Velux 5 Oceans - When two legends meet: Sir Robin visits Joshua

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12:14 PM Fri 15 Oct 2010 GMT

'Sir Robin Knox-Johnston on board Joshua, the boat of fellow Golden Globe participant Bernard Moitessier.' Velux 5 Oceans &copy Click Here to view large photo

Velux 5 Oceans - When Sir Robin Knox-Johnston sailed back into Falmouth on his 32ft ketch Suhaili in 1969 as the first person ever to sail solo around the world, he had never even met his main rival Bernard Moitissier let alone seen his yacht Joshua. Frenchman Moitissier set off from Plymouth in the UK in August 1968, more than two months after Sir Robin and, in his longer and faster yacht Joshua, chased Suhaili around the globe. By the time Sir Robin rounded Cape Horn some six months later, Joshua was just 20 days behind. The rest is history: ...

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