Global Ocean Race - Hard work and dedication for Team Mabire-Merron



8:49 PM Sun 6 Feb 2011 GMT
'Hard graft and total dedication for GOR Team Mabire-Merron - Global Ocean Race' Global Ocean Race
Global Ocean Race has 19 teams who have entered so far in the double-handed and Class40, the campaign of the Franco-British duo, Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron, is one of the most ambitious. In late September last year, the Finot-Conq Design Pogo 40S? hull 101 ? the fifth, new generation Pogo - left Christian Bouroullec?s Structures Chantier Naval yard in Brittany and was transported 330 miles on a low-loader to Mabire and Merron?s boatyard-base in Barneville, Normandy. Since the yacht?s arrival, work has rarely ceased in the duo?s immaculate boatshed. One of the first, major tasks, undertaken in mid-November, was ...


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by Oliver Dewar





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