Volvo Ocean Race, Leg Three [VIDEO]

The Year of the Dragon - Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet are back on track after setting off on the second stage of leg 3 from the Maldives to Sanya, China.


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Sail-World.com : Volvo Ocean Race - A tactical decision to ditch the south: " the next thousand nautical miles will have the Volvo Open 70 fleet on port tack and in a drag race that will take them across the southern tip or Sri Lanka and into the Bay of Bengal toward the way point at Pulau We and the entrance of the Malacca Strait, nine miles off the northernmost tip of Sumatra. The landmass of Sri Lanka is continuing to produce a wind shadow, which has slowed the fleet, but once clear of the island and out across the Bay of Bengal, about 125 miles to east of the fleet, the breeze will pick up and the charge towards the barn door will begin in earnest. " 

Results are coming in | US Sailing's Rolex Miami OCR 22-28 ...
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Volvo Ocean Race: Camper make a strong start
NZ Herald
Camper with Team Emirates New Zealand have made a strong start to stage two of the third leg in the Volvo Ocean Race.

Newsbyte: SAP and Kieler Woche Bring the Excitement of Sailing to the World
MarketWatch (press release)
Throughout the course of the event, over 1700 events on different topics will take place on land and more than 5000 yachtsmen from 50 countries will participate in more than 400 planned regatta starts on 10 race courses. To learn more about the event, ...

Canadians set for Miami Olympic Class Regatta!
Sail World
Established in 1990 as the only ISAF Sailing World Cup event in the US for Olympic and Paralympic classes, the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta kicks off tomorrow. Rolex Miami OCR is the second of seven ISAF World Cup regattas and features elite-level ...

The 2012 Regatta Casa de Campo Sailing Week has been Cancelled
All At Sea
Therefore, in view of the impending situation, the Marina Casa de Campo and I, as Commodore of Casa de Campo Yacht Club, home organizer of the event, have decided to cancel the regatta Casa de Campo Sailing Week in this edition of 2012, expecting that ...

Tess Lloyd recovering from sailing crash
Ninemsn
Teenage sailing star Tess Lloyd has opened her eyes for the first time since being placed in an induced coma after a serious accident at the national youth sailing titles off Brisbane. Lloyd, 16, one of the nation's brightest young sailing prospects, ...

SF Supervisors to hear America's Cup enviro study appeals
San Francisco Business Times (blog)
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will listen to two appeals of environmental studies for the 2013 America's Cup. America's Cup organizers will see where they stand with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week.

16 and Solo - Laura Dekker Sails Around The World
YachtPals.com News
A year after her journey began, teenager Laura Dekker has achieved her goal of sailingsolo around the world. Arriving in St Maarten this weekend at 16 years and 123 days of age, the Dutch girl cut six months off the unofficial record set in 2010 by ...

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Volvo Ocean Race : Boat speed the key in fight towards Malacca Strait
BYM News (press release)
There will be at least another day of upwind sailing before the teams can free off and see speeds rocket in the pressure generated by the breeze from the eastern side of Sri Lanka. But, by Thursday, it will be back on the wind for the approach to the ...

Britain's Olympic sailors can brush off pressure and rule the waves
The Guardian
Our haul of six medals despite three of our top teams not being able to complete theregatta was good. It would have been great if we'd won more gold medals but that is a measure of where sailing is at. If you're not absolutely on it, there are plenty ...

The Guardian

Entry deadline to the Zhik International Etchells 2012 Australia Championships ...
My Sailing
“There will be some very good teams (at the nationals) that won't be affected by the transition and that weren't at the State championship, but have done a lot offshoresailing before. “For us the nationals, to a degree, will be a warm-up regatta for ...

My Sailing

America's Cup: 'We have been fed a fatty diet of spin doctoring'
Sail World
Some would say 'situation normal for the America's Cup'. Not in my experience and I have been in the game a long time. Take the headline 'Ainsle launches America's Cup campaign'. What? Uncle Larry is underwriting Ben's AC45 sailing and then he joins ...

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International sailing event under consideration
The News International
KARACHI: Pakistan Sailing Federation (PSAF) is considering organising an international event next year to promote soft image of the country. “We are thinking about holding an international sailingevent next year in order to develop soft image of ...

Another top lineup in Muscat to kick off the 6th Extreme Sailing Series
Alinghi - Official Website
With the sixth edition of the Extreme Sailing Series™ kicking off in just five weeks in Muscat, Oman, a top quality team lineup has been announced from the Dusseldorf Boat Show. An impressive set of sailors from all over the globe with an ...

