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A Death in the Volvo Race

Source: At press time, many questions regarding the accident that killed a commercial fisherman in the Volvo Race remained unanswered

At press time, Vestas 11th Hour Racing and organizers of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean race were still not saying much about what, if anything is going to be done to prevent collisions like the one that occurred between Vestas 11th Hour

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