Velux 5 Oceans prizegiving surprise guest

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3:11 PM Fri 25 Mar 2011 GMT

'Christophe Auguin with race director David Adams - Velux 5 Oceans' Ainhoa Sanchez

Velux 5 Oceans prizegiving French legend Christophe Auguin, solo sailing royalty, made a surprise appearance last night at the ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony. Christophe, the only sailor ever to win two editions of the Velux 5 Oceans and a Vend?e Globe, joined the four skippers of the current edition of the race in Punta del Este, Uruguay to celebrate the 7,000-mile leg from Wellington, New Zealand. Christophe is one of the most celebrated solo sailors in the world having won the 1990 and 1994 editions of the Velux 5 Oceans, then known as the BOC Challenge, as well ...

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