{"id":4397,"date":"2012-09-23T19:52:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T00:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2012-09-23T19:52:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T00:52:37","slug":"day-close-encounters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4397","title":{"rendered":"A DAY OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final day of racing in the 12 meter North American Championships. It has been close racing, closer than the scores reflected in some cases. Today showed just how close the racing was, both upwind and down.<\/p>\n

Dennis Connor sailing KZ 7 ultimately won the Grand Prix division, Victory “83 owned by Dennis Williams won the Modern division, and Columbia \u00a0owned by Alain Hanover won the Traditional division.<\/p>\n

The Melges 32 championship starts at the end of the week. The boats are all identical and there is nothing notable about the boats themselves. They are fast, but it is the level racing of some very good sailors that makes it compelling to watch.<\/p>\n

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