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The bigger the cat, the more spectacular the capsize

by Nancy Knudsen on 9 Oct 2012
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If you've ever been cat sailing and capsized, you'll empathise with this video, even if following the America's Cup is not normally your thing. As the veteran of hundreds of capsizes in my own cat sailing days, I couldn't help playing it through several times.

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