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It's amazing some of the stuff that happens in racing...

I wish I had photos of this to share, but it happened about 5 years ago and I was in the middle of prepping for our start... As I was watching the committee boat to see our start flag go up, I watched a schooner in an earlier start rake through the pilot house windows of the committee boat. I was watching through binoculars... and at first could not believe what I saw... except seconds later a call went out over the radio announcing a delay. Shortly after a delay flag went up and the radio announcement mentioned the particulars, and disqualified the schooner.

Somehow safety and good sailing go out the window in racing.

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