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Results of the Season 2006/07

5. May 2007

Results and reports of international regattas can be found on okdia.org, the website of the OK Dinghy International Association.

New Zealand Ranking 2006/7

Thanks to Alistair Deaves for calculating the series!

The Ranking list 2006/7

Pos	Name	Sailno	Club	Points
1	Steve McDowell	525	Worser Bay	132
2	Karl Purdie	502	Worser Bay	121
3	Mark Perrow	521	Wakatere	118
4	Andrew Pardington	512	Wakatere	117
5	Matt Stechman	501	Worser Bay	107
6	Alistair Deaves	472	Wakatere	100
7	Ben Morrison	511	Wakatere	99
8	Russell Wood	527	Wakatere	99
9	Luke Oconell	474	Naper	96
10	Joe Porebski	523	Worser Bay	85
11	Paul Rhodes	517	Worser Bay	81
12	Stu Bannatyne	499		81
13	Peter Scheuerl	718	Napier	81
14	Mike Wilde	515	Wakatere	74
15	Mark Orams	470	Browns Bay	71
16	Adrian Mannering	504	Napier	71
17	Scott Beavis	519		67
18	John Hoogerbrug	360	Napier	59
19	Grant Pedersen	518	Wakatere	54
20	Trent Pryce	497	Napier	53
21	Rob Hengst	494	Napier	29
22	Matt Balmer	490	Napier	28
23	Marty Weeks	509	Napier	28
24	David Hoogenboom	481	Wakatere	24
25	Josh Weeks		Napier	22
26	Owen Anderson	467	Worser Bay	16
27	Graham Lambert	493	Wakatere	12
28	Rob Longston	483	Rotorua	12
29	Dave Munro	514	Napier	12
30	Sel Pedersen	518	Napier	12
31	Andrew Estcourt	458	Napier	11
32	Phil Rzepecky	500	Wakatere	10
33	Glen Berry	475	Tauranga	10
34	David Hislop	475	New Plymouth	10

New Plymouth Big Wave Classic 2007

New Plymouth

March 3.- 4.

1. NZL525 Steve McDowell, 8pts
2. NZL502 Karl Purdie, 17pts
3. NZL524 Matt Stechmann, 19pts
4. NZL511 Ben Morrison, 22pts
5. NZL518 Grant Petersen, 22pts
6. NZL472 Alistair Deaves, 24pts

Report by Steve McDowell

The New Plymouth BWC (Big Wave Classic) took place last weekend the conditions however didn't live up to expectations! Light 5-8 knot winds and a slight chop prevailed over the weekend.

The BWC was the last regatta of the 2007 OK Dinghy Summer series with Steve McDowell holding a 10 point lead going into this regatta over club mate Karl Purdie who still had an outside chance of taking the title for 2006-2007.

Saturday saw four races in predominately light winds McDowell quickly jumped out in the light winds winning races one and two and placing second in races three and four. Puride, and Aucklander Russell Woods won races three and four respectively. Other strong performers of the day were Ben Morrison, Grant Peterson and Matt Stechmann.

Two races were completed on Sunday again in light winds, Alistair Deaves won race five from Stechmann and McDowell, race six was won by Stechmann with McDowell second and Morrison third.

McDowell comfortably won the BWC for 2007 from Worser Bay club mates Purdie and Stechmann, He also took out the Ralph Roberts Trophy for the winner of the OK Dinghy Summer series for 2006-2007.

Ten Sailors will now start preparations for the 2007 worlds to be held in Leba, Poland, mid July.

