Saves Our Seas Ocean Racing Day 3

5:09 AM Fri 7 May 2010 GMT

'Save Our Seas Ocean Racing' Ian Thomson Click Here to view large photo

Life onboard SOS Ocean Racing has, to put it in the words of Jessica Watson, 'Become a little interesting.' It is day three into Ian Thomson's solo sailing world record attempt. Save Our Seas Ocean Racing departed Airlie Beach on the fifth of May at 1030 in an effort to break the world record for sailing non-stop solo around Australia. Ian's mission is about raising awareness of what the damage plastic bags do to our environment. He aims is to raise an understanding in everyday Australian to think before they use plastic bags, to reduce the usage if they can; ...

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