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CSM to co-skipper on training run to Bermuda

by Patianne Verburgh on 30 Apr 2013
Chris Stanmore-Major onboard Spartan - Velux 5 Oceans Ainhoa Sanchez/Velux 5 Oceans
The skilled CSM (Chris Stanmore-Major) is set to join Derek on the 14th June on a training trip to Bermuda and back. Chris (more commonly known as just CSM) is a two time circumnavigator having skippered the Clipper race boat Qingdao in the Clipper Around the World Race in 2009/10 and around again in 2010/11; this time singlehanded in the Velux 5 Oceans on Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s Open 60 renamed Spartan.

Combined, Derek and Chris have accumulated more than 300,000 nautical miles of ocean sailing.

Currently there are just two positions remaining on the Bermuda trip with Derek and Chris. Please contact us for more Spirit of Canada website
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