Velux 5 Oceans - Skippers open race village

2:55 PM Sat 9 Oct 2010 GMT

'LR: Skippers Christophe Bullens, Brad Van Liew, Derek Hatfield, Chris Stanmore-Major and Zbigniew Gutkowski attend the official opening of the Race Village ahead of the start of the Velux 5 Oceans Race in La Rochelle on October 17th.' Velux 5 Oceans &copy Click Here to view large photo

Velux 5 Oceans - Eight days of festivities planned to celebrate race The Velux 5 Oceans buzz continued to grow today with the opening of the race village in La Rochelle. The beautiful October sun shone down on the dozens of tents that make up the race village, the largest in the Velux 5 Oceans' 28-year history. Canadian ocean racer Derek Hatfield cut the ribbon at 10am to mark the race village opening. The ceremony was followed by a tour of the race village and an invigorating performance of Batala music, a style of Brazilian samba originating in Salvador, one ...

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