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How a bunch of amateurs beat the Pros in the Etchells

Andy Rice | March 19, 2009

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Talk about going from Zero to Hero.

Four weeks ago, Bucky Smith didn’t even have a ride in the Etchells Worlds. Now he’s the World Champion, along with the rest of skipper Jason Muir’s crew. Not bad for a bunch of amateurs, albeit a very organised – dare I say it, professional – bunch of amateurs. They were up against some of the biggest hot shots in keelboat racing, as Bucky comments in this in-depth interview with Tracey Johnstone:

I had the utmost respect for competitors like John Bertrand (and his team of Ben Ainslie and Andrew Palfrey), Jud Smith, Chris Bush, Stuart Childerly, even the Barry boys, along with many others in the fleet. In fact, we went through the entry list after the Pre-Worlds and specifically identified who we thought were going to be the top ten.

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