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Racing alongside Olympic sailors

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The Cayman Islands has been represented in major sailing regattas around the world, winning an impressive number of trophies over the past few years. 
Powerplay, a TP52 racing yacht, owned and crewed by Cayman resident Peter Cunningham, has raced in some of the biggest regattas. 
After he sold his business, at nearly 70 years old, Mr. Cunningham decided to pursue his next venture. "I wanted to have a boat to do the big boat series," he said. 
Although Mr. Cunningham had been sailing since he was a child, racing at this level was a whole different ball game. 
He wanted to buy a racing yacht and enter the big five, the Key West regatta, the New York Yacht Club regatta, Cowes Week, Les Voiles de St. Tropez and the California Big Boat series. 
He had seen TP52s in Key West, but wasn't initially keen on this type of boat. Having given it a few tries, he put in an offer for, and purchased, a TP52. He painted a stingray on the hull, registered sail number CAY52 and named it Powerplay. 
Subsequently, Powerplay was placed first in the Rolex Regatta in St. Thomas, Cowes Week in the United Kingdom and Les Voiles de St. Tropez in France in 2012. 



Source:compasscayman.com

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