Other Aussies doing it in France

2:30 AM Mon 9 May 2011 GMT

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Scott Cavanough is pursuing his dream of competing in the Mini Transat, a race across the Atlantic in a 6.5 metre yacht. He has financed the project himself. He arrived in France just over a month ago and this is how he has handled the first month and his first solo race. A lot has happened since arriving in France just over a month ago. With many hurdles to climb like in the first week getting the boat released from customs I was told they wanted a 28,000 euro bond while the boat was in Europe then after the weekend ...

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