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873:Severence
821:Wegeforth
797:Beardslee
785:Beardslee
713:Edrington
249:Community
116:San Diego
1745:L. Grael
1593:Mitchell
1533:Ferreira
1457:Benamati
1449:Ferreira
1445:T. Grael
1425:Erickson
1389:Erickson
1377:Peraboni
1293:Anderson
1257:Anderson
1229:Kuhweide
1197:Schröder
1181:Elvstrøm
1169:Elvstrøm
1149:K. Edler
1145:D. Edler
957:Rugeroni
905:Driscoll
861:G. Cowie
857:J. Cowie
825:Phillips
689:Comstock
665:Robinson
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278:La Jolla
232:Business
180:Intrepid
163:Columbia
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112:yachting
1769:Melleby
1733:Stanjek
1725:Trinter
1709:Scheidt
1697:Scheidt
1689:Simpson
1649:Scheidt
1629:Rambeau
1617:Ekström
1605:Rambeau
1541:Beashel
1517:Chieffi
1485:Trinter
1365:Doreste
1353:Doreste
1277:Allsopp
1245:Barrett
1121:Stearns
1101:Skahill
1089:Carlile
1077:Yorston
941:Knowles
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1761:Prada
1737:Kleen
1713:Prada
1701:Prada
1685:Percy
1673:Szabo
1665:Życki
1653:Prada
1589:Percy
1557:Olsen
1553:Doyle
1545:Giles
1529:Hagen
1433:Adler
1413:Olsen
1409:Adams
1373:Gorla
1341:Hösch
1337:Hagen
1281:Guhin
1241:North
1233:Meyer
1157:Bever
1137:Dolan
1097:North
1085:North
1061:North
981:Levin
953:Pirie
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921:North
897:Roehm
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737:Knapp
669:Knapp
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194:Eagle
1757:Diaz
1613:Lööf
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1329:Shaw
1269:Ford
1065:Hill
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