Start making plans my friends !!

La Trinité-sur-mer, just imagine the best sailing waters, superb race management, fresh seafood & oysters every day, some wine, fun, laughter and ... a really big fleet of Great Eights. Make sure you don't miss out on the pilgrimage to the SNT and come race with us for the 2014 Int. 8-Metre World Cup ! The Notice of race and further info to be distributed soon.

John Lammerts van Bueren
IEMA President

Dear 8-Metre Friends,

It is with great pleasure that we send you Eightm@il Nr. 41, the long overdue irregular newsletter of the International Eight Metre Association.

This is the link: http://www.8mr.org/eightmail/41

Please note that you may double click on the publication in order to zoom.

We hope you will enjoy the stories, reports and the pictures of our great class. Please do help us keeping up to date and end us any information you feel would be relevant for the next issue; restorations, new builds, ideas & plans, regattas, technical developments or just a great picture that you would like to share with others.

In future issues we will have limited pace for advertising which will hopefully offset the cost of lay-out and the license for the IPad reader. If you would like to support the future of Eightm@il then please don’t hesitate to contact your IEMA Treasurer Chris Mitchele at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , he will gladly make you a proposal.

Leave us to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy and above all healthy 2014. We look forward to seeing you on the water again.

Best wishes,

John Lammerts van Bueren                        Julia Ormio

President                                       Executive secretary

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This 'Multiple World Cup winning' modern 8-Meter, designed by Jacques Feroux and built by Pandora yard, Marseilles in 1986 is beautifully constructed out of aluminium.

Yesterday, after a very extensive restoration at the Wilson yard in Tasmania, the 1924 Johan Anker designed & build Int. 8-Metre Varg was launched again.

This Int. 8-Metre was originally built for Frithjof Larson, a prominent member of KNS in Norway. Carolyn & Kraig Carlstrom bought her in derelict condition many moons ago and commissioned a full & authentic restoration with what has to be one of the finest wooden boat yards in the Southern hemisphere. The planking was done in Huon pine which should make anyone who knows his timbers mouthwatering envious as that is quite simply the best boatbuilding timber to be found on our planet, however the supply is extremely scarce and handed out only to those yards & projects that truly deserve it.

In the coming days her mast will be stepped and the riggers will do their thing and then once again this great Eight will sail again. No doubt Johan Anker will be watching with a great wide grin on his face.

Congratulations & well done Carolyn & Kraig, well done Wilson brothers, the Int. 8-Metre Class applauds your efforts and dedication.

Wishing you many miles of joyful sailing with this wonderful yacht !

John Lammerts van Bueren