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    Nov 11, 2021 2 minutes

    Ellen’s two looks

    I completely agree that B&Q/Castorama is one of the ‘World’s Coolest Yachts’. We had the pleasant task of assisting in finding her a berth in Shanghai when she was on her Asian Tour.

    However, Ellen MacArthur’s record-breaking circumnavigation [did not have two sponsors]. She had one, Kingfisher Plc. Kingfisher owned the two DIY retail chains of B&Q in the UK and Asia and Castorama

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