Velux 5 Oceans legends to clash in Clipper Festival Race

2:32 PM Tue 15 Jun 2010 GMT

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Velux 5 Oceans veterans Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Derek Hatfield and John Hughes are to do battle in Canadian waters as part of a week-long sailing festival. The three renowned solo sailors will go head to head in the Clash of the Legends race today, just one of the many events organised for the Cape Breton stopover of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Canadians Hatfield and Hughes will have the upper hand over the UK's Sir Robin, the first person to sail solo non-stop around the world, when they race around their home turf of Cape Breton Island's ...

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by Velux 5 Oceans Press Office