Velux 5 Oceans - Aussie skipper Milestone Oz comes out of the water



11:38 AM Wed 19 May 2010 GMT
Cheryle Rayson
On the eve of Jessica Watson completing her momentous achievement, another Australian sailor conquered an important milestone in the preparation on his way to the start line of the Velux 5 Oceans, the round the world yacht race which starts on 17th October 2010 from La Rochelle (France). Garry has spent the past few weeks in Gosport (UK) bringing together a hand-picked team of people to assist him to get his Eco 60, OZ, out of the water. Should be easy I hear you say - well not so - it has been a difficult choreographed execution. Firstly, his mate ...


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by Garry Golding / Velux 5 Oceans




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