SAP 505 Worlds 2011 - Whitsunday locals looking for advantage

10:13 PM Sun 27 Feb 2011 GMT

'Bill Cuneo (Left) and John Warlow - Whitsunday Sailing Clubs International 505' Ian Grant Click Here to view large photo

Whitsunday Sailing Clubs International 505 dinghy sailors skipper Paul Mitchell and crew mate Sam Haines will need to have their tactical thinking caps on when they compete for the SAP World championship honours at Hamilton Island later this month. The combination have proved their skill to be worthy of testing their tactics against the world?s best but all of the best intentions can fall apart with the simplest of errors. Paul Mitchell raced at the 2009 World championship on San Francisco Bay where he found out the small errors in race strategy and sail handling technique placed his title aspirations ...

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