Newport to Ensenada - Make the right calls and avoid pitfalls

10:46 PM Sat 16 Apr 2011 GMT

'It's OK chases Peligroso - 64th Newport to Ensenada' Rich Roberts &copy Click Here to view large photo

64th Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race - If it isn't the wind dying, it's going the wrong way, or if it isn't kelp caught on the bottom of the boat, it's . well, there are lots of ways to lose sailboat races, 'but that's what sailing's all about,' Lorenzo Berho said. The Mexican sailor's philosophy may be of little comfort to those who suffered such consequences in the 64th Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race---seaweed spoiled hopes of victory for Berho's Peligroso---but kudos to those who made all the right calls and dodged the pitfalls. Like Dennis Conner. DC's America's ...

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