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Team weather forecasters anticipate a Saturday, March 4th launch date for Pete Goss? carbon fiber monster multihull Team Phillips. Winds are expected to decrease beneath the 15-knot threshold by late morning. The boat will be put into the water at 3:00 p.m. and will standby to move on the tide. High water will be at 5:24 p.m. Launch organizers expect crowds of 40,000 to gather along the river banks and watch the 120-foot long, 70-foot wide catamaran take to the water. Tuesdays initial launch date was scrubbed due to high winds and a four knot current flowing down the River Dart. Saturday should see lower water levels. "The excitement is really building up," said Pete Goss. "I've really been struck by the amount of enthusiasm the boat has generated. Everything is falling into place."


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