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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1873	430	2303	2182	729
1	United Kingdom	1102	253	1355	1300	368
2	United States	150	42	192	166	74
3	France	130	19	149	147	69
4	Ireland	72	10	82	67	32
5	Australia	42	12	54	40	21
6	Netherlands	31	18	49	62	10
7	South Africa	33	4	37	33	13
8	Canada	24	12	36	26	19
9	Switzerland	23	10	33	36	2
10	New Zealand	24	5	29	32	9
11	Germany	21	8	29	21	9
12	Denmark	18	6	24	31	4
13	Belgium	23	1	24	18	7
14	Norway	16	6	22	22	2
15	Spain	18	1	19	16	4
16	Antigua And Barbuda	11	5	16	19	0
17	Sweden	12	3	15	14	7
18	Russia	13	0	13	10	11
19	Guyana	9	0	9	10	3
20	China	3	4	7	9	5
21	Hungary	6	1	7	6	5
22	Ukraine	6	0	6	6	5
23	Brazil	5	1	6	3	1
24	Romania	5	0	5	4	1
25	Poland	5	0	5	6	1
26	Iceland	5	0	5	7	4
27	Jersey	0	4	4	4	0
28	Faroe Islands	4	0	4	3	3
29	Italy	4	0	4	3	2
30	Finland	4	0	4	3	1
31	Austria	2	2	4	5	1
32	Bulgaria	3	0	3	6	3
33	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	2	1
34	Lithuania	3	0	3	2	3
35	Zimbabwe	3	0	3	2	1
36	Portugal	3	0	3	2	3
37	Malta	2	0	2	2	0
38	Gibraltar	2	0	2	0	3
39	Estonia	2	0	2	2	0
40	Bahrain	2	0	2	0	2
41	Serbia	1	1	2	2	0
42	Japan	2	0	2	2	1
43	Barbados	2	0	2	3	0
44	Egypt	2	0	2	0	2
45	Latvia	2	0	2	4	1
46	Croatia	2	0	2	2	2
47	French Guiana	2	0	2	3	0
48	India	2	0	2	2	2
49	Slovenia	1	1	2	1	0
50	Oman	1	0	1	1	0
51	Georgia	1	0	1	1	0
52	Costa Rica	1	0	1	1	0
53	Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	1
54	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	0	4
55	Greece	1	0	1	1	0
56	Turkey	1	0	1	6	5
57	Uruguay	0	1	1	1	0
58	Mexico	1	0	1	1	0
59	Argentina	1	0	1	0	2
60	Lebanon	1	0	1	1	0
61	Guatemala	1	0	1	1	0
62	Korea	1	0	1	1	0
63	Botswana	1	0	1	1	0

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Peter

Van Kets

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Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
463	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	21 Mar 2010 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	76d 0h 0m	2554	1.4
359	C	R	02 Dec 2007 00:00	21 Jan 2008 12:15	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	50d 12h 15m	2554	2.11

Tom

McClean

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46	C	I	16 Jun 1987 00:00	10 Aug 1987 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	Bishops Light (IE)	55d 0h 0m	1675	1.27
11	C H	I	17 May 1969 00:00	27 Jul 1969 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	Blacksod Bay (IE)	71d 0h 0m	1641	0.96

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Emma

Wolstenholme Emma Wolstenholme

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1291	I	I	28 May 2025 14:00	15 Jul 2025 20:00	Lochboisdale (UK)	Lochboisdale. (UK)	48d 6h 0m	20	0.02
1144	C	R	04 Jun 2023 14:00	19 Jul 2023 10:19	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge. (UK)	44d 20h 19m	1483	1.38
1068	T I	R	12 Jun 2022 12:00	05 Jul 2022 00:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	22d 12h 0m	775	1.44
1056	I	I	03 Feb 2022 16:45	14 Feb 2022 15:00	Las Gallatas, Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	10d 22h 15m	400	1.53

Maxim

Ivanov

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1227	C T	I	20 Aug 2024 05:30	08 Sep 2024 19:08	Ornes (NO)	Sandhavn bay (NO)	19d 13h 38m	585	1.25
951	C	I	05 Jul 2020 08:35	06 Oct 2020 16:00	Arrecife (ES)	Hastings (BB)	93d 7h 25m	2732	1.22
951	C	I	14 Jun 2020 06:40	26 Jun 2020 08:35	Portimao (PT)	Arrecife (ES)	12d 1h 55m	550	1.9

Related: Stefan Ivanov (father);

