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The second day of racing in the Japanese waters of Koajiro Bay proved challenging to the Race Committee of the 2013 IFDS Blind Sailing World and International Championships.

Pierre-Antoine Morvan's Vannes Agglo Sailing Team took the top of the leaderboard with four wins from five matches on day one of the Korea Match Cup.

The Aitutaki Sailing Academy, Cook Islands successfully hosted the final Santander 2014 Emerging Nations Programme (S14ENP) Regional Technical Course for Sailors and Coaches from 18-24 May.

Staffan Lindberg (FIN) and his Alandia Sailing Team has won an entry to Stena Match Cup Sweden after beating Danish skipper Joachim Aschenbrenner in the final of the GKSS Spring Cup.

As winner for the past two years, Bjorn Hansen is widely tipped for another strong showing at the Korea Match Cup which kicks off on 29 May at Hwaeseong City in Gyeonggi Province.

Two races were successfully completed in fresh winds on the first day of racing at the 2013 Flying Dutchman World Championship in Balatonföldvár, Hungary.

In the Land if the Rising Sun, dawn breaks a little after four in the morning, leaving ample time for the 19 teams from around the world participating in the IFDS Blind Sailing World and International Championships 2013 to awake and get ready for the first day of racing.