The National’s Sport cover for the Friday, October 10 issue, features a crew member aboard Vestas Wind during training for the Volvo Ocean Race, which starts on Saturday.
Team Vestas Wind is one of seven teams, including Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, to compete in the around-the-world sailing race.
In Friday's edition, Steve Elling wrote about the safety perils that come with the race and looks back as other sailors share stories about how quickly an incident on water can turn deadly.
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