Chris

Howard

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1068	T I	R	12 Jun 2022 12:00	05 Jul 2022 00:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	22d 12h 0m	775	1.44
509	C	I	25 Nov 2011 00:00	07 Mar 2012 06:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	103d 6h 0m	2604	1.05

George

Rock

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251	C	I	31 May 2005 00:00	09 Jul 2005 22:10	St. John’s (CA)	Bishops Light (IE)	39d 22h 10m	1675	1.75
182	I	I	11 Jun 2002 00:00	02 Jul 2002 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	21d 0h 0m	904	1.79
90	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	15 Dec 1997 03:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	64d 3h 0m	2550	1.66

Related: Steve Dawson (brother-in-law), Nigel Morris (brother-in-law), Robert Munslow (brother-in-law);

Matthew

Boreham

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229	C	R	20 Jan 2004 00:00	12 Apr 2004 18:27	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	83d 18h 27m	2606	1.3
119	I	I	22 Jul 1999 00:00	22 Jul 1999 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	0d 0h 0m	5	0
111	I	I	17 Aug 1998 00:00	26 Aug 1998 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	9d 0h 0m	240	1.11
84	I	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	13 Nov 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Los Gigantes (ES)	32d 0h 0m	729	0.95

Related: Edward Boreham (brother);

Charlie

Martell

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893	I	I	23 May 2019 06:00	28 May 2019 06:00	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	5d 0h 0m	0	0
561	I	I	04 May 2012 00:00	08 Jun 2012 00:00	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	35d 0h 0m	0	0
297	C	R	10 Jun 2006 00:00	02 Sep 2006 23:59	Jersey City (US)	Mavagissey (UK)	84d 23h 59m	2863	1.4

James

Kayll

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609	C	R	04 Dec 2013 13:00	21 Jan 2014 22:13	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	48d 9h 13m	2549	2.2
500	C	I	21 Apr 2011 00:00	05 Jul 2011 11:21	Geraldton (AU)	Port Louis (MU)	75d 11h 21m	3135	1.73

Andy

Warner

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1158	C U	R	12 Jun 2023 14:39	02 Aug 2023 20:23	Monterey, California (US)	Hanalei, Kauai (US)	51d 5h 44m	2131	1.73
716	C	R	20 Dec 2015 09:00	01 Mar 2016 09:57	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	72d 0h 57m	2549	1.48

Iris

Noordzij

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1152	C U	R	12 Jun 2023 14:21	18 Jul 2023 18:10	Monterey, California (US)	Hanalei, Kauai (US)	36d 3h 49m	2131	2.46
1032	C U	R	12 Dec 2021 11:49	24 Jan 2022 21:17	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	43d 9h 28m	2549	2.45
970	C U	R	12 Dec 2020 11:06	24 Jan 2021 17:02	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	43d 5h 56m	2549	2.46

Adam

Baker

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1062	sd T I	I	22 May 2022 09:00	31 Jul 2022 08:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	69d 23h 0m	1239	0.74
1035	C U	R	12 Dec 2021 11:58	01 Feb 2022 16:57	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	51d 4h 59m	2549	2.08

Billy

Gammon

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505	Ic	I	28 Jul 2011 00:00	06 Sep 2011 00:00	Nunavut (CA)	Magnetic North Pole '96 (CA)	40d 0h 0m	202	0.21
427	C	R	19 Apr 2009 00:00	09 Jul 2009 00:00	Geraldton (AU)	Port Louis (MU)	81d 0h 0m	3135	1.61

Margaret

Bowling

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492	C	I	15 Jan 2011 00:00	03 Mar 2011 18:00	Tarfaya (MA)	Port St. Charles (BB)	47d 18h 0m	2752	2.4
345	C	R	02 Dec 2007 00:00	13 Feb 2008 05:14	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	73d 5h 14m	2554	1.45

Charlotte

Fleury

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1062	sd T I	I	22 May 2022 09:00	31 Jul 2022 08:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	69d 23h 0m	1239	0.74
1035	C U	R	12 Dec 2021 11:58	01 Feb 2022 16:57	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	51d 4h 59m	2549	2.08

Aurimas

Valujavicius Aurimas Valujavicius

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1124

26 Dec 2022 04:36

25 Apr 2023 19:24

120d 14h 48m

Louis

Ginglo

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219

20 Jan 2004 00:00

19 May 2004 00:00

120d 0h 0m

Liu

Yong

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1290	C sd	I	17 May 2025 09:00	21 Jul 2025 15:45	Carnarvon (AU)	Dar Es Salaam (TZ)	65d 6h 45m	4401	2.81
1136	C	I	30 Jan 2023 13:18	25 Mar 2023 12:49	Restinga Del Hierro (ES)	Guadeloupe (GP)	53d 23h 31m	2507	1.94

