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DIARY ENTRY
Only once since her relaunch in 2004 has Mariquita raced around the Isle of Wight. It was a race peppered with some interesting incidents, including a sail tie made halfway up the spinnaker and a man overboard in
the swell off St. Catherine’s. And that was during the 2008 BCYC regatta, when the fleet numbered closer to 60 rather than 1,600. So to set off in the 2015 Class 0 start with TP52s and trimaran flying machines was an
ever-so-slightly different experience. Let’s back up a moment. We had to practise for it all first, and to do that we brought in some heavy hitters like the Butlers of Brightlingsea, Rich ‘Tank Commander’ Sawle, the legend
himself, Bram van Loovren, and our Aussie Ace Adam Norris. From bow to stern we were packed with some serious talent and little did they know that they were about to get the race of a lifetime. M.O.
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