October 2009 eBook all pages (free PDF, 36.6 - Latitude 38
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lustery conditions on August<br />
8 and 9 for the Olson<br />
25 Nationals, in conjunction<br />
with the J/24 District<br />
Championships. On Saturday,<br />
winds were into the<br />
mid-20s, and in the high<br />
teens on Sunday, giving the<br />
five entered boats an ideal<br />
setting for close competition.<br />
A look at the scoreboard<br />
makes it clear that<br />
Mark Simpson's Shadowfax<br />
dominated the series,<br />
but tight, boat-for-boat<br />
racing was closer than the<br />
point breakdowns would<br />
imply. In the six-race series,<br />
Shadowfax took bullets<br />
in <strong>all</strong> but the first race, where she<br />
scored a third behind Falk Meissen’s<br />
Sharks on Bluegrass and Steve Smith's<br />
Syncronicity. "We got <strong>all</strong> our mistakes<br />
out of the way in the first race," said one<br />
crewmember.<br />
Meissen's Bluegrass team had not pre-<br />
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