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NEWSGunning to go sailing
PORTO CERVO, SARDINIA Steve Hayles, navigator on the 54.6m Vitters ketch Marie, gives the chance of racing today as no better than 50/50. “The strong wind seems to have arrived earlier than the forecast told us. It’s a north-westerly and when the wind is blowing from that direction in Sardinia it’s nearly always windier than the forecast predicts. ‘But our owner is keen to go racing, and even if there’s no racing we might go out anyway for fun. Go fire some cannons,’ added Hayles, referring to the three-gun salute that is fired every time Marie departs the dock. |
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