Originally published on www.snipe.it (Italian and English text) Dopo l’ultima regata di Porto, dopo essermi congratulato per il suo terzo posto, chiesi a Peter Commette – che abbiamo tutti apprezzato per alcuni articoli scritti per il nostro sito - di “buttare giù qualche riga” sul Mondiale appena concluso. Mi rispose che nelle settimane successive…
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My first conscious memory of the person I so respectfully called “The Old Man” was, appropriately, on the race course; watching his Snipe, sail numbers barely visible, cross the entire…
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Teams, weight, boats, masts, sails, graphs and complete measurement excell file (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) ...
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