Video: Groupama Race: First spinnaker start in history, and fleet recovers after strong southerly

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Groupama Race: First spinnaker start in history, and fleet recovers after strong southerly

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Groupama Race: First spinnaker start in history
by Nic Douglass
The forecast for the start was a low pressure system with a front bringing gusts of up to 30 knots from the south. The 160 sailors all prepared for it, but what eventuated was a light northerly.The forecast for the start was a low pressure system with a front bringing gusts of up to 30 knots from the south. The 160 sailors all prepared for it, but what eventuated was a light northerly.Posted 20 Jun 2022

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