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French Polynesia Picture by Jacek Pałkiewicz
Travel story: STORMVOGEL - 1978

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Stormvogel is a classic racing ketch built in South Africa. She duly celebrated her inauguration by winning the Fastnet Race of that year skippered by Sir Francis Chichester, a victory which would become the forerunner to a string of victories in all the famous yacht races of the world. Indeed, world-wide voyaging rapidly became her hallmark - during the first seven years of her life She logged over 200,000 nautical miles, equivalent to one round the world voyage... More

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