Velux 5 Oceans day 4 - Van Liew relishes the battle



9:40 PM Thu 21 Oct 2010 GMT
'Velux 5 Oceans start' Pierre Alain Varreon
Velux 5 Oceans Race day 4 update. 'You know in the movie Top Gun when Tom Cruise's character Maverick goes to Top Gun and dog fights with the old, salty war proven pilot Viper?' American yachtsman Brad Van Liew has taken to using film comparisons to describe his tussle with Polish solo sailor Zbigniew 'Gutek' Gutkowski at the head of the Velux 5 Oceans fleet. 'Viper's trying to take Maverick out nice and easy but Maverick won't let go, and Viper thinks 'damn this kid is good'. That's kinda the way I feel about Gutek. I'm like 'where the hell ...


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