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Qingdao - Chris Stanmore-Major
Ever since Chris Stanmore-Major was employed as a bosun’s mate on the Hong Kong tall ship Ji Fung at the age of 18 he has, in his own words, “fitted into sail training like a square peg in a square hole.” As skipper of Qingdao in Clipper 09-10, his ability to train crews before the race start and to continue that learning process during the 35,000-mile challenge is vital.
Chris, 31, grew up in Torquay on the English Riviera and was taught to sail by his father, who first took him out on the River Dart when Chris was five.
“I’ve been sailing for as long as I remember,” he says. “At 18 I became a tall ship rigger for the Hong Kong...
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