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Anticipation (the top charter 40.7 in the UK) is available for 2009 bookings

Anticipation is available for careful skippered charter in Renowned Regattas, for Corporate Day Charter and for Stag, Hen and Special Events

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Noteworthy Solent based race events include:
+Round The Isle of Wight Races,
+Silicon Cup, Manches Cup, Banking & Finance Regatta, Hedge Fund Regatta
+Beneteau Cup
Fastnet Campaign or Cork Week
+Cowes Week
+Little Britain Challenge

+2009 Fastnet Campaign

2007 Fastnet Campaign Newsletter 1
2007 Fastnet Campaign Newsletter 2

Recent International 40.7 Victories
Sydney Hobart Overall Winner Dec 2003
Cork Week 2004 and 2008 Winner
Cowes Week IRC3 Winner 2004, 5, 6, 7,
Beneteau Cup Winner 2004, 5, 6,7
Rolex USVI 2005 Winner
Heineken St Marten Winner 2005 and 2006
Antigua Sailing Week 2005 Winner

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    Beneteau First 40.7 - The ideal yacht for team building & sailing experience days
    Currently the most popular vessel for quality corporate and race charter in the UK with over 600 people enjoying sailing on them in Skandia Cowes Week 2008 alone.
    Over 1,000 of these remarkable yachts have been built and sold worldwide since 1997. As standard they sleep 8 although Anticipation has extended this to 12 with four lightweight pipecot berths. Great yacht to race with clean deck layout and modern rig. Lively to sail yet well mannered. Down below the all wood trim provides that reassuring measure of Beneteau class and comfort. Designed by Farr Associates. The pedigree is telling.

    "Starting off the Squadron line, Class 3 IRC were led away by Peter Newlands Beneteau 40.7 Anticipation who had a fabulous afternoon of racing to bring the fleet home both on the water and on corrected time. Class 3 IRC is dominated by the 40.7s who are looking to have their own class start in 2007 and today the top four were all from the same production line. Newlands won by a convincing 3 minutes 4 seconds from Tim Spalding's Amey Love Shack with Gareth Williams completing the podium places in third aboard Beechwood Homes some 1 minute 47 seconds adrift."
    from http://www.cowes.co.uk/cb/zone?p=story;story_id=1891
    Click here for Solent Rates 2008
    First 40.7 Distinction model 'Anticipation' is berthed at Cowes the home of sailing. Skippered charter fees include pickup anywhere in The Solent from Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth to Lymington via The Hamble River or Southampton. Anticipation is local authority coded for 12 day guests and 2 crew, races with 9-12 and sleeps 8.

    Costs range from £250/£500 + vat for half to full family type day from Cowes through £750 + vat for corporate day to £1250 + vat with full race sails and masthead spinnakers.

    So from less than £50 per head your 12 guests can enjoy an unforgettable experience on the Solent with Anticipation!

    Top charter boat in 2006 - again
    We have just completed our best ever season of fun racing and great results. The highlights included:

    i. Taking 5 bullets from 5 races against 16 x 40.7s in the inaugural Anglo Irish Bank Regatta, client helming

    ii. Another 3 bullets in 3 races in the Kuehn & Nagel Regatta (Transport) – 12 x 40.7s, client helming

    iii. Placing first in the Price Waterhouse Coopers annual regatta – against a variety of yachts including X45s, X40s, Kerr 11.3 and Reflex 38s

    iv. First equal on points (but placed 2nd) out of 18 x 40.7s in the PPP/PFI regatta

    v. Winning another half dozen corporate one day fun events

    vi. Placing in the top three of the prestigious Manches Cup (legal) and City Challenge/Volvo Cup with inexperienced crews

    vii. Winning the Island Sailing Club Tuesday evening series (not on charter)

    viii. Being just 1 point from winning Skandia Cowes Week IRC3 – 40.7s. Taking two trophies

    ix. Top charter 40.7 in JP Morgan Round The Island Race

    x. 2nd equal in Little Britain* event

    Then we were hammered in the Nationals!

    We are of course first to acknowledge that the crew are the largest part of the equation but this demonstrates that Anticipation is not slow.

    The 2007 season was similarly as good, ending as 2nd in Cowes Week and national champions.

    Another great year in 2008, 1st Kuhne & Nagel Cup, 1st in class Manches Cup, 1st Hedge Fund Regatta, 1st PWC regatta, 1st Cork Week (9 straight wins), 1st Banking & Finance Regatta, 3 x 1sts in Cowes Week, 1 x 1st in Nationals, 1st and 2nd places in LBCC! 1st overall in Silicon Cup with 4 straight wins against Farr45s, J122s, IMX40s, 47.7s and 40.7s. 1st in 4 regatta interbank series. And actually 1st unmodified 40.7 in Cowes Week.