October 2009 eBook all pages (free PDF, 36.6 - Latitude 38
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THE RACING<br />
led by 30 seconds at the first mark near<br />
the Golden Gate Bridge, with Winning's<br />
Yandoo in third.<br />
For awhile Hamlin appeared to be<br />
running away, but Winning was flying<br />
away from everyone else into second<br />
place, and as the fleet approached the<br />
leeward mark Hamlin's lead vanished.<br />
"They got a puff behind us and sagged<br />
down underneath us," Hamlin said.<br />
"There was re<strong>all</strong>y nothing we could do."<br />
Hamlin slipped to third and soon regained<br />
second, but <strong>all</strong> he could do was<br />
to chase Yandoo around for the next two<br />
laps, cutting a one-minute gap to 20 sec-<br />
onds while Winning tenaciously covered.<br />
The finishing order put the Australian<br />
ahead by a point, requiring that Hamlin<br />
not only beat Winning in the last race but<br />
put one boat between them. But at that<br />
point there weren't many boats left. Only<br />
seven started, and only three of those<br />
finished — Hamlin, Trevor Barnabas and<br />
Winning, in that order.<br />
On shore Hamlin said, "I've got to go<br />
over and thank Trevor," which he did.<br />
Otherwise, <strong>all</strong> he could do was sail his<br />
own race as most of the others flipped<br />
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The 18-ft skiffs sailors turned into impromptu aerialists when this wake from commercial traffic swept<br />
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out of contention. For Winning that<br />
came when Yandoo lost it while bearing<br />
away during the set at the last windward<br />
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