Velux 5 Oceans - Blast from the past for Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

3:29 PM Wed 2 Feb 2011 GMT

'Sir Robin Knox-Johnston with Mark Waters, the son of New Zealand fisherman Lawrie Waters, who met with Sir Robin, when was in Wellington as part of his Enza Jules Verne attempt with Sir Peter Blake in the early ?90?s. - Velux 5 Oceans' onEdition &copy Click Here to view large photo

Velux 5 Oceans - Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person ever to sail solo around the world non-stop, was today united with the son of a New Zealand fisherman who he met on his historic singlehanded circumnavigation. When they first met off the south coast of New Zealand 43 years ago, Mark Waters? father Lawrie was one the first people Sir Robin had seen in more than 170 days alone at sea. Sir Robin made history when he sailed back into Falmouth, UK, on April 22 1969 in his 32ft wooden ketch Suhaili after 312 days at sea. During the ...

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Velux 5 Oceans - Blast from the past for Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

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