Vladimir

Maximov

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670

16 Nov 2014 09:30

15 Mar 2015 13:47

119d 4h 17m

Orha

József

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754	C	I	17 Dec 2017 11:44	24 Feb 2018 08:05	Gran Canaria (ES)	Barbados (BB)	68d 20h 21m	2618	1.58
754	C	I	11 Dec 2016 11:00	30 Jan 2017 20:17	Lagos (PT)	Gran Canaria (ES)	50d 9h 17m	637	0.53

Henry

Dale

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221

20 Jan 2004 00:00

17 May 2004 00:00

118d 0h 0m

David

Bell

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992

31 May 2021 06:55

26 Sep 2021 11:50

118d 4h 55m

Gwénaël

Rien

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1159	U I	I	16 Jun 2023 00:00	15 Aug 2023 00:00	Kuroshio current S of Yokohama (JP)	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	60d 0h 0m	500	0.35
1140	U I	I	17 Mar 2023 00:00	23 Mar 2023 00:00	Pyoseon, Jeju-do island (KR)	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	6d 0h 0m	120	0.83
1075	U I	I	29 Jul 2022 00:00	31 Jul 2022 00:00	Busan (KR)	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	2d 0h 0m	50	1.04
822	C	I	15 Dec 2017 00:00	03 Feb 2018 04:28	Dakar (SN)	Kourou (GF)	50d 4h 28m	2156	1.79

Sean

McGowan

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450

04 Jan 2010 00:00

02 May 2010 00:00

118d 0h 0m

Jason

Caldwell

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997	C	R	31 May 2021 12:20	30 Jun 2021 20:50	Sausalito, San Francisco Bay (US)	Waikiki (US)	30d 8h 30m	2080	2.86
761	C	R	14 Dec 2016 11:00	19 Jan 2017 01:03	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	35d 14h 3m	2549	2.98
713	C	R	20 Dec 2015 09:00	09 Feb 2016 17:43	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	51d 8h 43m	2549	2.07

Ian

Davies

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1190	C U	R	13 Dec 2023 08:59	18 Feb 2024 03:38	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	66d 18h 39m	2549	1.59
929	C	R	12 Dec 2019 13:15	31 Jan 2020 13:34	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	50d 0h 19m	2554	2.13

Related: Danielle Jones (daughter), Mark Jones (son-in-law);

Mark

Stubbs

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237	I	I	30 Jun 2004 15:17	07 Aug 2004 15:17	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	38d 0h 0m	0	0
182	I	I	11 Jun 2002 00:00	02 Jul 2002 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	21d 0h 0m	904	1.79
101	C	R	12 Oct 1997 12:00	09 Dec 1997 23:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	58d 11h 0m	2550	1.82

Owen

Gray

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1145	C U	R	12 Jun 2023 14:00	27 Jul 2023 20:17	Monterey, California (US)	Hanalei, Kauai (US)	45d 6h 17m	2131	1.96
1045	C U	R	12 Dec 2021 12:28	21 Feb 2022 08:57	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	70d 20h 29m	2549	1.5

Tiny

Little

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246

21 Jan 2005 00:00

17 May 2005 09:20

116d 9h 20m

Denis

Gorbylev

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1125	C	I	26 Dec 2022 12:48	03 Mar 2023 14:11	Portimao (PT)	Kourou (GF)	67d 1h 23m	3080	1.91
891	C ms	I	24 Apr 2019 17:15	21 May 2019 03:00	Cape Verde (CV)	Remire-Montjoly (GF)	26d 9h 45m	1801	2.85
891	C ms	I	01 Apr 2019 19:10	24 Apr 2019 13:25	Portimao (PT)	Cape Verde (CV)	22d 18h 15m	1555	2.85

Bhavik

Gandhi

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333	C	I	28 Feb 2007 00:00	14 Jun 2007 09:30	El Hierro (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	106d 9h 30m	2510	0.98
332	Rs	I	12 Feb 2007 00:00	18 Feb 2007 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	6d 0h 0m	0	0
295	I	I	11 Apr 2006 00:00	15 Apr 2006 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	4d 0h 0m	0	0

Barry

Hayes

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844	C	I	05 Jul 2018 23:59	14 Sep 2018 05:00	Geraldton (AU)	Grand Baie (MU)	70d 5h 1m	3133	1.86
634	C	R	09 Jun 2014 17:00	25 Jul 2014 00:24	Monterey, California (US)	Waikiki (US)	45d 7h 24m	2084	1.92

