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A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out to the people who reported it. Nothing is reprinted whole. The photographs stay with whoever took them. A Dutch yard writes in Dutch and it stays in Dutch here. The link goes straight to them.

— Olivia Stay, Antibes and Tokyo Bay

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Sir Chay Blyth honoured as sailing legends gather to celebrate the spirit of Cape Horn

11.09

Viv Herzum goes people watching at the International Cape Horner's Association gathering, where Dee Caffari dazzles and Sir Chay Blyth receives a lifetime achievement award A view of Cape Horn from…

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