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RC 44 Gold Cup-Dubai by Paul Cayard
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RC 44 Gold Cup-Dubai by Paul Cayard
????: Paul Cayard A decent day for Katusha today. Actually apart from one incident, it was a great day. The wind came in around 13:30 and we had 8-9 knots in the first race, then up to 12 knots at a moment between races, then 11-8 knots for the second race and 7-8 knots for the "DHL Coastal Race" (as DHL is one of the sponsors of the RC 44 circuit). We got third in the first race in a very tight race all the way around with Artemis and No Way Back. At the finish line, the three of us were overlapped and we came out of it third with Artemis fourth. I honestly can't even remember who won that race. Maybe TeamAqua. Then in the second race, we had a nice start and decent windward leg to round 4th. Down the run we made some good choices, passed third and second, and got to the gate at the same time as Cereef who had been leading. Cereef was on starboard and we were on port as we approached. As we were laying the left gate mark, we slowed to let them go ahead. We were not sure which mark they were intending to go to but when they crossed our line and kept going, so we... Full Story »
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