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Vladivostok welcomes ISAF National Cup Grand Final 2015

Xinhua, July 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

From July 14 to 19 July Vladivostok' s Seven Feet Yacht Club hosts an international regatta - the ISAF National Cup Grand Final. The 65 strongest sailors from Russia, Britain, USA, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Singapore and France try the waters of Amur Bay on Platu 25 type boats.

The strongest participants of the 2015 Regional Finals 2015 and other invitees arrived in the Far East of Russia. Among them are the winners of the Asian Regional Final held in Japan - Kohei Ichikawa and Ebrahim Abdulla, of Open division in Australia - Evan Walker.

"We've been thinking for a long time to host an international regatta here. So, when our application hosting had been proven we started to prepare for ISAF National Cup Grand Final. The regatta in Vladivostok is the largest event in Russia's 2015 calendar," said a jury member of ISAF, Tatiana Ermakova. Endi