International 14 National Championship: Massey and Wilsdon in top gear



9:02 AM Wed 5 Jan 2011 GMT
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International 14 National Championship - Race 5. Archie Massey and Dan Wilsdon found top gear today in a classic Adelaide seabreeze to win Race 5 of the International 14 Australian Championship sailed in Gulf St Vincent. After days of variable and shifty light winds, Adelaide?s summer seabreeze arrived under a near cloudless sky to provide a good 15 knots of sou?west over the windward-leeward race track off Glenelg. Current World Champions Massey and Wilsdon sailing their modified Bieker 5 hull George first with a wardrobe of Alexander Sails found the conditions just about perfect and finished just over a minute ...


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by Neil Patchett





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