Bermuda Newport Race wrap



10:38 PM Fri 25 Jun 2010 GMT
'iBoattrack showing the courses taken by Sinn Fein (yellow), Carina (dark yellow) and Speedboat (orange)' Newport Bermuda Race Media
Newport Bermuda Race website Media Editor looks at the race conditions, lists tactics that worked, introduces some valuable people, and discusses editorial policy. Doing it right. 'That's the way it should work,' said a sailor who heard about one of these incidents of owner-stimulated reverse redress. (1) When Scott Bearse saw his Slide Rule listed as Class 4 IRC winner, he advised race chairman Bjorn Johnson that something was wrong, saying, 'I sailed a good fourth-place race, not a first-place race.' Scorer Brin Ford found a typo in the rating certificate and Slide Rule slid to third. (2) Erwin Wanderer ...


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