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O'pen BIC - Three day Northland O'pen Cup tests young sailors at Taipa

by Sail-World.com/NZ on 18 Sep 2017
Russell Coutts coaching ashore with the cut down sail - Practice Day - O’’pen BIC - Taipa Sailing Club, September 15-17, 2017 Taipa Sailing Club www.facebook.com/TaipaSailingClub
Taipa Sailing Club, in the winterless North, hosted a three day Northland O'pen Cup over the weekend with the windy conditions testing the young sailors.

Gold Silver and Bronze fleets were sailed, with the event being preceded by a Practice and Coaching day, with Russell Coutts, Hayden Whitburn and others.

The inclusion of a cut down sail made a big difference for some sailors in the gusty conditions.

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