Class 40 program

Two long races today - plus the crew lists

Following last night's skipper's briefing at the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble so more details of today's first Class 40 World Championship have become available.

The racing is to be held over the next three days. Today there will be two long inshore races, the first start gun being at 10:30. Tomorrow the plan is to hold a race around the Isle of Wight, and while a final decision is being left until tonight to make the call, it is likely to be in an anticlockwise direction (opposite to the Round the Island Race) with a gate at the Needles to shorten course if required, although with 20 knots forecast, rain and a front coming through, this seems unlikely. With an 0800 start, the crews should be comfortably back to see the start of the final Ashes test.

Finally on Friday the plan is to hold three shorter races in the Solent. Again solid breeze is forecast for this.

Crew lists are now available (see below):

Les Conquérants de Normandie - Caen la mer	Type
Marc Lepsqueux	Pogo
Romain Gibon
Laurent Poutas
Pierrpaolo Montana
Stephane Bertrand
Matthieu Kerfourn
Courrier De L'Odet	Pogo
Arnaud Aubry
Gery Trentesaux
Francois Lamiot
Didier Le Vourch
Halvard Mabire
Vincenzo D'Acchioli
Initiative Saveurs - Novedia Group	Rogers
Tanguy de Lamotte
Nick Bubb
Katie Archer
Mike Broughton
Ronan Deshayes
Rory Spriggs
Keysource	Akilaria
Mike West
Paul Worswick
Ian Bartlett
Tim Thubron
Christian Thompson
Sam Richmond
Merena	Jumbo
Alexis Guillaume
Alexandre de Laing
Michele Ferrante
Christophe Dutordoire
Sylyie Hocke
Desafio Cabo he Hornos	Verdier
Felipe Cubillos
Manuel Gonzolez
Patricio Middleton
Jose Mutoz
Marcos Fuentes
Felipe Cubillos Jr
Jumpa Lagi	Pogo S
Denis Lazat
David Sineau
Pierre Keszler
Vincent Lantin
Frederic Roumegoux
Alexandre Girard-Pecarrer
Red	Owen-Clarke
Mathias Mueller von Blumencron
Hans-Christoph Brumburg
Hans-Herman James
Volker Riechers
Ernst Meyer
Clarke Offshore	Akilaria
Simon Clarke
Richard Powell
Kevin George
Dick Parker
Mark Cartwright
Nick Butt
Orca	Humphreys
Tom Hayhoe
Nick Robson
Ed Wingate
Hector Hurst
Natalie Jobling
Andrew Hurst
Swapping the 6th crew each day
CGMER	Akilaria
Wilfred Clerton
Anthon Ce Vaillent
Romain Imgauf
Gongague Chauleu
Anne Le Helley
Phillip Allen