Alinghi - Official Website

Canadian sailor's boat found abandoned in Bahamas
Fox News
NASSAU, Bahamas – Police in the Bahamas are looking for a 72-year-old Canadian whose sailboat was found ransacked and abandoned off the island of Grand Bahama. The Royal Bahamas Police Force is distributing flyers of the missing John William Batchelor ...

Sailing on the edge, good conditions help Silver Bullet to a record
Barbados Advocate
However, the race was not all smooth sailing for the new record holders as the bottom of their main sail broke within the first 15 minutes of the race. “We were a little bit concerned and we could see the sail had a little problem at the bottom, ...

Milang to Goolwa Freshwater Classic - Large fleet celebrates
Sail World
The Marina Hindmarsh Island 2012 Milang Goolwa Freshwater Classic Yacht Race, the highlight of the Goolwa Regatta Week, was held on Sunday 22 January 2012. It was a majestic sight for the dozens of spectator boats lining the river between Clayton and ...

Sail World

50th Anniversary Regatta at Palm Beach Sailing Club
Sail World
Palm Beach Sailing Club 50th AnniversaryRegatta ' Dick Clarke Click Here to view large.

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The Youth Sailing Foundation is having its yearly fundraiser on Feb. 18
TCPalm
The Youth Sailing Foundation is having its yearly fundraiser at the Vero Beach Yacht Club on Feb. 18 from 11 am to 4 pm All are welcome. Cost is $25. For tickets contact Charlie Pope at (772) 567-9000, by email at cpope@ysfirc.org or stop in at the ...

Puma leads Volvo fleet in 1000 nautical mile drag race
My Sailing
Nicholson is staying on top of his game by sailing CAMPER as if it were an Olympic dinghy, with a tweak here and a trim there. “You can hear our winches going non-stop on deck all the time, 24-hours a day,” he says. Meanwhile, leg leader Read and his ...

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Novice crew targeting Mardi Cup regatta after fine showing
The Daily Post
The 15-year-old took part in the Blue Lake Rowing Regatta on Lake Tikitapu at the weekend involving more than 20 clubs from the North Island. Stephen, a Western Heights High School Year 11 student is part of the novice men's coxed fours crew.

Tartan Yachts Wins Prestigious Awards For The New Tartan 4000
PR Web (press release)
Tartan yachts has won two prestigious awards from Cruising World Magazine and Sailing World Magazine accomplishing what no other sailboat manufacturer did this year with their Tartan 4000. The Tartan 4000 took home the Best Midsize Cruiser from 40-45 ...

Sailors enjoy testing their skills
Gladstone Observer
The warm summer evenings are ideal for twilight sailing on Gladstone Harbour, with last Saturday no exception. A moderate 12 knot east, south-easterly breeze filled the sails of five yachts from the Port Curtis Sailing Club (PCSC) as they motored out ...

Tessanne Chin and Tami Chynn scheduled to light up The Boardwalk for 32nd ...
BYM News (press release)
If you have never heard of Tessanne or Tami Chin, you are in for a big treat when Heineken introduces these two lovely ladies to St. Maarten during the second night of the 4-day St. Maarten HeinekenRegatta. The sisters are certainly not new to the ...

The Adventure Blog: Solo Sailing Update: Laura is Done!
By Kraig Becker
As I mentioned last Friday, over the weekend 16-year old Laura Dekker completed her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world by arriving back at the Caribbean island of St. Maarten on Saturday. In completing her ...
The Adventure Blog

Why Sail The benefits of sailing with a USCG Captain 01/23 by ...
By Sailor Linda Cullum
In a 40 minute show promoting Green Boating Linda Cullum author of Learn to Sail with Multimedia http//LearnToSail.Net interviews USCG Captain and sailing ins Jan 23.
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ROWING FOR PLEASURE: Sailing a punt
By Chris Partridge
One of G.D. Leslie's eccentricities was sailing his punt. "I never saw any other punt but mine with a sail," he writes in Our River. I'm not surprised as it strikes me as a good way to get a soaking, but Leslie claims "by using the lee-board when the ...
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Stockhom's Vasa museum: Sailing tales from the 17th century - The ...
By Seth
Many skeletons were found, for example, and the study of their position relative to the ship, clothing and possessions makes for an interesting read of who was sailing and the history of their lives. On-board life was also somewhat well ...
The Wandering Aramean

