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Andy Rice

‘BOB WON THE FIREBALL WORLDS IN 1966 WITH A NUMBER OF INNOVATIONS INCLUDING A LOW-CUT JIB’

Can I claim the America’s Cup for my dinghy column? After all, there’s no keel on an AC75 so technically does that make Britannia a dinghy? As I write, Sir Ben Ainslie teeters on yet another one of the many precipices that have defined his career. 4-0 down after a drubbing by Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli on the first weekend of the Prada Cup Final, Ben has

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