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Fri 06 Jun 2010Time for winds of change to blow for Round Ireland race
SAILING COLUMN:WAIT LONG enough for the wind to change direction and just about anything can be made to happen, just ask the crew of yesterday’s line honours winner of the Round Ireland race, Dutch entry Tonnerre de Breskens. Despite leading on the water for the entire five-day race, shifting winds kept the fleet guessing until the final hours of the 700-mile marathon.
Yet again the Irish coastline proved the perfect racecourse but for the future of the race itself, the winds of change need to blow a bit harder. It took the 30th anniversary to get Wicklow Town behind the pioneering efforts of its sailing club, but now the locals are behind it, isn’t it time Irish sailing backed the Round Ireland too?
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