Save Our Seas Ocean Racing announces crew for Aust circumnavigation

1:36 AM Fri 24 Dec 2010 GMT

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Save Our Seas Ocean Racing are setting up for another world record circumnavigation of Australia. Having smashed the solo world record for the fastest circumnavigation of Australia earlier this year, Ian Thomson, the founder of Save Our Seas Australia is setting up to take on the crewed monohull record held by David Pescud?s Sailors with disabilities program when they set a time of 37d:1h:23m:7s onboard the 53ft Kaz. SOS Ocean Racing are out to raise awareness of the damage plastic bags and plastics are doing to the environment. They use their world record attempts to raise the awareness and the ...

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