Velux 5 Oceans - Christophe Bullens determined to make race start



3:31 PM Fri 8 Oct 2010 GMT
'Velux 5 Oceans - Christophe Bullens determined to make race start' Velux 5 Oceans &copy
Velux 5 Oceans' racer Christophe Bullens and his team have been working tirelessly to find a new boat for the up-coming race after Five Oceans of Smiles was cruelly dismasted on the way to La Rochelle earlier this week. The mast broke into three pieces while Christophe and a small crew were sailing around 15 miles off Cherbourg in Normandy, France. It also punctured a hole in the hull of Five Oceans of Smiles. The dismasting couldn't have come at a worse time - there is now just over one week until the start of the 30,000-mile solo round the ...


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