The SB20 Nationals got started on a blustery October day in Torquay. Hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, 25 crews rigged and prepared their boats in the quay before sailing out in variable conditions, from 7 to 27 knots. Broaches were the worst enemy with keel's coming precariously close to the surface and kites getting all too wet. UBER took two bullets and a second finishing the day on 4 points, with second and third tied on 11.
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