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An account of an amusing incident involving equipment failure during a Thistle regatta. The story humorously describes problems with a centerboard related to a lost piece of fishing tackle or similar item that became wedged in the mechanism.

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  • equipment failure
  • centerboard
  • sailing incident
  • humor