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'Rocks it’s all rocks here...'

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Topic: 'Rocks it’s all rocks here...'
Posted By: laser4000
Subject: 'Rocks it’s all rocks here...'
Date Posted: 15 Jun 09 at 4:01pm
"this whole country's made of rocks"

Classic quote from Green Dragon's Ian Walker on watching Telefonica Blue hit on what looks a lot harder than putty..

Pretty impressive http://tinyurl.com/nz2njt - video footage too




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Posted By: ASok
Date Posted: 15 Jun 09 at 6:10pm
Ouch that is ugly.  15kts plus to zero within a split second must have been painful for the crew

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Posted By: rudderlesslaser
Date Posted: 30 Jun 09 at 6:46am
I wouldnt have wanted to be there


Posted By: Mister Nick
Date Posted: 25 Aug 09 at 9:45pm
Jesus, that looked nasty. The keel was pretty messed up :S
If that piece of that winch that winch that flew off its drum had of hit someone is would have been horrendous, scary stuff.


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