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Shooting the Tiger

So much goes into preparing for a big regatta: finding reliable crew, boat repairs and maintenance, practice, time, money. But often it’s the simplest things that make or break a great day on the racecourse, as I learned recently at St. Augustine Race Week.

Normally I’m on the race committee boat for this event, snapping away on my Nikon. But as a change of pace,, and entered the cruiser, non-spin class.

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