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October 24, 2006 · about 20 years ago

Yacht race hit by gale conditions

Almost half of the yachts in a solo round-the-world race have returned to port just over 24 hours into the contest, because of bad weather. The Velux 5 Oceans began with eight skippers on Sunday from Bilbao, Spain, but three yachts are heading back to Gijon in the north of the country. “Boat-breakin

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Almost half of the yachts in a solo round-the-world race have returned to port just over 24 hours into the contest, because of bad weather. The Velux 5 Oceans began with eight skippers on Sunday from Bilbao, Spain, but three yachts are heading back to Gijon in the north of the country.

“Boat-breaking” gale conditions in the Bay of Biscay were blamed.

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