From a needle match in the multihulls to another in the maxis, and again in the IRC classes too, this year may not have delivered a new course record but some subtle differences in the weather meant that was one of the trickiest to plan for and became one of the most intense Caribbean 600s of them all. Plus, how one boat did far more than just win.
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