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Races two and three Alicante |
 Mean Machine heading off the leeward end en route to a win
The thermal breeze for the second day kicked in with a dark patch on the right which built up to 20 knots at one stage of the day. Russel Coutts was first to the mark on the first race with plenty of folks on his heels. The speed and acceleration is very impressive when these boats bear off around the weather mark as well as watching them surf and surge down the waves which there were plenty of. The fleet didn't have as many problems bunching up as yesterday but still there was a general split left and right. Artemis went left and rounded first in the first race. Mutua went left in the second race and won the race. The press boat guy said the point of land didn't have any affect on the course but ... He did say that the wind occilates but generally clocks to the right with the sun.
Carnage on the water as Seimens tried to duck Cristabella and didn't make it. Result, gaping hole in Cristabellas transom corner.
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