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Pelagic Australis is sold. You read that right. On 17 May Pelagic Australis was handed over to Greenpeace International in Cape Town and is currently on her way to the Netherlands with skipper Chris, mate Sophie and a Greenpeace crew of three.

The send-off was a carnival affair for the seller (second happiest day of a boat owner’s life…) and the buyer (the first…) complete with Zulu dancers cavorting on the foredeck thanks to

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