National and Interdominion Championship

Wellington

3 Feb 2006 - 6. Feb 2007

National and Interdominion Championship

Plc	Sail No	Helm	Pts	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
1	NZL517	Paul Rhodes	41	10	3	1	22	3	13	4	4	1	2
2	NZL525	Steve McDowell	42	3	10	6	17	4	1	1	7	7	3
3	NZL499	Stu Bannatyne	43	5	12	2	3	1	7	5	13	3	5
4	NZL474	Luke O'Connell	51	2	4	9	10	8	3	6	9	9	1
5	NZL524	Matt Stechmann	57	1	8	3	7	5	6	3	12	14	12
6	NZL527	Mark Perrow	65	4	14	10	4	11	15	2	1	5	14
7	NZL502	Karl Purdie	74	6	11	7	12	2	17	11	2	6	17
8	NZL528	Andy Pardington	75	16	2	5	2	16	12	20	3	12	7
9	NZL472	Alister Deaves	90	7	9	15	6	6	4	19	8	16	20
10	NZL511	Ben Morrison	96	15	13	14	9	10	19	7	14	4	10
11	NZL526	Russell Woods	97	13	6	4	19	18	10	8	20	8	11
12	AUS719	Andre Blasse	106	8	1	17	20	15	8	9	18	15	15
13	NZL515	Mike Wilde	106	20	7	22	18	7	5	12	16	17	4
14	NZL523	Joe Porebski	107	11	15	8	16	14	14	14	17	2	13
15	GER718	Peter Scheuerl	108	17	18	11	11	13	2	18	10	10	16
16	AUS668	Peter Wallace	114	12	19	16	15	12	18	16	6	11	8
17	NZL481	David Hoogenboom	125	14	5	13	13	9	11	10	25	25	25
18	NZL491	Josh Weeks	141	21	23	20	5	17	9	23	21	19	6
19	NZL490	John Hoogerbrug	144	22	21	19	1	20	16	21	19	18	9
20	NZL519	Scott Beavis	145	9	16	18	8	22	23	13	11	25	25
21	NZL469	Owen Anderson	153	19	17	12	23	21	21	17	15	13	18
22	NZL509	Marty Weeks	159	18	20	21	21	23	20	15	5	20	19
23	NZL493	Graham Lambert	207	23	22	23	24	24	22	22	22	25	25
24	NZL504	Adrian Mannering	208	25	25	25	14	19	25	25	25	25	25

By Ben Morrison

The phrase, "it's never normally like this here", could never be more aptly applied as when it was used to describe the weather in Wellington Harbour over the long weekend of 3 - 5 Feb 2007 when 22 New Zealanders and 2 Australians gathered together at the Worser Bay Boating Club to contest the 2007 OK Dinghy National and Inter-dominion Championships.

Wellington has had somewhat of a reputation for big breezes and most were expected more of the same this year. But all the pie eating and toe-strap reinforcing that that fleet had done was to no avail. A high pressure system produced light winds and lots of sun. The wind in fact blew from pretty much every direction except the west. One club sailor, a member for 25 years, commented that he could only remember one occasion that he had ever sailed at Worser Bay in an easterly.

Race one was sailed in a light southerly. Matt Stechmann from Worser Bay made his intentions clear from the start after sailing a fine race to win from Luke O'Connell and Steve McDowell.

The wind increased slightly for race 2 with Andre Blasse from Australia leading throughout to take a well deserved win from Andrew Pardington of Wakatere.

A taste of the next two days was apparent during the start of race three, when the wind completely deserted the pin end of the line, with those at the boat end almost laying the first mark. Paul Rhodes had a good lead at the top mark which he held to the finish from Stu Bannatyne and Stechmann Race 4 on Saturday morning was a very light affair with half the fleet creeping up the western shore while the rest sailed off towards the hills.

John Hoogerbrug was the first to the corner shop on the right hand side and was rewarded with some lollies and a lifting breeze and rounded the top mark with a huge lead that he never lost. Credit must also go to junior sailor Josh Weeks from Napier and held on to a fifth place.

With the wind shifting more to the NW, the breeze was flicking around under the hills with puffs and holes and localized bends. Race 5 had about 7 leaders during the race including McDowell, Purdie and Deaves, but the winner on the line was Bannatyne after stealing the lead just seconds from the line.

Race 6 was a rather similar affair with 6 boats crossing the finish line within seconds of each other. McDowell won from Peter Schuerl.

The southerly came back for race 7 and with it a dramatic drop in temperature. McDowell again sailed a good race to secure his second bullet of the day.

Going into the last day of racing it was still any ones game with McDowell holding a small lead over Stechmann and Bannatyne. This day would produce the trickiest sailing of the regatta. Race 8 was lead all the way by McDowell from Stechmann, Deaves and Ben Morrison, but on the final beat the wind died away leaving the leaders stranded. Meanwhile, a host of mid fleeters, led by a whooping and 'ye-haa'ing Mark Perrow, sailed around the outside of the fleet with Perrow taking the gun from Purdie. Not to be outdone by his son Josh, Marty Weeks sailed well and matched his fifth place.

