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    Sep 09, 2021 6 minutes

    Pen Duick VI is the 73ft ketch built for Eric Taberly’s 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race entry. It will compete in the 50th anniversary Ocean Globe Race, in 2023

    Few yachts are more iconic, or have done more to inspire others, than the late Eric Tabarly’s Pen Duick series. Pen Duick Vl, a 73-footer built for the 1973/4 Whitbread Round the World Race, is the ultimate boat in the line.

    Although approaching 50 years old she is far from retirement, despite having already sailed an estimated 300,000 miles. Tabarly’s daughter, Marie, recently announced an entry in the Ocean Globe Race, the re-run of the original Whitbread organised by Don MacIntyre, and also took part in this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race.

    A talented sailor and adventurer in her own right, Marie has already skippered the boat on voyages to Patagonia and Iceland.

    “I was looking at what to do for the boat’s 50th

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