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  "textContent": "**Many cruising sailors can’t think of anything worse than charging round the cans, but it can make you a far better cruising sailor, says Nigel Lloyd**\n\nAs a committed cruiser of 30 years, I often wondered what the point of yacht racing was. There seemed to …Continue reading »\n\nThe post Cruising to the starting line: How to get started yacht racing appeared first on Yachting Monthly.",
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