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ClearPoint Weather Service Is Winner's “Secret Weapon” At Acura Key West Race Week

Predictive PC-Based High-Definition Weather Forecasts Helps Racers Win Races

Miami and St. Petersburg, Florida, February 7, 2008 – A new weapon in the hands of tacticians helped one team win Acura Key West Race Week last month. Robert Hibdon's “Temptress” placed first in six of eight PHRF Division 3 races using ClearPoint Weather. This comprehensive and easy to use online weather system is unique in predicting the wind to within 1 nautical mile... and is rapidly emerging as the forecasting tool of choice for racers worldwide. The predictive weather service will be available to racers at upcoming National Offshore One Design (NOOD) regattas throughout 2008.

The crew of “Temptress”, a South Carolina based SR-33 dominated their Division. “On Friday we used ClearPoint and determined that the wind would be oscillating back and forth, with stronger gusts coming from the left, which is exactly what happened,” said Henry McCray, tactician and 7-time Fireball North American and National Champion. “We figured that everybody would be favoring the left side of the course. We went out also looking for the shifts from the right that ClearPoint was showing, so caught both the left and the right shifts. Every time we anticipated the right shift, we totally blew past everybody,” said Mr. McCray.

ClearPoint will also be on display with custom forecasts at the nine Sperry-Topsider 2008 NOOD regattas, which are taking place throughout the year across the United States:

St. Petersburg, FL, February 15-17, 2008, St. Petersburg Yacht Club
San Diego, CA, March 14-16, 2008, San Diego Yacht Club
Annapolis, MD, April 25-27, 2008, Annapolis Yacht Club
Seattle, WA May 16-18, 2008, Corinthian Yacht Club, Seattle Yacht Club
Detroit, MI May 30, 2008 - June 1, 2008, Bayview Yacht Club
Chicago, IL, June 13-15, 2008, Chicago Yacht Club
Marblehead (Boston), MA, July 24-27, 2008, Corinthian Yacht Club
Larchmont, (Westchester County) NY, September 6-7, 2008, Larchmont Yacht Club
Houston, TX, September 19-21, 2008, Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, TX

For more information on the NOOD Regattas, co-sponsored by ClearPoint Weather, go to: http://sailingworld.com/nood_regatta.jsp

Last month, ClearPoint helped the skipper/tactician, Pepe Bettini a world and national champion from Buenos Aires, Argentina, develop winning tactics and strategies at the South Atlantic Rolex Cup. The Danish Sailing Association also relied on ClearPoint as a core weather source at the 470 World Championships Olympic class races in Melbourne, Australia, and at the World Championships for Tornado and Laser Radials held at Takapuna Beach, New Zealand.

About ClearPoint High Definition Weather ™

ClearPoint High Definition Weather is the world’s most comprehensive and easy to use ultra high-resolution global weather information service for sailboat racers, cruisers, fishermen, yacht clubs, marinas, resorts, and weather-trackers, worldwide. ClearPoint offers real-time, accurate weather data for advanced weather decision-making. Headquartered in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, TrueNorth Global Inc. launched its ClearPoint weather service in 2007. Additional information can be found on ClearPoint’s website at: http://www.clearpointweather.com/.

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