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07-08 Clipper Round the World Yacht
The 10 boats participating in the Clipper Race, the brainchild of Sir Robin-Knox Johnston, visited Halifax in early June, including team Nova Scotia. The 68-foot yachts visited 14 ports during their 10-month, 35,000-mile circumnavigation.
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Open 60 Paprec-Virbac
Skipper Jean-Pierre Dick and his Open 60 monohull Paprec-Virbac stopped over in Halifax in June 2007, enroute to France. The French skipper and his sailing partner Damian Fox had used the 2,200-mile trip from Panama to Halifax as their qualification run for the two-handed, round the world Barcelona World Race, which began in November 2007. The two won the race, covering 25,000 miles of ocean in 92 days.
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