James

Adair

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499

21 Apr 2011 00:00

14 Aug 2011 07:45

115d 7h 45m

Ben

Stenning

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499

21 Apr 2011 00:00

14 Aug 2011 07:45

115d 7h 45m

Didier

Bovard

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385	C K	I	01 Jan 2009 00:01	30 Mar 2009 00:01	Las Gallatas, Tenerife (ES)	Martinique (MQ)	88d 0h 0m	2595	1.23
385	C K	I	01 Dec 2008 00:01	28 Dec 2008 00:01	Lagos (PT)	Arrecife, Lanzarote (ES)	27d 0h 0m	546	0.84

Jason

McKinlay

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1068	T I	R	12 Jun 2022 12:00	05 Jul 2022 00:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	22d 12h 0m	775	1.44
582	C	R	01 Jun 2013 07:16	12 Jul 2013 11:54	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	41d 4h 38m	1483	1.5
198	C	R	19 Oct 2003 00:00	09 Dec 2003 11:50	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	51d 11h 50m	2534	2.05

Linda

Emilsen

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1085

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12 Dec 2022 11:24

04 Apr 2023 17:14

113d 5h 50m

Diana

Hoff

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120

13 Sep 1999 00:00

04 Jan 2000 00:00

113d 0h 0m

Elaine

Theaker

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1158	C U	R	12 Jun 2023 14:39	02 Aug 2023 20:23	Monterey, California (US)	Hanalei, Kauai (US)	51d 5h 44m	2131	1.73
803	C	R	14 Dec 2017 00:00	12 Feb 2018 18:34	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	60d 18h 34m	2554	1.75

Tim

Bradbury

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290

29 Jan 2006 00:00

21 May 2006 00:00

112d 0h 0m

Mike

Norman

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290

29 Jan 2006 00:00

21 May 2006 00:00

112d 0h 0m

Dmytro

Rezvoy

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1276	C	I	16 Dec 2024 14:09	21 Feb 2025 12:00	26°02'56.8"N 16°42'38.5"W (EH)	Barbados (BB)	66d 21h 51m	2530	1.58
756	I	R	14 Dec 2016 00:00	28 Jan 2017 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	45d 0h 0m	1	0

Related: Pavel Rezvoy (father);

Fergus

Farrell

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1069

14 Jun 2022 02:12

04 Oct 2022 00:00

111d 21h 48m

Marina

Hunziker

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1152	C U	R	12 Jun 2023 14:21	18 Jul 2023 18:10	Monterey, California (US)	Hanalei, Kauai (US)	36d 3h 49m	2131	2.46
1012	C U	R	12 Dec 2021 10:48	25 Feb 2022 21:54	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	75d 11h 6m	2549	1.41

Allan

Huntly

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1142	C	I	10 May 2023 22:00	19 Jul 2023 08:40	Geraldton (AU)	Grand Baie (MU)	69d 10h 40m	3136	1.88
872	C	R	12 Dec 2018 13:25	23 Jan 2019 23:51	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	42d 10h 26m	2554	2.51

Tim

Crockett

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1292	C	I	03 Jun 2025 14:00	21 Jul 2025 04:53	Sausalito, California (US)	Hilo (US)	47d 14h 53m	2015	1.76
869	C	R	12 Dec 2018 13:25	13 Feb 2019 15:57	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	63d 2h 32m	2554	1.69

Susannah

Cass

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731	C M	I	29 Feb 2016 09:00	23 Apr 2016 19:45	Lagos (PT)	Recife (BR)	54d 10h 45m	3086	2.36
633	C	R	09 Jun 2014 17:00	05 Aug 2014 22:45	Monterey, California (US)	off O'ahu (US)	57d 5h 45m	2016	1.47

Debra

Veal

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147

07 Oct 2001 00:00

26 Jan 2002 05:38

111d 5h 38m

Related: Andrew Veal (husband);

Andrew

Veal

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147

07 Oct 2001 00:00

26 Jan 2002 05:38

111d 5h 38m

Related: Debra Veal (wife);

Steve

Dawson

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251	C	I	31 May 2005 00:00	09 Jul 2005 22:10	St. John’s (CA)	Bishops Light (IE)	39d 22h 10m	1675	1.75
164	C	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	16 Dec 2001 09:12	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	70d 9h 12m	2554	1.51

Related: Mick Dawson (brother), Nigel Morris (brother-in-law), Robert Munslow (brother-in-law), George Rock (brother-in-law);

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