Velux 5 Oceans - Six international ocean racers to compete



9:11 PM Wed 29 Sep 2010 GMT
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Velux 5 Oceans - Two sailors will no longer be racing in the Velux 5 Oceans. French skipper Charles Hedrich and British ocean racer Simon Chalk have not fulfilled their obligations to the Velux 5 Oceans race management and as a result will not make the start line of the 30,000-mile singlehanded round the world race. Both sailors did not respect a number of rules laid down by the race management regarding the process of qualifying for the race, known as The Ultimate Solo Challenge. The race management team has therefore been forced to refuse their entries to the race, ...


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