After a short postponement for lunch, a stiff southerly kicked for race 9, giving Russell Wood the opportunity to show some of his upwind speed. By the run the breeze was already dying and shifting to the SW leading to some rather one sided beats; the beach preventing any more mark changes. Paul Rhodes won this race from Worser Bay Golden Oldie, Joe Porebski.

With one point separating the top three, the last race was the race for the championship. McDowell started badly in the light south-easter, while Rhodes rounded in second behind O'Connell. The wind all but died on the first run except for a wind lane along the shore. McDowell recovered to fifth up the second beat as the wind shifted back to the SW and then to third on the last run as the wind continued to back to the east and then the north. Rhodes crossed the line in second place, and took the title, just 20 meters ahead of a steadily closing McDowell. Mike Wilde kept his nerve to finish a credible fourth. An exceptional performance by newcomer Luke O'Connell from Napier though, who won his first nationals race after leading throughout.

And so a very close regatta ended, with only two points separating the top three places. Paul Rhodes, a very popular winner after 27 years in the class, walked away with his first National Championship Trophy and also the Inter-dominion Cup and the Veterans Trophy. Josh Weeks from Napier won the Junior Trophy.

Special mention must go to Matt Stechmann who won the class personality trophy for his work during the last year in promoting the class within the Volvo Ocean Race fleet and also to his contribution and enthusiasm which led to Wellington being nominated as the host venue for the 2010 OK World Championships.

Many thanks to our overseas visitors, Andre Blasse from Melbourne and Peter Wallace from Sydney.

This event formed part of the OK Summer Series and with double points available many positions have changed although McDowell still leads. The last event of the 2006-7 Series takes place at New Plymouth March 3-4 when the final results will be decided.

New Year Regatta

Napier

30 Dec 2006 - 1. Jan 2007

New Year Regatta

Pos	Sailno	Name	Town	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	tot	tot-1
1	522	G. Wilcox	Berlin	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	DNS	DNC	41	11
2	474	L. O'Connell	Napier	2	2	2	6	1	3	1	2	DNC	34	13
3	718	P. Scheuerl	Hamburg	5	3	6	7	4	1	4	3	DNC	48	26
4	5041	A. Mannering	Napier	10	4	3	1	5	6	7	1	DNC	52	27
5	498	D. Hunt	Belmont	7	5	4	5	3	5	8	5	1	43	28
6	494	R. Hengst	Napier	6	6	5	8	8	10	6	6	2	57	39
7	523	J. Porebski	Wellington	12	7	7	3	6	7	3	DNS	DNC	75	45
8	497	T. Pryce	Napier	3	11	11	4	7	4	5	DNS	DNC	75	45
9	509	M. Weeks	Napier	11	12	8	9	12	9	9	4	4	78	54
10	3601	J. Hoogerbrug	Napier	13	9	9	RAF	11	8	12	7	3	87	59
11	504	M. Balmer	Napier	8	8	12	10	9	DNF	10	DNF	DNC	102	72
12	485	D. Munro	Napier	4	10	10	11	10	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNC	105	75
13	493	G. Lambert	Auckland	9	DNS	13	DNC	DNS	11	11	DNS	DNC	119	89
14	360	M. King	Napier	DNC	DNC	14	12	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	131	101

