The word "Fling" conjures up a few immediate mental associations and both are light hearted, although once into the one variety it will probably end up heavy hearted and empty walleted! The Fling Regatta was an idea initiated by Rick Nankin and Irvine Laidlaw, a well known British businessman, who owns a series of yachts all ending in the word Fling. His Cape Town based Corby 49 is aptly named "Cape Fling". Being here on business, he wanted to sail in a summer regatta on his new boat, but the closest event in the Western Cape is the Mykonos Offshore, so he decided to create a new regatta and one that he could compete in whilst in town.
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