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At 45, the industrialist had retired from active business and was looking for a fresh challenge. He had read reports about the first
Whitbread Race, saw it as the opportunity of a lifetime – and grabbed it with both hands. Van Rietschoten was unknown as a sailor even in his own waters before
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was a professional business approach to his campaigns. His eight-year tenure at the top of the sport spelled the end of amateur gung-ho ocean racing entries. He may well have continued to see himself as an
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When you die at sea, you are buried over the side. Perhaps those
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world championship. They did not win, but Crown Prince Olaf of Norway proclaimed the two sailors the best at the regatta for sailing by far the furthest distance.
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