East Coast Champs

Napier

2/3 Dec 2006

East Coast Champs Results

Pos	Name	Sailno	Town	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	tot	tot-1
1	Steve McDowell	NZL 525	Wellington	3	3	1	3	1	1	12	9
2	Karl Purdie	NZL 502	Wellington	2	1	2	8	4	2	19	11
3	Andrew Pardington	NZL 528	Auckland	8	6	12	4	7	3	40	28
4	Russel Wood	NZL 526	Auckland	1	2	6	13	10	DNC	56	32
5	Luke O'Conell	NZL 474	Napier	11	14	10	1	6	4	46	32
6	Adrian Mannering	NZL 504	Napier	4	4	13	18	8	7	54	36
7	Mark Perrow	NZL 527	Auckland	5	5	4	11	12	DNC	61	37
8	Trent Pryce	NZL 497	Napier	10	7	9	6	5	DNF	58	37
9	Peter Scheuerl	GER 718	Napier	9	9	5	9	14	6	52	38
10	Scott Beavis	NZL 519	Auckland	12	18	15	5	3	5	58	40
11	Ben Morrison	NZL 511	Auckland	6	12	11	10	2	DNC	65	41
12	Matt Stechman	NZL 501	Wellington	7	8	8	12	11	DNF	67	46
13	Alistair Deaves	NZL 472	Auckland	13	DNF	3	2	9	DNC	72	48
14	Grant Pedersen	NZL 518	Auckland	17	10	7	7	13	DNC	78	54
15	Rob Hengst	NZL 494	Napier	16	17	14	14	19	9	89	70
16	Marty Weeks	NZL 509	Napier	15	13	16	19	17	11	91	72
17	Matt Balmer	NZL 490	Napier	19	16	17	16	16	10	94	75
18	Sel Pedersen	NZL 518	Napier	DNF	DNC	DNC	15	15	8	107	83
19	Andrew Estcourt	NZL 458		14	15	DNC	17	18	DNC	112	88
20	John Hoogerbrug	NZL 360	Napier	18	11	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	119	95

By Ben Morrison

The 2nd to 3rd of December saw the East Coast Champs take place in Napier, this was the fourth regatta of the 2006-2007 Summer series. Twenty sailors were competing in what everyone was expecting to be the usual warm Napier weather.

Saturday morning arrived and the fleet was confronted with a frigid south westerly blowing from 20 to 25 knots, not the warm weather that was expected of Napier! Race one saw Russell Wood, Karl Purdie and Steve McDowell fight it out in a three way match race, with Woods eventually winning from Purdie and McDowell.

Race two and the wind increased in strength again, a big left hand shift off the start saw the first beat almost become a lay through to the top mark, Woods charged to the lead early on but by the bottom mark was again under pressure from both Purdie, McDowell and local sailor Ade Mannering, Purdie managed to take the lead up the next beat and went on to win the race closely followed by Woods, McDowell and Mannering.

After a brief lunch and a chance to warm up, race three got under way in slightly lighter conditions; this race started with a downwind start and resulted in some very wide mark rounding’s, an interesting experience with twenty boats trying to gybe at the same time! McDowell quickly got into the lead and extended through out to win comfortably from Purdie and Aucklander Alistair Deaves.

Sunday greeted the fleet with light 5-8 knot easterly breeze warm 27deg temperatures and sunny skys, the first race of the day was another tight one, this time between young Napier sailor Luke O’Conell, Deaves and McDowell with the three of them finishing first, second and third respectively. Races five and six were also in similar light conditions, both were won by McDowell giving him the series from Purdie in second and Aucklander Andrew Pardington in third.

The Next Regatta in the series is the New Zealand OK Dinghy Nationals this will take place at Worser Bay in Wellington, a fleet of up to 35 boats is expected, the Nationals will also double as the selection trials for 2007 worlds in Poland.

International Turangi Open

Turangi / Lake Taupo

18/19 Nov 2006

Turangi Results

Pos	Name	Sailno	Town
1	Karl Purdie	NZL 502	Wellington
2	Mark Orams	NZL 470	Auckland
3	Stu Bannatyne	NZL 499	Wellington
4	Joe Porebski	NZL 523	Wellington
5	Steve McDowell	NZL 525	Wellington
6	Mark Perrow	NZL 527	Auckland
7	Andrew Pardington	NZL 528	Auckland
8	Matt Stechman	NZL 50	Wellington
9	Adrian Mannering	NZL 504	Napier
10	Russell Wood	NZL 526	Auckland
11	Luke O'Connell	NZL 474	Napier
12	Grant Pedersen	NZL 518	Auckland
13	Ben Morrison	NZL 511	Auckland
14	Scott Beavis	NZL 519	Auckland
15	Trent Pryce	NZL 497	Napier
16	John Hoogerbrug	NZL 360	Napier
17	Matt Balmer	NZL 510	Napier
18	Rob Hengst	NZL 494	Napier
19	Peter Scheuerl	GER 718	Napier
10	Dave Munro	NZL 504?	Napier
21	Alistair Deaves	NZL 09	Auckland
22	Mike Wilde	NZL 515	Auckland

By Ben Morrison

The International Turangi open was the third regatta of the 2006-2007 OK Dinghy summer series and took place over the weekend of November 18 to 19, this is one of the iconic OK dinghy regattas and has now been running for 9 years. 23 boats from all over the North Island were in attendance.

