Brewin Dolphin Dragon Gold Cup - Tough work out on day 2
by Fiona Brown on 11 Sep 2012
Monday 10th September Part of the 60-boat from 16 nations competing off the Old Head of Kinsale on the second day of racing in the Brewin Dolphin Dragon Gold Cup at Kinsale Yacht Club.
David Branigan - Oceansport.ie
On the second day of the Brewin Dolphin Dragon Gold Cup in Kinsale, the 60 strong fleet got another tough work out as they completed race two of the series in big seas and winds of up to 28 knots from around 220 degrees.
After an initial general recall the fleet got away cleanly at the second time of asking. At the first mark those who had worked the centre left came out on top with Ferenc Kis-Szölgyémi, sailing HUN57 Bear, leading the fleet from Tommy Mueller, sailing GER1123 Sinewave, second and Frank Berg, sailing DEN266 My Way, third. Hard on their heels came a pack of boats led by Martin Byrne, in IRL201 Jaguar, whose port tack approach fell foul of starboard tacker Joergen Schoenherr, sailing DEN406 African Queen. Although Byrne rounded the mark ahead he then had to do a pair of turns to exonerate himself and by the time he'd pirouetted his way down the spreader leg he had been passed by Jens Rathsack, in MON2 Jeanie, Klaus Diederichs, in GBR758 Fever and Dimitry Samokhin, in RUS76 Strange Little Girl.
Kis-Szölgyémi did his best to defend on the first run but he was no match for the impressive speed of Mueller. By the first gate Mueller had the lead with Kis-Szölgyémi second, Schoenherr had moved up into third and Diederichs was fourth, just ahead of Berg. Having rounded the gate in eighth Byrne decided it was time to get his skates on and up the second beat he worked the shifts that came through under a heavy rain squall to best advantage. By the second weather mark he was up into third behind Mueller and Schoenherr and just ahead of Kis-Szölgyémi, Diederichs and Poul Richard Hoj-Jensen, sailing GBR775 Danish Blue.
Down the second run both the breeze and the wave height had increased and as the sun broke through the dark clouds the fleet made a spectacular sight surfing flat out against a backdrop of rolling Irish countryside. At the second gate Schoenherr had closed up on Mueller but it wasn't enough and on the final beat Mueller stretched out his lead again leaving Schoenherr to trail him across the line. The battle for third place was fraught and was only decided in the closing moments with Diederichs crossing the line just ahead of Byrne and Hoj-Jensen.
In the overall standings overnight leader Lawrie Smith, sailing GBR763 Alfie, exacerbated a knee injury sustained yesterday and struggled to finish the race crossing the line in 18th place so drops down into seventh overall. Today's race win takes Tommy Mueller to the top of the league table with five points while Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen's steady fifth means he remains in second overall on seven points. Joergen Schoenherr has jumped up into third place and is just a single point behind Hoj-Jensen with Dimitry Samokhin fourth on eleven points and Martin Byrne fifth on fifteen.
In the Corinthian Division for the all-amateur crews today's race winner was Reemt Reemtsma, sailing GER1121 Caroroo, who also claimed sixth place in the overall division. Second place went to Remy Arnaud, sailing FRA396 Legend, Frank Berg was third and local boy Cameron Good, sailing IRL211 Little Fella was fourth. In the overall Corinthian standings Reemtsma now leads the fleet on four points from Good on five with Berg third counting eight points and Arnaud fourth on nine points.
Four more races are scheduled and the regatta continues until Friday 14th September.
