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	Sailors Name	Graham Bailey
	Nickname	GB
	Occupation	Property
	Nationality	British
	Age	44
Star Sign	Pyrex
Position in the boat	Helmsman
Where are you based?	Isle of Wight / London
Your family	Married to Julia / Freya (23) Fred (21)
Favourite food?	Home made curry
Favourite drink?	mainly Bordeaux reds but often strong lager
Favourite film?	Goldmember
Most hated subject at school?	I was never particularly keen on any of them but can't say I hated any except perhaps cross-country which now of course would be my favourite
Other interests?	more sailing plus Island life in general including gardening, motorboating and teaching the next generation of family to sail fair and well
Your most embarassing time?	Was once presented at morning assemlbly with a county schools championship trophy having retired from the first race and then gone home cold and wet. I later found that the teacher in charge of scoring gave zero points for dns but with 500 pupils clapping you up on the stage - it did not seem the right time to try and explain.
What car do you drive?	Land Rover
What's in he back of your car?	Nothing - last thing in there was mother-in-law
Are you competing in Skandia Cowes Week in 2007?	Yes
If so Which class?	Etchell
Boat Name and Number?	Arbitrator GBR 1352
When did you start sailing?	1969
Top sailing wins?	Apart from the Burton Cups - 11 Cowes Week class wins including one Black Group and one White Group
Favourite sailing club?	RCYC, RTYC, CCYC, YCM, CNN, ISC
Favourite boatto sail?	Star
Fantasy crew member?	yes please
Your perfect days sailing?	any boat, anywhere with or against my wife, family and friends followed by apres sail.
Your sailing ambitions?	to perhaps notch up a couple more Cowes Week wins and have a pop at the occasional Dragon, Etchell and Star Championship
Information	At one time I used to think SB3 was Mark Rushall's post code. Still not sailed one but looking forward very much to doing so.
Class Won at Skandia Cowes Week 2006	White Group Overall & International Etchells
Name & Type Of Class Winning Boat	Arbitrator - International Etchells
Laser SB3 Sail Number & Boat Name	Team Touareg - GBR3200
Team Number	18
Crew Members	Craig Burlton, Gabby Logan, Mark Greaves,

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