VRsport.tv caught up with Chris Dixon and Clynton Wade-Lehman, from Sydney based CST Composites, who popped over from Australia to showcase their carbon spars to the UK sailing community.

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Exe Sailing Club is hosting the International 14 GBR fleet for the 2018 Prince of Wales Week - stunning conditions with heavier breeze forecasted. The teams are preparing for take off tomorrow.

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Exe Sailing Club is hosting the International 14 GBR fleet for the 2018 Prince of Wales Week - wind and swell were too much for the sailors to safely pass the sand spit at the entrance of the Exe estuary. Racing cancelled but we caught up with some of the competitors for a chat about the class.
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Exe Sailing Club is hosting the International 14 GBR fleet for the 2018 Prince of Wales Week - "Let me introduce you to the POW Cup!" It means a lot to the Int14 sailors, even flying in from Hawaii, to race for one of the most prestigious trophies in the sport.

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The finale of the 2018 Prince of Wales Week. The breeze stayed away until the very last race allowing the skiffs to finally get flying on the Exe Estuary showcasing these high performance skiffs.

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Welcome to Richmond Yacht Club - they know a few things about hosting the Int 14 World's. Get ready to have the ride of your life in San Francisco...

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Nick Peters, Commodore of Hayling Island Sailing Club, couldn't have put it any better for the revamped Whitsun Regatta - "The sun shone, the winds blown and hey..what more do you need!"

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Lighter conditions at the Whitsun Regatta at Hayling Island Sailing Club after thunderstorms lit up the sky over night. Resounding success for the club and all the sailors with the sun back out and plenty of smiles.

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The start of the Team Racing commenced at the 2018 Int 14 World Championship hosted by Richmond Yacht Club, San Francisco. Plenty of action for the six teams with the classic Bay chop and breeze.

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Team Race Finals for Australia, Germany, Great Britain and USA. The 'GBR Shake n Bake Off' team (aka Itchenor SC and Hayling Island SC) dominated at the starts and punished the rest of the nations with a convincing 2-0 final. Will they be so fast in the International 14 World Championships 2018 ...

They're back and this time it's a roadtrip from Toronto to Richmond, California. These infamous skiff sailors need to get to the International 14 Worlds and have found themselves in Canada with only 48 hours to get across North America...

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Let's Get Ready To Rumble - practice race for the Int 14's overlooked by the Golden Gate Bridge. Grinning from ear to ear, the fleet enjoyed stunning conditions getting themselves ready for the big fight.

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The final interview with the German International 14 pairing of Hanz und Franz - looks like they didn't pass Top Gun after all..

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Race One and the Brits dominated the front with father and son, Andy and Tom Partington, driving their International 14 skiff at sonic speed to take the win. Fellow Itchenor Sailing Club sailors, Neale Jones and Ed Fitzgerald, took second with the classic 'double gybe drop' at the last leeward ma...

As predicated the wind and swell picked up for a classic day at the 'rodeo' for the fleet of International 14 skiff sailors on Day Three. The Bay can be a wild stallion and certainly threw many of the riders off their boats but Race Two started with Neale Jones and Ed Fitzgerald, GBR 1553, leadin...

Hammer and Nail make a bet and things start to get very Top Gun in Skiff Town..

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Groundhog Day - Neale & Fitzgerald round the windward mark first with Partingtons closing in... Well it isn't. The Australians came through and survived the breezy conditions whilst the Brits had a swim and unfortunate t-foil rudder snap. Lindsay Irwin and Andrew Perry (AUS 663) top the overall r...

Introducing some of the top skiff sailors racing at the 2018 International 14 World Championships - meet USA flyboys Mikey Radziejowski and Evan Sjostedt - Call Signs "Polish" and "Ev" - apologies for the faint hearted but in the true spirit of homage to Top Gun...

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Lots of worried faces in the boat park - it looked windy, very windy.. But PRO, Del Olsen, assured the International 14 skiff fleet that everything would settle down. Local knowledge proved right and a decisive fourth race for the Germans. Georg Borkenstein and 'Big' Eike Dietrich lead from start...

Introducing some of the top skiff sailors racing at the 2018 International 14 World Championships - meet USA flygirl and boy Katie Anne Love-Gilmour & Pat Diola - Call Signs "Capt Slammer" and "Sid Vicious" - apologies for the faint hearted but in the true spirit of homage to Top Gun...

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Air of tension within the boat park - things are getting serious and the winds dropping allowing the lighter crews the chance to hit the front. Dan Holman/ Alex Knight (GBR 1556) came in hot and tacked just in front of Andy and Tom Partington (GBR 1559) - their lead didn't last long as 'Penguin D...

Introducing some of the top skiff sailors racing at the 2018 International 14 World Championships - meet GER flyboy and girl Axel Reinsch & Elena Stoffers - Call Signs "X" and "Stoffe" - apologies for the faint hearted but in the true spirit of homage to Top Gun... Video Producer: VR Sport Media

After a general recall, the sixth race started with the Australian skiff team, Mark Krstic/ James Lanati starting with the main contenders at the pin end but boxed in, where they took the risky decision of clear air and tacked off to go right. It paid off with them rounding the windward mark in f...

Introducing some of the top skiff sailors racing at the 2018 International 14 World Championship - meet Dan Holman and Alex Knight - Call Signs "Slider" and "Nite Nite Knightly" - apologies for the faint hearted but in the true spirit of homage to Top Gun...

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