Sydney Hobart for Sailing Royalty Sir Robin Knox-Johnson



11:15 AM Tue 14 Dec 2010 GMT
'Sailing Royalty will race on Swan 68 Titania of Cowes for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race' Dobbs Click Here to view large photo
The esteemed member of ?sailing?s royalty?, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, will be racing for the first time in this year?s Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. Sir Robin has been invited to race on a Nautor?s Swan yacht joining Olympic medallist Mark Covell and British match race/commentator Andy Green with owner Richard Dobbs on the British registered, Swan 68 Titania of Cowes. The yacht has travelled 17,000 nautical miles from Newport RI is the US to reach the Boxing Day start line in Sydney. Sir Robin was the first person to sail single handed, non-stop around the world finishing in 1969 and is ...


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