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Blue Water Round the World Cruising Rally arrives in Sri Lanka
Saturday, 20 January 2007 - 4:59 AM SL Time |  | |
The Blue Water Round the World cruising team consisting yacht cruising tourists from Scotland, Australia, Belgium, Greece, Canada, Germany, France, England, Sweden and Norway arrived at the Galle Harbour.
Tourists participating in the rally said they were delighted to be in the island where they met very friendly, smiling and hospitable people everywhere.
They said the visits to Kandy and Sigiriya were interesting. `Especially the greenery in the central hills is full of freshness and everything there made unforgettable memories of a beautiful Sri Lanka for ever in our minds,` they said.
The team members most who are familiar visitors to the country since the past few years through the same rally, said they always felt secured to be in the country and in their experience, the country was perfectly safe.
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19 Jan 2007 23:03:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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BLUE WATER RALLY 2007-2009 SUPPORT DATES
The Rally Conditions of Entry provide some general information on the route to be taken by the Rally and the approximate dates for arrivals and departures at the ?supported? stopovers. The ?arrival? and ?departure? dates in the table are those of the Support Team rather than those of the yachts - during this period or ?support window? participants know that ?Rally Control? will be in port to provide support.
There are several aspects which we would like to highlight. We have already made the San Blas Islands and the Galapagos Islands special features of the world cruise and, although the Support Team will not be at Vanuatu or the Maldives, plenty of time to explore them independently has been incorporated within the schedule. In this update we have taken into account inputs from past and current participants on our Blue Water Rallies.
It is possible that some enforced changes may have to be made en route should there be, for example, a political crisis, such as those experienced in West Timor in 1999 and 2000. However, the following list of dates should help planning of crew changes, family visits and major maintenance.
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PORT and DATES
Gibraltar............15-28 October 2007
Tenerife..............2-17 November 2007
Antigua...............2-16 December 2007
Panama...............7-25 February 2008
Galapagos............5-16 March 2008
Marquesas............2-12 April 2008
Tahiti................1-11 May 2008
Tonga................16-28 June 2008
Fiji..................1-16 July 2008
Cairns...............13-20 August 2008
Darwin/Kupang........29 September - 13 October 2008
Nongsa /Singapore....11-17 November 2008
Phuket...............12-20 December 2008
Sri Lanka.............9-20 January 2009
Djibouti.............11-19 February 2009
El Gouna/Suez........19 March - 3 April 2009
Crete.................2-9 April 2009
Gibraltar............25-29 June 2009
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As ever, yachts will need to be prepared with refuelling & rewatering taking place on 18th/19th under special Rally arrangements. There is to be a Rally Party at the Unawatuna Beach Resort (Rally 'HQ'!) on the 18th. There will also be a very special party on 19th - a Burns' Night celebration.
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Thava
Oh..our Island will be more beautifull and a paradise when we solve our ethnic crisis and make it peacful!
I hope this will happened very soon! |
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