'Plastic bag man' Australian circumnavigator will try again

8:59 PM Fri 2 Jul 2010 GMT

'Save Our Seas Ocean Racing' Ian Thomson

A solo sailor dubbed the 'plastic bag man' has set one record for circumnavigating Australia, but will try for 'the big one' next year. Ian Thomson's new record of 42 days, 5 hours, 33 minutes lopped a massive 26 days off the previous record. He had hoped to do the voyage unassisted and non-stop but gear malfunctions off the south-west of Australia forced him to go ashore for repairs. 'Save Our Seas Ocean Racing' is a campaign launched by Thomson to create awareness of the damage plastic bags and other items can cause to marine life. He now plans to ...

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by Zac Bailey, Whitsunday Times/Sail-World

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