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Forty-seven yachts crossed the starting line for the £100,000 Tristar, the first single-handed ocean race to be held in the northern winter - 8,000 miles of sailing from Plymouth to the Azores. To compete, Martin Savage gave up everything - left his job, sold his house, pledged himself to the hilt and lost his girlfriend. But he was on the way to achieving his greatest ambition. Forty hours out at sea, he found he had a stowaway, a girl in flight from an unhappy love affair. Martin's craft was no longer single-handed - if she was discovered he would be disqualified. IF she was discovered...