Magnus Olsson (SWE)|
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‘Thanks for waking me up, what an honour to be part of this exciting morning watch!’ – a beaming Magnus greets Eero Lehtinen at 0200, May 1990, The Card, mid-Atlantic, gale force winds and freezing fog. So many people have nominated Mag so many times, and now he has finally got his captain’s hat for leg 4 of the Volvo onboard Ericsson 3! A hell of a way to celebrate your 60th birthday. Go, Mange, go!!
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| Why they won |
| ‘Hello, Qingdao, and farewell again!!!’, Olsson (above) snatches the briefest of photo opps in China before stepping back onto Ericsson 3 and setting off for the Southern Ocean. ‘Godspeed, old man…’ – Rodney Ardern (from a safe distance); ‘Simply the best’ – Gerhard Carlson; ‘Behind every great man there is a woman and behind every great skipper… Magnus!’ – Mads Ehrhardt; ‘At last!’ Jyri Varhe; ‘The most positive sailor on the planet’ – Johan Tuvstedt; ‘He just keeps on laughing!’ – Per Lindstrøm; ‘And he never, ever gives up’ – Tom Lofstedt; ‘No finer ambassador exists in sailing’ – Bob Sharkey; ‘It has been an honour to know you, friend, though you’re very dangerous to ski with!’ – Andy Steiner. |
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