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Want to support the podcast? http://patreon.com/SaltyAbandon I'm sailing Salty Abandon from Orange Beach to the Florida Keys.  My husband & First Mate, Salty Scotty, joins me when he can.  1988 Island Packet 27. Captain Tinsley | Sailor  | Sail Orange Beach to Bahamas | RE/MAX Realtor | Sell Gulf Front Condos Please subscribe to this channel! Receive more frequent updates by following Salty Abandon here: https://www.facebook.com/saltyabandon https://www.twitter.com/saltyabandon https://www.instagram.com/saltyabandon #saltyabandon #islandpacket #sailing #sailor #sailboat #saillife #sailorgirl #FLKeys #FloridaKeys #bahiahonda #bigspanishchannel

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There was plenty of close racing in the 2023 Narrows series on Strangford Lough. With the breeze moderating after the Bar Buoy race was cancelled and Saturday's big blow things were a lot calmer in the back half of the regatta. J109 Going to Red was in a close battle with a couple of sport boats in the race out of the narrows. The first one was close and the second closer again as they just made the cross on port tack. The boats zigged and and zagged there way out of the narrows to say in the strongest tide with several more close crosses in what turned out to be a close battle between the boats. The team at bottom up boats hope you are enjoying the sort bits of our close crosses from the 2023 season.

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CLUB MARINE TV YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/5BSgCX75dHk On a summer’s day when Sydney Harbour showed off its emerald waters at their sparkling best, a small but competitive fleet of four yachts engaged in an intense arm wrestle that lasted little more than an hour for the annual SOLAS Big Boat Challenge. In a battle of cut and thrust between the two super maxis at the front of the race it was Peter Harburg’s Black Jack that eventually won out, crossing the line some 43 seconds ahead of her near twin, the Oatley family’s Wild Oats XI. Wild Oats XI’s little sister Wild Oats X took out the overall handicap win, but it was Gavin Brady the sailing master of the fourth yacht in the fleet, Karl Kowk’s Botin 80 Beau Geste, that captured the essence of this event and just why it is more than a one-off spectacle, ‘There’s nowhere else in the world you will ever see a group of maxis like this sailing in a confined environment. Racing in Sydney Harbour puts a lot of pressure on a team and I believe it’s a big contributor to success in the Hobart.’ The Bow Caddy media team took to the water and the air to paint a picture of the energy, action and pressure of this remarkable event that Brady persuasively alludes to.

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