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by Rob Kothe & the Sail-World Team on 11 Aug 2006
Airlie Beach Race Week 2006 Andrea Francolini Photography http://www.afrancolini.com/
Airlie Beach Race Week is about to start. Blazing sunshine 23 degrees, 15 knots, you know the kind of thing.

If you are not here, we are sorry, but you need to do better next year.

This is the scene dockside 20 mins ago, now the fleet is heading out into the bay where there are whitecaps already. Detailed reports during the day.

We will leave you to read the news.
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