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Don White wins Uganda Laser Open 2009 |
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 In one of the closest contested ULOs of recent years, Don White from Kenya nipped 2008 winner Reint Bakema and multiple winner Gordon Bell in the last race to take the VNSC Uganda Laser Open Canon back home. After one day of racing Don and Reint shared the first position with 10 points followed by Steven Luswata with 11 points and Gordon Bell with 16 points, who had an unfortunate encounter with another boat and an unvoluntary swim as a result at the start of the race 4. The second day brought drama and carnage to the fleet when a ferocious thunder storm hit Murchison Bay at the start of the first race of the day, out of which Don and Gordon emerged unscatched and with a huge lead, and Reint, despite a spectacular deathroll, and Steven fighting for a third and fourth position. Gordon won the second race, which got Don and Reint into a nail biting tacking duel for another third and fourth position, and in which Steven scored an unusual 9th. With the discard taken into account, the last race started therefore with one point difference between the three main contenders, Don, Reint and Gordon...
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