<div>ILLW becomes interesting</div>
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<div>The battle for the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend leadership, held in August, is tied between Australia and Germany with 40 registrations each, out of more than 220 from 30 nations around the world.</div>
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<div>The USA has 23, England 18, Argentina 12, Ireland and Scotland 9, Canada, Netherlands and Sweden on 8, <font color="#009900"><u><strong>Portugal</strong></u> </font>and Puerto Rico <font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff" color="#ff0000"><strong><u>4,</u></strong></font> while Finland, Poland, Northern Ireland and New Zealand each has 3.</div>
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<div>They are followed by Belgium, Denmark, Cuba, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and Wales on 3, and single entries from Curacao, Chile, France, Honduras, Italy and Spain.</div>
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<div>With registrations and countries numbers only at about the half-way mark, but ahead of this time last year, things are really starting to heat up.</div>
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<div>To register a lighthouse, lightship or marine beacon on August the 17th and 18th of August online, visit the dedicated website <a href="http://www.illw.net">www.illw.net</a></div>
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<div>Jim Linton VK3PC</div>
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