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Red Jacket Returns

Red Jacket, the 40-footer that became the first Canadian boat to win the SORC and launched what would become C&C Yachts, will be back on the racecourse this summer under new ownership, after her future had become worryingly uncertain.

“In Canada there are two significant sailing vessels in my mind, the , on our dime, and ,” says Brian Post, who purchased the storied boat with his sailing buddy, John Salasny. He said it only took them a moment to know they would buy her to prevent

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