Travis Odenbach and His Luck-Making Team Move into Lead at J/24 World Championship

Sailboat racing is a game of skill, but also a game of luck. It takes skill to make a boat go fast for an entire race. It takes skill to pick the best side of the racecourse. But sometimes the “best side” fades away, or the boats ahead conspire to make sure no clear lane will ever be available. Other times, the lucky times, a wind shift materializes at just the right moment. Or the other boats leave your lane wide open. The statistically minded will tell you that random luck is equally...

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