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SKIP NOVAK

ith not much happening on the water for me, it’s time for a dose of nostalgia. I recently was invited to speak to Shirley Robertson for one of her podcasts in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. This was a real privilege to be interviewed by an Olympian and to join her eclectic line-up of racing sailors, both very current and those a bit over the hill. I am surely in the latter. Readers under the age of 50 might

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