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    Record making solo skipper takes OCC’s highest award

    Feb 20, 2020 1 minute

    Randall Reeves’s solo Figure 8 voyage, circumnavigating Antarctica and the Americas in one season, has earned him the Ocean Cruising Club (OCC)’s highest honour – the Barton Cup.

    The 57-year-old Californian told, although he believes the yacht should have the real recognition.

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