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Dragon Gold Cup 2012
Entries: 60 Races Sailed: 2
Provisional Results
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Series Place
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Sail No
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Boat
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Corinthian
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Helm
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Crew
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Crew 2
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Club
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Series Points
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Race 1
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1
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GER1123
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Sinewave
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Tommy Mueller
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Vincent Hoesch
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Michael Lipp, Thomas Mueller
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Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
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5
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4
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2
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GBR775
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Danish Blue
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Poul Richard Hoj-Jensen
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Theis Palm
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Andrew Norden
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Royal Yacht Squadron
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7
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2
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3
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DEN406
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African Queen
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Jorgen Schonherr
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Jan Eli Gravad
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Axel Waltersdorp
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Royal Danish Yacht Club
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8
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6
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4
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RUS76
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Strange Little Girl
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Dmitry Samokhin
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Andrey Kirilyuk
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Aleksey Bushuev
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Hercules,St Petersburg
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11
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3
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5
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IRL201
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Jaguar
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Martin Byrne
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Adam Winkelmanr
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Pedro Andrade
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RStGYC
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15
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11
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6
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GBR758
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Fever
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Klaus Diederichs
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Andy Beadsworth
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Jamie Lea
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RORC
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16
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13
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7
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GBR763
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Alfie
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Lawrie Smith
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Tim Tavinor
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Joost Houweling
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Glandore
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19
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1
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8
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UKR7
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Bunker Boys
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Lars Hendriksen
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Sergey Pugachev
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Georgil Leonchuk
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BSYC
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21
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5
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9
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HUN57
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Bear
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Ferenc Kis-Szolgyemi
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Tamas Kiss
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Karoly Vezer
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Kereked Vitorlas Klub
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21
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14
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10
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RUS27
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Annapurna
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Anatoly Loginov
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Vadim Statsenko
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Alexander Shalagin
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23
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8
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11
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GER1042
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Puck III
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Philip Dohse
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Christian Moeller
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Oliver Mose
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Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
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24
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12
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12
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GER1121
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Caroroo
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C
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Reemt Reemtsma
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Petra Reemtsma
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Lorenz Jensen
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Potsdamer Yacht Club
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25
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19
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13
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IRL211
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Little Fella
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C
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Cameron Good
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Simon Furney
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Henry Kingston
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KYC
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26
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7
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14
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UKR8
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Bunker Prince
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Evgen Braslavetz
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Sergey Timokhov
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Igor Sidorov
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BSYC
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28
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17
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15
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GBR768
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Dark & Stormy
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Christopher Hunt
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Mark Hart
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Mark Daly
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RYS
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30
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10
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16
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GER1125
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Dragoni Holly
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Stephan Link
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Frank Butzmann
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Peter Froschi
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BYC
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32
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15
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17
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RUS2
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Alisa
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Alexander Ezhkov
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Alexey Grigoriev
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Vladimir Krutskikh
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Pirogovo
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33
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23
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18
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MON2
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Jeanie
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Jens Rathsack
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Mario Wagner
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Stefan Waack
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Yacht Club de Monaco
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35
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26
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19
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DEN266
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My Way
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Frank Berg
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Konrad Florian
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Jens Maklund
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KDY Hellerup
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36
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22
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20
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AUS222
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Puff III
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Richard Lynn
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Ian Olson
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Roger Hickman
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Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
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39
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9
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21
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POR55
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Drago
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Jose Matoso
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Gustavo Lima
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Stephen Hellriegel
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Clube Naval Cascais
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40
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18
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22
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FRA396
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Legend
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C
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Remy Arnaud
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Herald Arnaud
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Pascal Civel
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YCLB La Baule
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41
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28
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23
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IRL213
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Whisper
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Mark Dicker
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Nelson Moore
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Sean Murphy
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RStGYC
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48
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21
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24
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GBR708
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Rumours
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Simon Strauss
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David Horgan
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John Wolfe, Harvey Tucker
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Larchmont YC
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51
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27
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25
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IRL210
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Diva
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C
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James Matthews
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Rick Johnson
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Rob Johnson
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RIYC
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51
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25
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26
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IRL216
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Chimaera
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Andrew Craig
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Brian Mathews
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Mark Pettitt
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RStGYC
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53
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24
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27
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GBR720
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Aimee
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C
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Graham Bailey
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Julia Bailey
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Dylan Potter, Will Heritage
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Royal Yacht Squadron
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55
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30
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28
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IRL198
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Dublin Bay
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C
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Gary Treacy
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Paul Maguire
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Don O'Dowd
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RStGYC
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61
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16
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29
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ANT10
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Northside Dragon
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Jay Bourke
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David Cagney
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Tommy Murphy
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HYC
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63
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35
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30
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GBR774
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Tigger
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C
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Thomas Olrog
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Thomas Wilton
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Nicola Wilton
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Royal Swedish Yacht Club
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65
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44
