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Andy Rice

‘THE ENSUING CHAOS WAS HEAVEN FOR SOME AND HELL FOR OTHERS... I DROPPED FROM TOP-10 TO MID-30s’

It’s funny how, when you haven’t raced for so long, that the next club race takes on all the importance of a world championship. With the cancellation of our formal open meeting circuit in the Musto Skiff class, Peter Greenhalgh took it upon himself to organise some racing in the Solent. With a RIB for the committee boat, a laid mark for the pin end, one of the navigation buoys for a

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