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Written by Dave
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Friday, 11 July 2008 21:59 |
Winning in One-Designs
by Dave Perry
A few years ago I was racing on a J24 in a regional regatta. We were doing well in the regatta and in this race. As we were going to upwind there was a loud retort and the jib luff went taut. We scrambled to discover what went wrong and learned that the clevis pin securing the forestay was missing. With over a hundred years of sailing and racing experience aboard (we didn't name the boat Grumpy Old Men without reason!) someone neglected to properly secure the clevis pin. This small error cost us the regatta; from first to third in a blink of an eye. Had we paid attention to Dave Perry's advice, we would have attended to the myriad small details that separate those at the front of the fleet from those in the rear.
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Last Updated on Monday, 21 July 2008 21:15 |
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