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1. The Clipper Race Leg 5 - Race 6, Day 8

   It was another busy day for the Clipper Race fleet as it continued its way through the Doldrums Corridor and across the Solomon Sea.

2. MacGlide Festival of Sails wraps up

   As the MacGlide Festival of Sails wraps up for 2020, the Geelong Yacht Club has its sights on winning the rights to host the 2022 Youth World Sailing Championships - the world's ultimate youth sailing regatta.

3. Battle on the beach closes out the Lauderdale Cup

   Drew Freides and Bill Ruh's Pacific Yankee won the Melges IC37 Lauderdale Cup hosted by Lauderdale Yacht Club January 23-26. The southern-style event featured three full days of racing directly off Hollywood Beach in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

4. Euromarina Optimist Trophy overall

   The Italians Alessandro Cortese (CV Crotone) and Lisa Vucceti and the balear Tim Lubat are the new champions of the 13th Euromarina Optimist Torrevieja Trophy, after closing the fourth and final day developed under some very good wind and sea conditions

5. Dun Laoghaire Frostbite Series 2 day 3

   A fleet in the mid-fifties braved a chilly Dun Laoghaire harbour today for the third race of Series 2 of the 2019/20 Frostbites. Wind strength during the morning in advance of racing wasn't as brisk as forecast but the direction was right - westerly.