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    Istanbul
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    The Ocean Race 2023 leg 2: Cabo Verde to Capetown

    TM say, there will be a live coverage on yt from a chase boat. https://www.team-malizia.com/news/how-to-follow-the-leg-2-cape-town-arrival-of-the-ocean-race
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    Back to you, dogwatch. The SVW still maintains the beautiful club house in the picture. Great hospitality.
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    1. yes 2. yes 3. yes 4. not sure. I think it’s just a regatta.
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    Yeah, good one. Here we go: where and what?
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    Interestingly that club is fairly close to Paris. I wasn't aware of the fact that there were sailing opportunities on the outskirts of the city. So, dogwatch, do you have a boat on the Seine and hop on a plane or the Eurostar to compete on the Seine?
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    C'est le Cercle de Voile des Boucles de la Seine.
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    Actually it was rathe easy. We are looking at the Seine I believe. Edit: Got the club wrong.
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    No idea. Which one is the famous sailor? Is this in the Caribbean somewhere?
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    Köönt dat in Schottland wesen, in de flachen nich in dat Hochland? There's some low German for you. Means: Could that be in Scotland, in the flat part not in the Highlands?
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    Could be in Germany. But maybe not. No Schnaps on the table.
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    Yes, tillerman‘s got it. Whew. It‘s Espoon Merenkävijät in Espoo, Finland‘s 2nd largest city: emk.fi Pimeäpurjehdus is an end-of-season event for the youth sailors. The Europe or E-jollies as they call them are still a popular youth class there. At 1.30‘ in the video they show their outpost...
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    Sailing in the dark might also be part of their youth instruction because they hold a pimeätreeni.
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    They are one of the five hosts of Finland‘s largest offshore race.
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    The club is called the _______ seafarers.
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    It‘s not in Turku. Apparently my words were misleading, sorry. No Schnaps involved. Tillerman offered an onomatopoetic guess upthread.
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    Yes, the popularity of Tango dancing in Finland may be somewhat surprising. Considering the long, dark winter nights, maybe not so much. One could draw a bridge to the past time shown in the photos. Short daylight hours as early as late October (wink, wink) and cold temperatures apparently mean...
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    Nothing at all. Thread drift.
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    There‘s more than metal in Finland.
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    A band that starred in a movie dedicated to a mexican composer and singer who died in 1932.


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