From the Voortrekker Archive

In this pic, circa 1968, taken at the Sportsman of the Year award banquet are (L-R) Professor Chris Barnard; Dawie de Villiers, Karen Muir with the trophy and Bruce Dalling.

Now here’s a very interesting and unique pic from the Voortrekker archive I have in my posession.

This archive has all the details of the concept of competing in the OSTAR, the formation of what is now the South African Ocean racing Trust (SAORT), crew selections, fund-raising and much much more … .

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