Regata al Sol - Slick or no slick, we're Mexico bound across the Gulf

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1:06 AM Sat 8 May 2010 GMT

Eighteen boats will set sail on Wednesday and Thursday May 12-13 in the 26th biennial Regata al Sol from Pensacola Florida to Isla Mujeres MX, but this year with a twist. Having tracked the Gulf of Mexico oil spill daily for the last couple of weeks, race officials will institute an offset east of the rhumb-line course that will provide a safety buffer away from the spill while only extending the course length by a dozen or so miles. Scratch boat in the fleet will be Stephen Murray Jr.'s TP52 Decision. They will be chasing their own record, set in ...

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