Makes the beats worthwhile

Although this blog is supposed to be more about cruising than racing, I couldn't resist this picture from the Sailing Anarchy home page. As they say, what clearer reminder could you want than this shot from the Melges 24 world championships:


There's some fun video of the same event here as well:

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