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Check your storm sail

Crosbie Lorimer’s wonderful article ‘Rolling the Dice’ captured the many challenges facing yachts in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Race (Yachting World March 2024).

However, Kurt Arrigo’s stunning photographs at Cape Raoul prompt me to write. Some readers may have spotted the Swan Class 45 with a loose-luffed storm trysail and wondered: was it

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