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31
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FIN88
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Step By Step
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C
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Eeva Saukkonen
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Catja Everhall-Blom
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Outi Kivimaki
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BS, Finland
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69
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37
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32
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NED393
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Cobweb
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C
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Richard Blickman
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Daan Djixhoorn
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Nick Spaans
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KNZ&RV
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70
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20
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33
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IRL156
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Mar-J
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Adrian Bendon
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Shawn Kingston
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Eoghan O'Mahoney
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KYC
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71
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31
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34
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SWE345
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Ming
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C
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Jacob Wallenberg
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Henrik Baltscheffsky
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Stellan Gross
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Royal Swedish Yacht Club
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72
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49
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35
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IRL195
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D-Cision
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C
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Philip Perkins
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Richard Kidney
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Declan Hayes
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RIYC
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72
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41
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36
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GBR760
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Hands Off
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Michael Holmes
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Andy Biddle
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Peter Marchant
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Royal Corinthian Yacht Club
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72
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36
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37
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IRL214
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Kin
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C
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Simon Brien
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Jack Brien
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Mark Brien
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Royal North of Irl. Yacht Club
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73
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29
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38
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GBR742
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Flotation
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C
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Richard Davies
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Clive Hurn
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Donald Milne
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Royal Thames Yacht Club
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73
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40
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39
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IRL206
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Cloud
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Clare Hogan
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Mel Collins
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Laura Dillon, Graeme Grant
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RStGYC
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74
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33
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40
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GER1110
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Streumer
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C
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Norbert Ohst
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Stefan Abel
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Mark-Raimondo Bayer
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VSaW
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76
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42
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41
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IRL188
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Grey Hare
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C
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Philip Bendon
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James Bendon
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Ben Fusco
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KYC
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76
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39
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42
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IRL161
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Sir Ossis of the River
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Denis Bergin
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Con Murphy
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Paul Burke
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RIYC
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81
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32
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43
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GBR761
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Jerboa
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Gavia Wilkinson-Cox
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Martin Payne
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Rui Boia
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Royal Corinthian Yacht Club
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82
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34
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44
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GBR766
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Quicksilver V
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C
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Robert Campbell
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Justin Waples
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Rene Nel
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Royal Corinthian Yacht Club
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82
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47
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45
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IRL157
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Tenacious
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C
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Anthony O'Neill
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Eoghan O'Neill
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David Dwyer
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KYC
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90
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52
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46
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GER1113
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GP
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Tanja Jacobsohn
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Bernhard Jacobsohn
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Jan Scharffetter
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LYC/VSaW
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91
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45
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47
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IRL159
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Zu
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C
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Tim Pearson
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Matt Mich
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Conor Grimley, Choryna Kiely
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RStGYC
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92
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38
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48
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GBR777
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Seabird
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C
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Owen Pay
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Jon Mortimer
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Steven Richardson
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RCYC
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94
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51
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49
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HKG50
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Phyloong
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Lowell Chang
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Simon Pickering
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Nick Burns
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Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
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95
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56
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50
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HKG46
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Davinloong
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C
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Phyllis Chang
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Lars Gelbjerg-Hansen
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Selin Dicker,Charles Street
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Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
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98
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46
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51
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GBR764
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Naiad
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C
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Mike Hayles
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Monique Hayles
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Nicholas Hayles
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Royal Thames Yacht Club
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100
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58
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52
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GER1018
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Joy
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Jakob Bergbauer
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Andreas Moser
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Andreas Hollwich
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BYC
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100
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53
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53
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IRL197
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HY Brasil
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Peter O'Reilly
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Francis Rhatigan
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Eddie Tingle
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RStGYC
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101
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50
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54
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AUS206
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The Old Bailey
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C
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Sarah Ross
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Dave Ross
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Insinger Mickiel
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RCYC
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103
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48
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55
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GBR590
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Mystere
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James Peters
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Dave Cummings
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Rob Riddell
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SCYC
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104
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43
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56
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GBR690
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Blue Movie
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C
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David Atkinson
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John Outhwaite
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Steve Watson
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Sunderland Yacht Club
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108
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55
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57
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GBR633
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Fei-Lin's Flirtation
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Ron James
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Julia Walsh
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Nigel Young
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Royal Forth YC
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113
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57
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58
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IRL163
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Valkyrie
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C
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Paddy Bishop
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Mike Walsh
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Cormac O'Carroll
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KYC
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115
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54
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59
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IRL40
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Leprechaun
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C
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Dan Norman
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McDonald Moriarty
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Bruce Noble, Paul O'Connor
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RIYC
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118
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61
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60
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IRL145
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Jee
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Tim Cronin
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Caroline Matthews
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Harry Lewis
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KYC
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119
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61
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