Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn team slides into Key West

7:29 AM Mon 17 Jan 2011 GMT

'Tyler Bjorn (L) and Richard Clarke (r)' Lynn Fitzpatrick Click Here to view large photo

Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn are sailing in the sunshine so far this January. 'We had an awesome race,' said Clarke of the Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race in which he steered Vela Veloce, Richard Oland?s Southern Cross 52 to a second place finish to Hap Fauth?s larger Bella Mente., whose corrected time bettered Vela Veloce?s by less than 10 minutes. Vela Veloce was caught with the wrong sail configuration during the reach and couldn?t follow in the same track as Bella Mente. Without a fractional Code 0, the team had to zigzag along he bottom of the Florida ...

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by Lynn Fitzpatrick