Barcelona World Race - Mirabaud has made it half way round the world



3:44 PM Tue 22 Feb 2011 GMT
'Dominique Wavre and Mich?le Paret’s Mirabaud - Barcelona World Race' BPCE/ Benoit Stichelbaut &copy
Barcelona World Race - After 54 days at sea, Dominique Wavre and Mich?le Paret are currently passing through the Cook Strait. They have now made it half way round the world and are readying themselves for the second half of the race. Dominique Wavre and Mich?le Paret are on their way through the Cook Strait that separates the North and South islands of New Zealand. Currently lying in fifth place in the Barcelona World Race, on board their yacht Mirabaud, this will be the first time they have spotted land since leaving the Straits of Gibraltar on the fourth of ...


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