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by Michael Chittenden on 30 Oct 2016
Thurlow-Sail-World-3 - Thurlow Fisher - Nosedive just before finish - NSW State Champs Oct 30, 2016 Michael Chittenden
Thurlow Fisher took a spectacular nosedive in the closing stanzas of Race 1 of the NSW State Championships sailed in an 18kt NE breeze.

Top skiff photographer, Michael Chittenden was on hand, aboard the Camera Cat and captured the full sequence of the nosedive

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