First circumnavigating Lithuanian family sails home

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10:28 PM Thu 26 Aug 2010 GMT

'Ragaine II crew - a voyage complete. Skipper Rasa (centre) with her father Andrius Varnas and boyfriend Egoi' .

They are the first Lithuanian family to do a cruising circumnavigation of the world, and they have just returned to Lithuania to a hero's welcome, singling out Australia as a stand-out destination. Andrius Varnas, from the Lithuanian village of Minija, his daughter Rasa and her Basque boyfriend, Egoi, have just finished their round-the-world sailing voyage on their yacht, Ragaine II. Modest, like a lot of cruising sailors with impressive miles on their log, Andrius commented, 'I call it a family sailing trip. Family yacht sailing is the best family-bonding activity I can think of.' Two years and two weeks it ...

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by Linas Jegelevicius, Baltic Times/Sail-World i

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