Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta will see Rothmans back in action

5:13 PM Thu 16 Dec 2010 GMT

'1989-90 Whitbread Race, Vincent Geake and Lawrie Smith aboard Rothmans' Kos Picture Source

Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta update. Rothmans, skippered by Britain?s Lawrie Smith in The Whitbread Round the World Race1989-90 (the forerunner of the Volvo Ocean Race), will sail from Sweden to take part in the Volvo Ocean Race Legends regatta and reunion. At 80?, she is three feet longer than Great Britain II, who is also entered, along with the smallest yacht ever, 45? Copernicus from Poland, both of whom took part in 1973-74. Rothmans originally sailed with a crew of up to 16 and finished the race in fourth place overall, taking 131 days to complete the 33,000 nautical ...

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by Lizzie Ward