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A retired lawyer from Bristol was hauling on his waterproofs below deck on a yacht in rough

seas in the southern ocean. For nearly three months he'd endured cold cramped quarters,

soaked clothing, sea sickness and very little sleep. As one of the crews competing in the clipper

around the world yacht race, spears had completed more than 13,000 nautical miles since leaving

Britain. But the wild remoteness of the southern ocean was more challenging than anything he'd

experienced before. Spears had a hacking cough and a heavy cold, but as leader of the watch,

he had to get out on deck. The race had so far taken them across the northern Atlantic Ocean

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