A number of the Volvo Ocean Race stars were competing in the 23 boat fleet; Stu Bannatyne (Movistar), Scott Beavis and Matt Stechmann (ABN-AMRO); their presence made for a tight series and hotly contested races.

Saturday saw 5-10 knot breezes with a very unstable wind pattern that left two of the races as reaching courses, Karl Purdie from Wellington was the most consistent on the day winning two races and also having two seconds, Stu Bannatyne and Aucklander Mark Perrow were also consistently at the front end of the fleet. The tricky conditions meant that racing was extremely close with only 30 seconds separating first to last in a number of the races.

Sunday delivered up a little more wind with it peaking out in the last race of the day at 15-17 knots. The racing was again very close with Joe Porebski taking out race one, Grant Pedersen winning race two and Russell Wood taking the last race of the series after Ben Morrison was OCS.

Karl Purdie didn't have as strong a day as Saturday but was consistently in the front half of the fleet and took the overall title from Mark Orams of Auckland, both sailors sailed a good series without taking huge risks that saw many lead changes in some of the races.

OK North Shore Champs 2006

Takapuna / Auckland

21/22 Oct 2006

North Shore Champs 2006

Plc	Sail No	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Nett
1	517	Paul Rhodes	Worser Bay BC	3	2	4	9	4	7	4	24
2	9	Alistair Deaves	Wakatere BC	1	1	13	14	9	5	2	31
3	528	Andrew Pardington	Wakatere BC	6	4	10	10	5	2	6	33
4	511	Ben Morrison	Wakatere BC	8	7	5	1	10	4	10	35
5	525	Steve McDowell	Worser Bay BC	7	9	2	13	8	9	1	36
6	470/519	Mark Orams	Browns Bay BC	15	8	15	4	1	1	8	37
7	718	Peter Scheuerl	Napier SC	4	10	16	3	3	10	9	39
8	502	Karl Purdie	Worser Bay BC	10	3	11	6	7	13	3	40
9	527	Mark Perrow	Wakatere BC	2	11	7	2	13	12	7	41
10	523	Joe Porebski	Worser Bay BC	11	6	14	8	2	6	DNC	47
11	515	Mike Wilde	Wakatere BC	9	14	3	5	11	14	5	47
12	504	Adrian Mannering	Napier SC	12	15	1	12	12	3	DNC	55
13	497	Trent Pryce	Napier SC	16	12	12	7	6	8	11	56
14	526	Russell Wood	Wakatere BC	14	5	8	11	14	11	DNC	63
15	518	Grant Pedersen	Wakatere BC	5	16	6	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	81
16	500	Philip Rzepecky	Wakatere BC	13	13	9	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	89
17	475	Glenn Berry	Tauranga YPBC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	108

By Steve McDowell

The second regatta of the 2006 OK Dinghy Summer Series took place at Takapuna over Labour Weekend. A strong fleet was present with four sailors making the trip from Wellington and a further three from Napier, In total 17 boats.

Saturday saw three races sailed, in everything from 5-15 knots of breeze, very strong tide and even larger wind shifts. The first race had to be abandoned shortly after the start due to a 70° wind shift thirty seconds before the gun, and while the wind did settle, large shifts and pressure lines kept the fleet on there toes the whole day.

Alistair Deaves of Auckland got off to a flying start with two wins but couldn’t back this up in the third race with a 13th.  Interestingly, Deaves was not on top at the end of day one, as Wellingtonian Paul Rhodes finished with a 3,2,4 score card to have a handy lead. Third place was Steve McDowell also of Wellington with a 7,9,2 score card.

