{"id":1647,"date":"2016-06-29T02:15:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T02:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2016-06-29T02:15:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T02:15:51","slug":"race-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Race to …."},"content":{"rendered":"

I was lucky enough to be staying at Point Hudson when the race boats came in, so I had a chance to meet a lot of the contenders. One that was particularly remarkable was a team of wheel-chair bound vets. They had a notably fast boat, the same as my friend’s Mark’s boat. It looked to me that they would be worth watching, and I do.<\/p>\n

They’re not doing well. The paddleboards, the rowers, and the windsurfers are way ahead of them, they’re the slowest in the race. Yet they continue north, albeit slowly.<\/p>\n

I didn’t look closely at their boat, I presumed the lines were laid out to their advantage. That’s how you do a racing sailboat, lay the lines to match the crew’s capabilities.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to hearing their excuse, from what I’ve seen they had everything going for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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