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Spinnaker tales - Ryan Palk leaves home to pursue Olympic dream

6:23 AM Wed 19 May 2010 GMT

'Ryan Palk (Left) and Klade Hauschildt training in tandem - Laser Class.' Ian Grant

Ryan Palk has left the warm and friendly environment of his Noosa Waters home to pursue his ambition to gain selection in the Australian Olympic Yachting Team. He packed his sail bag with all of the warm clothes he could find in preparation to represent Australia in three major Olympic Laser class regattas to be decided on the cold European courses from May 26 to June 27. As expected, Ryan Palk has left nothing to chance in terms of his personal fitness including endless hours of sail training on the Noosa River, rounded off with a physically demanding four hour ...

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