Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2011 day two tough in the trenches



9:35 PM Tue 7 Jun 2011 GMT
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Skandia Sail for Gold 2011 second day was tough for everyone participating and so the race officers took the chance to catch up with the schedule. Although yesterday was all about the subtleties of light air racing, today was all about fitness and technique in the building breeze and waves. Weymouth turned it on with sunshine and an afternoon breeze that topped out in excess of 25 knots on the outer courses. Racing on the outer race course in the Finn was the current Olympic Champion Ben Ainslie (GBR). Ainslie answered some of those who doubted that he could win ...


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by Jo Grindley





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