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A Finn for Africa



11:45 PM Thu 22 Jul 2010 GMT
'Durban Bay in the early days' Robert Deaves
For the first time in nearly 25 years, competitive Finns are now available in South Africa, a country with a long and proud history in Finn sailing. Pata Finns Africa built its first prototype in June after extensive collaboration with Pata Boats in Hungary and with financial assistance from the South African Finn Association and through the International Finn Association's FIDeS programme (Finn International Development Support). For the project coordinators, Philip Baum and Greg Davis, sailing at the Olympic Games was a long held dream, but, sailing Finns in South Africa, it always remained a dream as the political situation ...


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by Robert Deaves




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