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How to combat? waves and a selection of Sharpie Videos

by Various Sharpies on 15 Dec 2011
LW Sharpie One Hump or Two - 68th Sharpie Australian Championship 2011 Andrea Francolini Photography http://www.afrancolini.com/
According to Wikipedia the 'Australian Sharpie is a 3-person sailing dinghy which has evolved from the 12-square-metre class sailed in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Australian Sharpies are 19 feet, 11 3/4 inches long, with a planing hull and a single mast. Sharpies race with a fully battened mainsail, a jib and a spinnaker. Reference here

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