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Velux 5 Oceans - Closest ever finish in solo ocean racing history

12:33 AM Fri 4 Mar 2011 GMT

'Velux 5 OceansSkipper Gutek rounds Cape Horn onboard his yacht Operon Racing during Ocean Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay.' Zbigniew Gutkowski Click Here to view large photo

Velux 5 Oceans - The third ocean sprint of the Velux 5 Oceans came to the most incredibly thrilling climax today with Polish ocean racer Zbigniew 'Gutek' Gutkowski beating British rival Chris Stanmore-Major to second place by just 40 seconds. It is the closest ever finish in solo ocean racing history. After nearly four weeks at sea and more than 6,700 miles of racing through the Southern Ocean and the South Atlantic from New Zealand to Uruguay, the fight for second place came down to a nail-biting drag race to the finish line. As a flotilla of boats took to ...

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