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It might have been a preliminary event that had no points bearing on the 36th America’s Cup, but there was no doubt among the teams that the Prada America’s Cup World Series was important, writes Matt Sheahan.

This breed of foiling monohulls takes performance sailing into completely new territory. To see any of these boats fly downwind at

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