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Manly 16ft Skiffs - Sailing gods blow Typhoons winning lead

Sailing

2:09 AM Tue 5 Oct 2010 GMT

'Tyhoon' James Bury

Clint Bowen has been around sailing long enough to know no cause is hopeless, that the race is never won until the final gun sounds. But the Fluid Building Services skipper must have thought he'd cashed in his chips when Typhoon (Craig Nicholls) cleared out to a commanding three-to-four minute lead in Manly 16ft skiff Club's spring point-score race on Saturday. That was until the sailing gods decided to turn on Nicholls and his crew. The nor' east wind, which had gusted to around 20 knots at its peak, dropped to a zephyr - and they came from everywhere to ...

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by James Bury