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Australia's Mumm 30 Foreign Affair Clinches Class Title Early
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Release Thursday's conditions: Wind 10-15 knots, S-SE. National Weather Service forecast for Friday: Wind 10 knots, E-SE, seas 1-2 feet. Two crews earned the luxury of becoming tourists on the final day: Chris and Kara Busch's 1D35, Wild Thing, from San Diego and Richard Perini's Mumm 30, Foreign Affair, from Sydney, Australia. Each clinched its one-design class with a race to spare Thursday and can afford to send Friday's final race to the discard bin and kick back. Perini's Mumm 30, built in Malaysia, has never seen Australia. It was shipped directly to Sardinia for last year's class Worlds, then to Miami for the Lewmar Cup and finally to Key West. But it has an all-Aussie crew, except for tactician Steve Flam of Long Beach, Calif. and pitperson Capucine Pin of Annapolis, Md. How did Flam hook up? "He just showed up wearing the right shirt," Perini said. Flam also showed up this week wearing a hood and a thick facial coating of zinc oxide. He recently received major treatment for skin cancer-it's called a "face peel"-and said, "My dermatologist told me to stay out of the sun." He did the best he could. Foreign Affair spent minimal time on the water this week, although the crew was leaning toward sailing a meaningless race today. "It's a bit rude not to," boat captain Darren Jones said. "We'll just take a carton of beer and a stereo and have a good time." The new title sponsor, Terra Nova Trading, L.L.C. (member NASD, SIPC & PCX), is recognized as an innovative leader in Electronic Direct Access Trading. Other Race Week sponsors and supporters include Mount Gay Rum, Lewmar Marine, Pearson Yachts, Samson Rope Technologies, Sam Adams, Saucony and SUUNTO USA. Supporting organizations include the Florida Keys & Key West and the Historic Seaport, the official site for Race Week. Yachting Magazine is the Event Founder. Yachting Magazine is published by Time4 Media, the world's leading publisher of leisure-time magazines. Time4 Media is a subsidiary of Time Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: AOL). For Complete Results: www.Premiere-Racing.com Premiere
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