1.   This is a good method of starting a small group of boards without a race organiser and is commonly used in training.

2.   TT race organisers said the ferry crash was only a minor setback because the first race does not start until tomorrow afternoon.

3.   Meanwhile, race organisers said the race will become an annual affair, to be held at the same venue, over the same duration of time.

4.   France-based race organiser Philipe Jeantot had dismissed the criticisms as ill-informed, the newspaper said.

5.   French race organisers, meanwhile, have dismissed Australian criticism of the route taken by some competitors.

6.   However, race organisers would not release the name of the boat until it could be contacted later Thursday.

7.   Any successful protest would mean the maxi would lose the line honours prize, race organisers said.

8.   Belarussian authorities Thursday accused balloon race organisers of ignoring security rules that could have prevented the death of two balloonists shot down by air defence forces.

9.   Bullimore said he he was preparing proposals he thought would be useful for the race organisers and rescue services of different countries.

10.   But first they will have to face the hazards of the Southern Ocean which race organisers say will include icebergs and snow squalls before rounding Cape Horn.