Jim Kilroy
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Jim Kilroy
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John B. "Jim" Kilroy owned and raced the record-breaking Kialoa sailboats from the 1950s to the 1980s, helping pioneer the era of maxi yacht racing. In 1962 he and his KIALOA I crew won the San Diego-Acapulco race in record time. Within two years, KIALOA II had been designed with even faster speeds in mind. KIALOA III, a maxi yacht, was the dominant sibling, winning the 1975 Sydney-Hobart race with a record time that stood for 21 years. A 1982 article described her legacy this way: "From her deb
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kilroy
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2013-05-08T22:01:44Z
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2024-09-07T23:10:58Z
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