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Mark Foy - The man behind the legend

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6:24 AM Wed 1 Jun 2011 GMT
The Mark Foy Trophy regatta will be sailed at Sonderborg, Denmark from 6-11 June and will be contested by 26 teams from seven countries. Mark Foy's deeds are at the heart of 18ft Skiff Racing and his philosophy is still as valid today as it was in Australia 120 years ago. The Foy philosophy is printed below and it's amazing how similar it is to the popular Extreme Sailing 'package' of today. Foy, regarded as 'the father of 18 Footer racing', was born in Victoria (Australia) in February 1865 and moved to Sydney in 1884 where he began business under ...


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by Frank Quealey





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