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Article: Global Ambition.
- Article from:
- The Week (Muscat, Oman)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2009
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Byline: M Najmuz Zafar
A voyage lasting ten months,covering 35,000 miles at sea, with several stops around different continents, is the task faced by Omani duo Ahmed al Mammari and Abdullah al Busaidi.
Representing Oman in the 2009Au2010 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Ahmed and Abdullah are two of the first Arabs to take part in a competition that severely tests the skills and endurance levels of the competing crews.
Starting from Humber, on the east coast of England, on September 13 this year, the race will take the fleet of ten identical 68-foot racing yachts from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean to South America, on to Africa, ...