Velux 5 Oceans - French legend Catherine Chabaud visits Brad Van Liew

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12:07 PM Tue 12 Oct 2010 GMT

'Katherine Chabaud gives Velux 5 Oceans skipper Brad Van Liew a Penguin to take around the world' Velux 5 Oceans &copy Click Here to view large photo

Velus 5 Oceans - Chabaud takes a tour of her old yacht Le Pingouin and gives Brad a gift. French sailing legend Catherine Chabaud paid an emotional visit to her old yacht Whirlpool yesterday - just days before it sets off around the world for the fourth time under the helm of Brad Van Liew in the Velux 5 Oceans. In tribute to Catherine, Brad relaunched the Eco 60 yacht as Le Pingouin, the name she was registered as when she was built in 1998. After getting in contact with Brad through social networking site Facebook, Catherine brought her four-year-old ...

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