G'day all,

The 2010 Swire Shipping Paper Tiger Catamaran International Championships will be starting tomorrow (2nd April) and will finish on Monday (5th April). They are being held at the Napier Sailing Club, on the north island of New Zealand.

A team of ten Australian boats (plus two additional invitee's boats) have travelled over in a container on a Swire Shipping vessel to compete against a very strong fleet of around 30 Kiwi boats, including the New Zealand Team of ten.

The competition for Overall Champion and also Champion Team promises to be hard fought and very close. You can follow the results on the host club's website at http://www.napiersailingclub.org.nz/

The Regatta Convenor, Stuart Morrish, and his team in Napier have been working very hard to ensure that this will be an excellent event for all involved.

On behalf of the organisation team and all the sailors (especially those from Australia), I would like to thank Swire Shipping for their very generous support of the event, without which this international competition would not be possible.

Our thanks also to Butler Freight (Australia) and Tomoana Warehousing (New Zealand) for their provision of road transport of the Swire Shipping container.

For other information about the Paper Tiger Catamaran class, see the class website at www.papertigercatamaran.org

Regards,

David Stumbles

Secretary

Paper Tiger Catamaran International Association

As do the Javelins which hold the "Interdominions" every second year.

Calling the event an "International" could draw the wrath of they who must be obeyed. (International Sailing Federation)