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Transatlantic Beat

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on BBC Two England

The story of the 1984 Observer/Europe 1
Singlehanded Transatlantic Race
Last June 90 yachtsmen set off from Plymouth for Newport, Rhode Island, including some of the fastest and most expensive multihulls in the world.
Thirteen entrants beat the solo Atlantic record, but many more dropped out. Grandstand covered the start, then the BBC newsroom in the south west kept watch as a former west country policeman took the lead. In the final days positions changed several times, even after the finish. Videotape editor MIKE FOREN Producer TONY BYERS

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Editor:
Mike Foren
Producer:
Tony Byers
Source: Radio Times

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