Barcelona World Race sailor Ryan Breymaier in unexpected elements

8:43 PM Thu 3 Feb 2011 GMT

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Barcelona World Race sole U.S. participant, Ryan Breymaier, has found the merciless weather conditions to be much tamer than expected, and instead, the major obstacles at sea look a lot different. The Southern Ocean is notorious for its big swells, high winds and frigid temperature, normally allows only the most seasoned sailors to leave its grips unscathed. 'I have sailed across the Atlantic five times and the last trip back from Costa Rica was pretty bad with plastic,' said Breymaier. 'But now having crossed the equator and sailed into the Southern Hemisphere, all along the periphery of the South Atlantic ...

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by Kirsten Ferguson