Sailboat moored along river side in Dangria, Belize #belize ...
By nobody@flickr.com (TRPhoto)
Sailboat moored along river side in Dangria, Belize #belize #dangriga #instagram.
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SAP and Kieler Woche Bring the Excitement of Sailing to the World
By SAP News
SAP today announced its continued premium sponsorship of the world's largest sailing event, the Kieler Woche (Kiel Week), to be held June 16-24, 2012, off the shores of Kiel, Germany. Partnering with Kieler Woche since 2010, SAP delivers ...
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Newsbyte: SAP and Kieler Woche Bring the Excitement of Sailing to ...
23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced its continued premium sponsorship of the world's largest sailing event, the Kieler Woche (Kiel Week), to be held June 16-24, 2012, off the shores of Kiel, Germany. Partnering with ... Throughout the course of the event, over 1700 events on different topics will take place on land and more than 5000 yachtsmen from 50 countries will participate in more than 400 planned regatta starts on 10 race courses. To learn more...
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 3 Stage 2 Day 2 - Yachts and Yachting Online
Sailing news as it happens. The first place to stop for reports, results, fixtures & photographs from racing sailing. ... By Volvo Ocean Race media today at 7:49 pm23 January 2012. Sanderson makes northerly move in port tack drag race ...
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Volvo Ocean Race boats skirt pirates, set sail for China | Minivan News
By Minivan News
Six Volvo Ocean Race boats set off for China from the Maldives on Sunday, January 22, to complete the second of the race's three legs. The boats first set sail from Spain in early November 2011. The boats–allegedly worth several millions of ...
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Sail-World.com : Volvo Ocean Race: Leg 3B gets underway with ...
Part B of Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race has got underway with Camper with ... a closely bunched fleet with Puma second and Team Sanya in third, sailing at ... 20 Jan 2012, America's Cup: Grant Dalton updates on the AC72 build progress ...
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ISAF Sailing World Cup - Rolex Miami OCR preview

ISAF Sailing World Cup - Rolex Miami OCR preview
Sail World
Bouwmeester is going for a third consecutive ISAF Sailing World Cup title after a six point victory over Veronika Fenclova (CZE) in 2009-2010 and a one point win over Van Acker in 2010-2011. But after one regatta Bouwmeester sits in 15th position with ...

Sail World

Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12: Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing win first section of leg three
Telegraph.co.uk
"I think we just found out where our boat is fast," said a jubilant Ian Walker after winning the 106 mile sprint out of Abu Dhabi in the first section of leg three of theVolvo Ocean Race 2011-12. By Kate Laven Turning the tables on a round of ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Bronze for Fitzgibbon and Tesch at the 2012 IFDS World Championships
My Sailing
Fitzgibbon and Tesch finished third in the Skud 18 class with the World Championship title not decided until the final leg of the regatta. The battle at the top of the class was close all week with Fitzgibbon and Tesch missing out on the Silver medal ...

My Sailing

All-women sailing team for Sailing Arabia 2012
Times of Oman
Muscat: Of the 30 Omani female sailors, who participated in the Women's SailingProgramme, the final four who made the cut were Intisar Al Toobi, Raya Al Habsi, Thaira Al Yahyai and Khulood Al Kindi. The four will join the all-woman crew Al Thuraya...

Times of Oman

Girl, 11, 'drowned after freak gust of wind capsized boat she was sailing ...
Daily Mail
Private schoolgirl Laura Morgan was sailing in the 15-foot vessel with teenage twins Molly and Sophie McCullough, who were also on holiday at the Greek resort. Today Molly told how Laura was left trapped underwater by her seat harness when the Hobie...

Daily Mail

Canadian Sailing Team news from the IFDS World Championships
Sail World
Before we move to the next regatta, CYA Coach Manager, Brian Todd says ' we would be remise if we did not give a big Canadian cheer to the Volunteers from Port Charlotte YC and Punta Gorda Sailing Club with over 120 strong who put on an excellent event...

Sail World

Holidays in Turkey: Catch the sailing bug in beautiful Bodrum
Daily Mail
So let's see you all try it now,' said sailing instructor Charlie, as we sat in a bar jutting into the turquoise Aegean. Sadly, he wasn't talking about downing one of the free cocktails the bar specialised in. It had become clear that we were all being ...

Daily Mail

Phuket Sports: Phang Nga Bay regatta beckons
Phuket Gazette
Low on breakages, low on protests and sometimes low on wind yet always high on enjoyment, the nature of the Regatta speaks for many. For 2012, the sailing will adopt a varied route once again and includes registration and the opening party at The ...

