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Article: West River tandem redeems selves
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- Capital (Annapolis)
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- October 13, 2005
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It's been an unusually difficult season for the top-notch Albacore
team of Barney Harris and David Byron.
Since joining forces about 10 years ago, Harris and Byron have
captured nearly two dozen major championships.
The duo, which races under the West River Sailing Club burgee, had
ambitious plans to sweep a series of four big regattas in 2005.
Instead, Harris-Byron placed third at the North Americans, seventh at
the United Kingdom Nationals and fifth at the Albacore
Internationals.
"It's been a disastrous season. We weren't properly prepared and
we didn't sail well," admitted Harris, a resident of Alexandria, Va.
Harris and Byron, who hails from Oakland, Calif., earned a measure
of ...