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100kmh on water: Great racer promotes sailing's version of speed chess
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The boats fly and zig-zag and any manoeuvre, such as changing course, requires six team members producing 32 actions in perfect timing.
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SINGAPORE - Russell Coutts' greying head nods and a thin smile flickers across a face sandpapered over a lifetime by winds.
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