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Ian Thomson -Round Australia Solo record attempt - on Sat Phone

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8:43 PM Tue 18 May 2010 GMT

'Ian Thomson - SOS Ocean Racing' Ian Thomson

Thomson's SOS Ocean Racing is running down the coast of Western Australia having departed Airlie Beach on the fifth of May. In the wee small hours of the morning, we talked to him by sat. phone from the North West of Western Australia. 'There has been plenty happening. Keeping the boat in one piece has taken quite a bit of a challenge. 'Yesterday was 35 knots all day; but also, you know, you are on a boat that is very, very different to Jessica Watson's S&S 34 -this boat, a Welbourne 40 is built for on the edge of speed. ...

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