Phuket Gazette

Dee Caffari announces All-Woman Crew for Sailing Arabia – The Tour
BYM News (press release)
World record-breaking British sailor Dee Caffari is set to skipper an all-woman crew which makes its debut in an international regatta organised by Oman Sail next month. The second edition of SailingArabia – The Tour (SATT) joins together the nations ...

Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mapfre's new racing programme
Sail World
In accordance with the interviews carried out during the bid process for the 2013 and onwards ISAF Sailing World Cup, the regatta was considered by many as the best ISAF Sailing World Cup event. From 2013 and onwards the new SWC will include only two ...

Sail World

Push the Boat Out Day - Support the British Sailing Team
Sail World
The event is aimed at encouraging everyone across the country to get out on the water and show their support for the British Sailing Team, as well as showcase what a great sport sailing is. Sailing clubs and centres, training schools, marinas and all ...

Sail World

Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A huge flotilla of grunty vintage tug and workboats, beautifully restored classic sailing boats, tall ships, waka ama, sloops, multi-hulls, dinghies, dragon boats, America's Cup prototypes and even radio controlled craft will compete in their ...

Cardiff beats Isle of Wight Over Extreme Sailing Bid
Blottr
Shortly after the Olympic Games, the annual regatta will take place in the Cardiff Bay. The Welsh capital council get away with a privilege that has belonged to Cowes for the last five years. The bid that put Cardiff in a main position in the event, ...

Blottr

Man Rescued from Sinking Sailboat
WGMD Radio
The Coast Guard rescued a 57-year-old man from a 28-foot sailboat sinking 58 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Sunday. A distress signal was received around 3 pm from the sailboat “The Answer.” An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter was able to rescue ...

WGMD Radio

P class: Stack Interiors Tauranga Cup - Race reports and Images
Sail World
The event was sailed off the Murray's Bay Sailing Club on Auckland's North Shore. Most of the top young sailors in New Zealand competed in the event, including several from the recent World Optimist Championships, sailed at Napier. ...

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Yachting: Luna Rossa mean business on return to Auckland
New Zealand Herald
But while Max Sirena, the skipper of the Italian America's Cup syndicate, admitted today to becoming emotional on arrival last week, he said there would be no room for sentimentality on the water. The groundbreaking testing and knowledge-sharing ...

Australian Optimist National Championship - Hard sailing on day 1
Sail World
'It was raining and blowing with short steep seas; pretty hard sailing for little kids. The top end of the fleet handled it pretty well but at the bottom end of the fleet there were lots of capsizes. There were some good performances with kids getting ...

Sail World

Locals lead in Youth World Qualifier
Long Beach Press-Telegram
The racing was monitored by Mike Martin, an ABYC member who is director of umpiring and rules administration for next year's America's Cup at San Francisco, where he has successfully raced 18-foot Skiffs with Howie Hamlin (also an ABYC guy) and won the ...

America's Cup: Luna Rossa AC45 launches in Auckland
Sail World
Currently the team has 20 people in Auckland, working out of the old Team New Zealand base, and will expand this team to 60 people when the team begins sailingtheir AC72, currently under construction in Italy. The team says they are relatively ...

Sail World

01/14/2012 WORLD WINDS
France 24
The most famous regattas, exceptional sailboats, travel notebooks; FRANCE 24 invites you to discover the world of sailing and water and launches World Winds, a weekly magazine dedicated to the sea; The most famous regattas, exceptional sailboats, ...

Key West 2012 preview
Sail World
Clarke is a multi-time Olympian who has done America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race campaigns. 'Alec certainly has the pedigree to be one of the top drivers in the class and we have a strong team,' Clarke said. 'That being said, it's important to be ...

Sail World

Countries Named For Women's Match Racing Olympic Qualifier
International Sailing Federation
The Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships saw Australia, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Russia and USA qualify their country in Women's Match Racing. As hosts, Great Britain qualified automatically leaving three spots open ...

International Sailing Federation

Mayor Ed Lee to take wing to DC, China
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Lee heads to DC first, though, leaving Tuesday for a three-day trip to attend the US Conference of Mayors and drum up support for the upcoming America's Cup regattain San Francisco. Lee will host a reception for fellow mayors, diplomats, Capitol Hill ...

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Luna Rossa launches in Auckland
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Luna Rossa has a long, proud history in the modern era of the America's Cup, winning the Louis Vuitton Cup in its first challenge in 2000, and reaching the semi finals in 2003 and the finals in 2007. In both New Zealand editions of the Cup, ...

