J/80 Worlds day 3- Wild, spectacular sailing up the Bay



6:10 AM Fri 8 Oct 2010 GMT
'Team RASCAL (Henry Brauer, Will Welles, Stu Johnstone, John McCabe) winning Race Six in J/80 Worlds. - J/80 Worlds Newport' Allen Clark
The J/80 Worlds fleet was in for something special on their third day of sailing when PRO Tom Duggan hoisted 'B' course area flag and sent the fleet up Narragansett Bay north of Gould Island. And, a special day it was, nearly post-card perfect winds and weather. The day dawned partly cloudy and cool blowing from the West, very shifty and extremely gusty. By the end, it was crystal clear skies with torn-cotton clouds blowing across the sky with winds fluctuating from 10 knots to upwards of 30 knots at times and shifting over 30 degrees from the WNW. The ...


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