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ISAF Sailing World Cup, Sail Melbourne - World's best line up

6:08 AM Thu 25 Nov 2010 GMT

'L-R) Olympic Silver Medallist Glenn Ashby, Ron Barassi, John Bertrand, Olympic Gold Medallist Mark Turnbull and Olympic Gold Medallist Malcolm Page' Alex McKinnon

The first leg of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup, Sail Melbourne is shaping up to be a 'clash of the titans' as Australia's best sailors prepare to compete alongside a host of formidable international challengers. From December 12 - 18, 2010 the state-of-the art surroundings of Sandringham Yacht Club will play host to top sailing talent including Ben Ainslie, triple Olympic gold and silver medallist, three times ISAF World Sailor of the Year and Britain's most successful Olympic sailor of all time. He will battle it out in the Finn class with fellow Brits Ed Wright and Giles Scott, ...

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