Global Ocean Race - Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron enter



3:27 PM Thu 2 Sep 2010 GMT
'Miranda Merron and Halvard Mabire: GOR entry 15 - Global Ocean Race' SailingOne
Global Ocean Race (GOR) latest entry is the Franco-British duo of Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron: a team that will bring an enormous bank of offshore experience to the double-handed circumnavigation in a new and powerful Class40 Pogo S? from the Structures yard in B?nodet, Brittany. For Mabire and Merron (view an image gallery of the duo here), entering the GOR is a fresh offshore challenge: 'All adventures start with a wish, but also as a result of meeting people,' explains 53 year-old Mabire. 'Miranda and I have already shared a few adventures and we trust each other implicitly on ...


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