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MATT SHEAHAN

lthough World Sailing and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) scrapped plans for a mixed double-handed offshore class for the 2024 Olympic Games, the genie is already out of the bottle. The idea of this new Olympic class had proved to be controversial, but the concept of a one-design 30-something-footer sailed by just two has sparked a great deal of interest across a wide range of ages and abilities, while at the same time

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