{"id":154,"date":"2014-05-14T17:09:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/?p=154"},"modified":"2014-05-14T17:17:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T17:17:50","slug":"vive-le-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"Vive Le Pursuit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the arrival of Summer at Croydon Sailing Club (for one weekend at least), we decided to give a new\u00a0form of pursuit race a try: Le Pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Le Mans, it&#8217;s a standing start on the pontoon and when the horn blows and your dinghy class is called, run to your boat, jump in a go, go, go!<\/p>\n<p>A few impressive running-diving-pushing-off starts, a few not so good. 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