Yachting World

NAVIGATION BRIEFING

This year’s pre-Olympics in Enoshima, Japan, starkly illustrated for me the reality of being on the water in extreme hot and humid conditions. One day we saw a temperature of 42°C on the coach boat, along with very high humidity. Daytime temperatures in August in Enoshima are regularly in the high 30s. But it’s not so much the temperature as the humidity that makes you uncomfortable.

Between races, competitors swiftly made for their coach boats and never have I seen sailors so fervently grasping for

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