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Derek Hatfield third after first leg of Velux 5 Oceans solo yacht race

2:07 PM Tue 7 Dec 2010 GMT

'Derek Hatfield at the helm of Active House' Velux 5 Oceans &copy Click Here to view large photo

Snoozing on the deck of a yacht might sound like a dream vacation to some, but for Derek Hatfield, it had all the makings of a nightmare. Hatfield, 58, sits third as Canada's entry in the single-handed, around-the-world race known as the Velux 5 Oceans. Through the first leg of the race - 32 days from La Rochelle, France, to Cape Town, South Africa - Hatfield could only catnap briefly from time to time in a sleeping chair on deck when his autopilot equipment failed to work. 'In the first leg, I couldn't sleep,' the former RCMP officer from Mahone ...

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