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Seven members of the Department of Physics sail on the Solent to compete in an annual regatta on a J109 sailing boat.
On 5 September, seven members of the Department of Physics – Stephen Cussell, Martin Pettifer, Jon Dyne, Dr Joseph Cotter, Martin Kehoe, Giovanni Marinaro and Stephen Maine set sail on the Solent to compete in an annual regatta on a J109 sailing boat.
The crew, which was made up of novices, apart from Stephen Maine who owns the boat, came ninth out of 60 yachts. The event was held by manufacturer PolyPipe.
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