Results of most of the fleet were mixed with most being consistently “inconsistent”. The speed of the fleet is so close that the most people are capable of winning races. The third race of Saturday saw slightly more wind and Napier sailing legend Adrian Mannering showed his class to win easily. With a 12, 15, 1 score line however, Mannering was not in the hunt for the overall title.

Deaves commented on Saturday night:
“I was happy with my overall performance today. I had a bad start in the last race and got pinned out on the right hand side and just couldn’t get back. It’s not easy to pass any of the guys in this fleet as the level is so high and I could only get back to 13th.  Hopefully though, that will be my drop!”

Four races were scheduled for Sunday and again the breeze was between 5-12 knots. The up and down results of Saturday continued with Ben Morrision winning the first race and then fellow Aucklander Mark Orams winning races 5 and 6 before the last race of the day was won by Steve McDowell.

The action for the overall title was really between Saturdays’ leaders.  Deaves however, despite managing to continually improve throughout the day, with a 14,9,5,2 score card didn’t do enough to topple Rhodes, who, with a 9,4,7,4 score for Sunday, took out the title easily, and, without wining a race. Third place went to Andrew Pardington who is rapidly rising to the top of the fleet after a long lay off. He will be one to watch out for in upcoming events.

Rhodes commented on his regatta win ”The conditions were very tough all weekend, consistently picking the correct side was difficult so I took on a conservative approach, clean mid line starts and staying in touch with the majority of the fleet during the beats; not tactics to win a race, but enough for the title! The quality of this fleet gets better every year and there are too many ‘good guys’ to watch out for so you just have to sail your own race and let it unfold”

Intergalactic Roto-vegas OK Championship 2006

Rotorua

7/8 Oct 2006

Roto-vegas 2006

Sailno	Boat Name	Name	Pts	Plc	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
527	The Great Escape	M Perrow	14	1	6	6	1	2	3	1	1
525	Sense & Cents	S McDowell	14	2	1	2	2	1	4	4	6
470	The Sperminator	M Orams	24	3	3	3	4	4	7	6	4
511	Hurricane	B Morrison	27	4	10	9	7	3	1	5	2
9	Bliss	A Deaves	27	5	4	4	13	7	2	7	3
528	White	A Pardington	37	6	8	8	9	5	5	3	8
515	Shogun	M Wilde	37	7	7	7	3	6	6	8	10
518	Yadamskippy	G Pederson	42	8	9	1	10	8	9	15	5
526	X2	R Wood	46	9	2	12	6	14	10	2	15
RED	Blood Sugar Sex Magic	T Pryce	47	10	5	10	8	9	8	10	7
36	Fun	J Hoogerbrug	62	11	11	5	5	13	13	15	15
483	Beige	R Longson	63	12	14	11	11	11	12	9	9
519	White	S Beavis	72	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	15
475	Rough Red	G Berry	80	14	12	14	14	10	15	15	15

Report by Alistair Deaves & Steve McDowell

The first regatta of the 2006-7 OK Dinghy Summer Series took place at Rotorua over the weekend of October 7th and 8th. Fourteen OK Dinghy sailors made the trip to the smelly centre of New Zealand along with the yachts from the organizing body, the Bay of Plenty Trailer Yacht Association. Many thanks again to them, for organizing this weekend.

It was great to see some new faces on the circuit, notably Andrew Pardington, Mark Orams and Scott Beavis from Auckland, local sailor Rob Longston, and, making a return after a 17 year absence, not only from the class but also from sailing, Glen Berry. It is also worth noting that nine of the sailors came from Auckland.

The racing itself was a rather confusing affair, with only 4 boats managing to keep all their results in the single figures. As can be seen from the results, most people produced a random set of results, caused mainly by the random shifts and breeze lines. Needless to say, without going into too much detail, it was possible to take 10 places on the run if you sat in the right breeze line. Likewise it was also possible to lose 10 places on a beat it you found yourself on the wrong side of a 120 degree wind bend. And I kid you not, one shift was that big.

Overall, it was a closer run thing between Mark Perrow of Wakatere and Steve McDowell of Worser Bay, separated only after a count-back.; Perrow again taking out the title he won last year. Count backs also decided 4th and 5th place and 6th and 7th place.

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