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The 2007 Ronstan A-Cat Worlds was already shaping up to be a phenomenal and exciting regatta, with many of the top A-Cat sailors in the world in attendance, but the stakes have gotten even bigger. An entry list that already boasted many big names in the sailing world just grew better. Randy Smyth will be sailing on the new and radical Lindahl & Roake designed LR2 with evidently an equally radical sail that he has designed for the boat. Robbie Daniel, fresh from the exciting US Tornado Class Olympic trials will make his debut on A’s at the event. Ben Hall, long time A-Class sailor will be making a start on the newly designed, Peter Cogan Nikita featuring a rigid wing sail that Ben built. Matt Struble has jumped over from the DN class to try his hand at A-Class sailing and cam Lewis is putting aside Maxi-cats (Team Adventure) & 505’s for the moment to focus upon this regatta. Howie Hamlin, a recent convert from 505’s, I14 and other performance dinghies will be on a Morreli & Melvin A3 with a Glaser main. Goran Marström will be showcasing the new Marström M5 A-class catamaran at the event. The field is full of former world champions, Olympic medalists and some of the best sailors from around the world. Adding to this exciting field is the shear amount of design and engineering that is in p[lay at the event. Glenn Ashby will be on his Geltek Flyer MKII with the latest iteration of Ashby sails. The new Scheuerer Generation 5, The Tool from Wayne Mercer in Australia, the battle proven Bimare XJ, the Italian built and designed Balance, the Radical LR2, the Peter Cogan designed Nikita (one with Hall spar & one with Rigid Wing), the European built Aicher/Engel Flyer and some of the other platforms will make for exciting racing on and off the course. Who will come out on top? Will it be Lars Guck who has dominated the US fleet for the past two years, will Glenn Ashby, current A-Class, F18 and Tornado World champion win or Pete Melvin who’s consistent finishes always rank him among the top of the fleet? Or will it be Ben Hall with his rigid wing, randy Smyth on a radical boat with radical sails and a person who has proven he can jump on anything and win? Will it be a world champion from another class, Howie Hamlin, Matt Struble, Robbie Daniel or Cam Lewis? Can Cam make the jump from the 110’ Team Adventure and place on an 18’ A-cat? The rig and sails will also add a great deal to this battle on the water. Spars from Hall Spar, Fiberfoam, Riba Composites, Saarberg and a few others will be paired with sails from Glaser Sails, Ullman (Italy and US), Landenberger, Ashby Sails, OXO Sails and Goodall Sails to name a few including a new Randy Smyth sail purpose built for the regatta and Ben Hall’s Rigid Wing sail as well. The excitement build, the race is on to see who comes out on top of the A-Cat World!

Rick