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August 9, 2011 By Jack Griffin

Why did TNZ bowman go overboard in the fleet race?

 

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AC45 fleet rounds the reach mark. 7 Aug 2011. Race won by Oracle 5 (Coutts & crew)

Why did TNZ bowman Winston Macfarlane fall overboard?

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Because the winch handle broke. Have a look at about 17 seconds into this video. Winston was sprinting across the net, and threw all his weight into grinding. Unfortunately the material wasn’t up to the load. A trimmer on another team told me they break winch handles pretty regularly.

 

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