Perth International Regatta - RS:X Open Up Top, Down Under



7:20 PM Sat 20 Nov 2010 GMT
'Flavia Tartaglini (ITA) and Marcelien Bos de Koning (NED) share their stories - 2010 Perth International Regatta' Sail-World.com /AUS &copy
RS:X Sailors from the Northern Hemisphere make a trip from up top to down under. The event - the 2010 Perth International Regatta is the lead-in to the Perth 2011 Olympic qualifiers. Several international teams took the chance to get some experience with the Perth courses. The RS:X sailors from Europe shared their stories while waiting for the Perth wind to fill-in. Flavia Tartaglini (ITA) and Marcelien Bos de Koning (NED) were two of the RS:X Open sailors waiting for wind at Bathers Beach in Fremantle Western Australia. Flavia started sailing the Optimist at 6 years ...


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by Shauna McGee Kinney





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