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Velux 5 Oceans - CSM takes the Southern Ocean in his stride

10:14 AM Thu 6 Jan 2011 GMT

'Sent back from CSM at sea - credit Chris Stanmore-Major' Velux 5 Oceans &copy

As the Velux 5 Oceans fleet continue to punch their way through the snarling Southern Ocean, the world?s most notorious body of water has been making life difficult for the skippers bombarding them with crashing swells and gale force winds. For many sailors the thought of taking on the mighty Southern Ocean at all is enough to send shivers down their spines, let alone facing it singlehanded. But speaking to the Velux 5 Oceans team this morning British solo skipper Chris Stanmore-Major (CSM) explained that he revels in the heavy weather conditions currently battering the fleet around 700 nautical miles ...

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