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Velux 5 Oceans: The race in context - 28 years of history and drama

8:44 PM Thu 14 Oct 2010 GMT

'One of the legends amongst legends in sailing, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston finishes the Velux 5 Oceans in Bilbao' onEdition &copy Click Here to view large photo

What is now known as the Velux 5 Oceans Race, the singlehanded around the world race with stopovers has been sailed for almost 30 years, and has seen most of the worlds top and most revered singlehanded sailors compete. Here the official website www.velux5oceans.com reviews the history of the race and the great sailors who have competed in it, ahead of the start of the eight edition on Sunday 17 October: The year was 1979 when solo sailor David White dreamed up a yacht race which would become famous all round the globe and give rise to some of the ...

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