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OBSERVER Newsco \u2014 A sailor who suffered a head injury during an incident earlier this week while preparing to take part in the 2022 Superyacht Challenge currently underway in English Harbour has died.<\/p>

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He was due to race aboard the 102ft luxury vessel Farfalla (pictured).<\/p>\n

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A spokesman for search and rescue team ABSAR, which attended the incident to lend assistance, confirmed the death.<\/p>

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OBSERVER Newsco \u2014 A sailor who suffered a head injury during an incident earlier this week while preparing to take part in the 2022 Superyacht Challenge currently underway in English Harbour has died. He was due to race aboard the 102ft luxury vessel Farfalla (pictured). 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