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Anne Quéméré has kicked off the kiteboat crossing of the South Pacific, from Peru to Papeete (French Polynesia).

The French sailor will travel alone and without assistance about 4,200 nautical miles (7778 km). Quéméré will be trying it for the second time, after she was forced to quit the journey in 2008, after spending 40 days at sea.

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The 2011 IKA Youth and Masters Course Racing World Championships will be held in Douarnenez, France, from 12th-15th May. The event will include the following disciplines, divisions and grades: Youth Men, Masters Men, Grand Masters Men, Youth Women, Masters Women and Grand Masters Women.

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Robert and Heidi Clover are preparing for a serious kite challenge. Serious and cold adventure. The couple aim to kitesurf across the Greenland ice sheet, in a 1,400 kilometre journey. The snowkite expedition will depart from Ilulissat, on the West coast of Greenland, to Qaanaaq, on the North coast, using kites and skis.

The passionate kitesurfers will be carrying everything they need to survive, in pulks – food, tents, stoves, sleeping bags and equipment. The Greenland challenge will   …  Details

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