Velux 5 Oceans Fleet Gather in La Rochelle Ahead of Race Start



11:58 AM Thu 30 Sep 2010 GMT
'Chris Stanmore-Major arrives in La Rochelle on Spartan' Velux 5 Oceans &copy
Chris Stanmore-Major is fourth ocean racer to arrive! The Bassin des Chalutiers in La Rochelle is filling up as the VELUX 5 OCEANS skippers congregate ahead of race start. Yesterday evening British ocean racer Chris Stanmore-Major sailed out of the Bay of Biscay into the historic French port, the fourth competitor to arrive. Already in La Rochelle, the home of the VELUX 5 OCEANS, are American ocean racer Brad Van Liew and Canadian yachtsman Derek Hatfield. Poland's Zbigniew 'Gutek' Gutkowski arrived as the sun rose yesterday morning, just 12 hours ahead of Stanmore-Major who came in at 8.30pm with the ...


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