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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 8 MAY 2019 23 SPORTS YACHTING Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday Weather Fine Visibility Good Wind Variable force 3 locally force 4 becoming Southwest force 3 locally force 4 and later backing South Southeast. Sea Slight Swell Low Northwest TODAY TOMORROW Weather Crossword Across 1. Enchanted (10) 8. Repeat rhythmically (5) 9. Circular (5) 10. Debt collectors (4) 12. Like chalk (6) 14. Easy to understand (6) 17. Musical percussion instrument (4) 21. Characterised by rain (5) 22. Enumerate (5) 23. Large flightless bird (3) 24. Compound of hydrogen and oxygen (10) 25. Encounter (4) Down 2. Shrimp (5) 3. Permits (4) 4. Welsh coastal village (5) 5. Customary (5) 6. Father (5) 7. Chilled (4) 11. Plant juice (3) 13. Help (3) 14. Metal fastener (5) 15. Damp (5) 16. A single thickness of something (5) 18. Path (5) 19. Hand (4) 20. Worthless people (4) SUNNY UV: 8 SUNNY UV: 8 21 0 / 12 0 22 0 / 12 0 THE programme of activities making up the 7th Edition of the Falken "Sette Giugno" Poz- zallo Cruise is being finalised yet one distinctive attraction is already confirmed to the satisfaction of the organisers, the Malta Cruising Club and their collaboration, the Poz- zallo section of the Lega Navale Italiana. Up to a few months ago sail- boat Ceyar was one of the boats used for the trafficking of hu- man lives in the Mediterranean before it was eventually seized in territorial waters of Syra- cusa. The Pozzallo section of the Lega Navale Italiana led by their lively President, Dott. Ing. Luigi Tussellino, moved a request to the Procura della Repubblica di Siracusa (Pub- lic Prosecutor of Syracuse) to entrust the section with the custody of the boat to be used for the official activities of the association, committed to defend the culture of the sea and respect for the environ- ment through conferences in schools, presentations and so- cial initiatives with students as the protagonists. The request was accepted and today the boat, a Bavaria 42, is the proud possession of the Pozzallo section of the Le- ga Navale Italiana whose first task was to give the boat a new name. Considering the yesteryear activities of the boat and be- cause water and life are inti- mately connected and insepa- rable – water is an element that gives life and guarantees life – the boat was named VITA. In fact under the slogan "Una vela per la Vita" (A sail for Life), enthusiastic members of the Pozzallo section of the Lega Navale Italiana are giving their input to repair and tune up s/ yVita with certain heavy work being done at the shipyard Ocean Plastic of Pozzallo. The project "A sail for Life" is being supported with donations by Caffè Moak. With regards the forthcom- ing seventh edition of the Falken "Sette Giugno" Pozzallo Cruise, being held between Thursday 6th and Sunday 9th June, President Luigi Tussel- lino said; "This is an occasion in which we want to be organisation wise present not only in terms of supporting the initiative, that is praiseworthy in itself, but with an active and at the same time distinctive way: the official launch of the boat s/y VITA, at its first outing along with the other boats from the Malta Cruising Club". On 6 June VITA will sail out of Pozzallo to meet and greet the boats coming from Malta and will return to the Sicilian port with them. Furthermore VITA will also take part, along with the boats from Malta, in the traditional 'Sail along the Pozzallo coast and a run up to the Isola dei Porri'. Here each yacht will host two young students from the nautical school Istituto di Istruzione Superiore "Giorgio La Pira" - Pozzallo. The 93km Falken "Sette Gi- ugno" Pozzallo Cruise, held under the Patronage of the Co- mune of Pozzallo, is sponsored by Falken Tyre Europe, repre- sented in Malta by Standard Limited of Santa Venera. VITA to be officially launched during "Sette Giugno" cruise Yacht VITA, which now sails the Mediterranean with a new mission, will be officially launched during this year's Falken "Sette Giugno" Pozzallo Cruise.