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1 - Pretty Boy Floyd approaching Pt. Jerningham, and getting ready to tack
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2 - Esprit during the prestart
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2.3 - Astruso, on starbord during the prestart
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2.6 - Flying Boat
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3 - race one start
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3.5 - Astruso didn't fare well in the first race, the high angles required by the big asymmetric gennaker probably didn't help
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4 - Blue Magic tacking in close to shore
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4.5 - ...and heading back into the fray
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5 - here was a surprise - The Guarantee leads the larger Pretty Boy Floyd across the finish
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5.3 - First monohull across the line
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5.6 - Race two, and some close matches downwind (from left, One Red Dog, Astruso (under a symmetric kite this time), and Farr 1020s Flying Fish and Resolve)
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6 - arch rivals The Guarantee, Nedax, and Flying Boat
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6.5 - Flying Circus seemed to have a quiet afternoon
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7 - approaching the finish of race 2, a close battle between Nedax and Flying Boat
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7.5 - Marishka (larger 1280px version)
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8 - Nedax previously featured in this (now famous) photo
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9 - A closer look at Nedax's roachy new mainsail.