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Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland 2010 - First victory for Groupama



4:42 PM Sun 29 Aug 2010 GMT
'Groupmana - Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race 2010' Patrick Eden
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland 2010 - It was at 1126 hours BST on Sunday that Franck Cammas and his ten crew took victory off the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. By covering the 1,802 miles in 5 days 21 hours and 26 minutes at an average speed of 12.74 knots, the French crew considerably improved on the best time over this course which had previously been in the hands of the British sailors Dee Cafari and Sam Davies since 2009. 'Our arrival in the Isle of Wight was pretty magical. We powered along the ...


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