Join in Olympic Mixed Multihull Evaluation in Santander
YACHTe.com.au
Already we are seeing many monohull sailors having a phenomenal start in the multihull world, such as James Spithill, Tom Slingsby, Ben Ainslie and others who aresailing at the America's Cup lead-in events and in the Extreme series. ...

YACHTe.com.au

PCN's famous five in China after Ningbo Sailing signing
Heavy Lift
Ningbo Sailing Logistics, headquartered in Ningbo with branch offices in Shanghai, Yiwu and Shenzhen has joined the network. Ningbo Sailing Logistics owner Elyn Wang says: “We need strong business partners to support our growth in certain areas and to ...

Heavy Lift

33 Metre sailing yacht Aventura for sale
Superyacht Times
By Maarten Janssen Jeff Partin of Fraser Yachts, and Bernard Gallay have listed superyacht Aventura for sale. The yacht was originally built by the Danish Yacht yard, which was a part of the Royal Denship consortium. Launched in 2005, she was then ...

Superyacht Times

Interview with Shelter Island's sailing Olympian Amanda Clark ...
By Joe Werkmeister
Former Shelter Island Reporter sailing columnist Jonathan Russo interviewed 29-year-old Shelter Islander Amanda Clark soon after she returned home last month from the the ISAF World SailingChampionships in Perth, Australia, where she qualified as an Olympic sailor for the third time; this year she will have been a competitor twice on the U.S. ... Then a week of training, then we compete in the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, then another week and a half of training. ...
Riverhead News Review

Silver Medal at IFDS Worlds | Olympic and Paralympic Teams
By US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics
(January 16, 2012) – US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) members Jen French (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and JP Creignou (St. ... American athletes will combine their overall score from thisregatta with their result from US Sailing's 2012 Rolex Miami OCR. The top-performing eligible ... The US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics is managed by the United States Sailing Association (US Sailing), the national governing body for the sport of sailing and sailboat racing. The top boats in each ...
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ISAF Sailing World Cup resumes at US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR ...
Sailing news as it happens. The first place to stop for reports, results, fixtures & photographs from racing sailing. ... Crews from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Spain, Finland, Germany and Slovenia will get valuable competitive action time to prepare for the regatta where three places are up for grabs. In the Laser Radial Lijia Xu (CHN) will look to continue her good start to her Sailing World Cup campaign after victory at Sail Melbourne. The World #42 won Sail Melbourne after a ...
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Russell Coutts America's Cup interview | The Daily Sail
By James Boyd
Russell Coutts, Oracle Racing CEO and one of the principle architects of the new format America's Cup, was in London last week to welcome new recruit Ben Ainslie into the fold of Larry Ellison's defending team. One often forgets ... To be honest British sailing is in a fantastic position in the future to mount a very very competitive America's Cup challenge.” It is now 23 months ... We have officially finished our first [incomplete] leg to the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012! The sensation . ...
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US SAILING Blog: Getting Ready for Key West Race Week
By US SAILING
We are inbetween college sailing seasons, and I've been lucky enough to make it down to Key West Race Week and compete on Melges 24s with and against some great sailors. Key West is a long way from Rhode Island and I've got to say, ...
US SAILING Blog

Sailing Calendar 2012 | Royal Western Yacht Club
By ClaireA
A friendly club with full range of sailing and social activities, an excellent waterside venue for weddings and corporate events and home to famous oceanic races such as OSTAR, RB & I and Fastnet. Officers & Staff · Club History · Club House ...
Royal Western Yacht Club

Sailing Photo Of The Day - Old Gaffers Race - Messing About In ...
By Adam Turinas
Buying A Sailboat. How to Buy a Used Sailboat in Five Steps A downloadable guide to buying a used sailboat. ... Too drunk to find my dinghy · Situations vacant: sailing Dutch Aunts and Uncles • By Peter McGrath · Haul-out Day at Raritan ...
Messing About In Sailboats

Sailing: Rickham and Birrell claim fourth world title at Disabled ...
By lflint
Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell have etched their names on the SKUD World Championship trophy for the fourth consecutive year after a hard-fought victory at the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships, which concluded in Charlotte ...
Sportsister

KO Sailing: Largest provider of Dinghies and Catamarans on the ...
Welcome to KO Sailing · ShopShop; Events · Downwind · About Us · Local Scene . Brands. BluemagicRS · Gill · Harken · Hobie · Laser Performance · Melges ...
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Quantum Key West 2012 | Sailing World
Sailing World's exclusive coverage takes you behind the scenes in Key West, Fla. .... announces that he will join ORACLE Racing for the 2013 America's Cup. ...
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