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SKIP NOVAK

I recently came across Untold: The Race of the Century, the story of the Australian victory in the 1983 America’s Cup, on Netflix. For me this was a must-watch, not just because it was about sailing, but rather it was a film about the boats and the era I could immediately relate to, yachting back in the day on the east coast of America.

I never participated in the America’s Cup. In those days

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