beauty;every dawn afloat brings the promise of another adventure. I knowfrom experience that there is nothing like serious illness toheighten the value of time. We all have only so many sailingseasons left in us.As usual fair winds and good sailing to all our readers.Richard MatthewsFounder and ChairmanOyster Marinewww.oystermarine.com 3
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