"07 Jul 1972, Newport, Newport County Borough, Wales, UK. French navigator Alain Colas, and his fiancée Teura, reading congratulation telegrams upon winning the Transat Plymouth-Newport race. He won the race on the trimaran Pen Duick IV, which was previously owned by Eric Tabarly. He will rename it Manureva. Colas would disappear in the Atlantic in November 1978 whilst competing in the first ""Route du Rhum"" race. Image by © JP Laffont"
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