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1 - Resolve under spinnaker
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2 - Astruso during the prestart
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3 - Seconds before the gun, the yachts line up...
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4 - Gucci and Astruso battling down the first run
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5 - Astruso made it past to leeward, but overshot the mark
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6 - for some reason the race stopped during the second upwind leg, and the yachts returned to the start area...
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7 - and restarted... here 'The Guarantee' leads on the first upwind leg
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