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Photoshoot of Lloyd Thornburg's Gunboat 66 practicing for Les Voiles St Barth

by Rachel Fallon-Langdon 8 Apr 2018 05:26 BST

Lloyd Thornburg has revived his Gunboat 66 the original "Phaedo" for this year's Les Voiles St Barth. He took to the water for practice today with his stellar crew from his D35 program. Also in the mix of his crew are his trimmers from the MOD70.

Crew on board for the Race:

  1. Lloyd Thornburg
  2. Chris Draper
  3. Ed Smyth
  4. Stuart Bithell
  5. Haylee Outterridge
  6. Peter Cumming
  7. Paul Allen
  8. Julien Cressant
  9. Paul Hand
  10. David Denton

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