Boat of the Year

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11e924263.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=75 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>   |   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id352.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Archive data"><U><B><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>     </B><A HREF="id299.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lakota"><U><B><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id297.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TRANSQUADRA "><U><B><IMG SRC="0450e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=405 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="91940403.png"> <div> Boat of the Year</div> <div> <I><B>European Boat of the Year 2005 SF35</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The winners of Europe's most prestigious awards for boat building were announced 15th January at a dinner ceremony on the evening of the first day of the Dusseldorf boat show. </div> <bR> <div> The winners were; </div> <bR> <div> Up to 10m LOA - Esse 850 </div> <div> 10 -12m LOA - <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#BF00BF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Jeanneau Sun Fast 35</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT></div> <div> 12 -14m - Comet 45 </div> <div> Innovation Award - Hanse 431 </div> <bR> <div> For a full review of the winners see Yachting World's March 2005 issue. </div> <bR> <div> Yachting World, 16 January 2005</div> </td> </tr></table></body>