Volvo Ocean Race Legends: Caviar, Cocktails and Central Heating

9:39 AM Tue 17 Aug 2010 GMT

'Sayula II - Ramon Carlin (MEX) first Whitbread Race winner' Volvo Ocean Race &copy

Englishman Butch Dalrymple-Smith was a crewmember aboard the Mexican entry, Sayula II, the winner of the very first Whitbread in 1973-74. In the Volvo Ocean Race's 'Legends Look Back' series ahead of next year's first official reunion in Alicante, Butch remembers the good and bad. When we set out, we really knew little about what was in store for us. The only information available came from the clipper ships of yesteryear, and from Sir Francis Chichester's book about his solo navigation in 1967. I remember telling one journalist before the start, that the race could be considered a success if ...

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