HAMPSHIRE sailor Ian Walker received a great ovation after finishing the second leg of the Volvo Ocean round the world race at the weekend.
Walker, from Warsash, skippered Abu Dhabi to third place, the boat arriving in the port it is named after.
Walker and his crew had won the first leg of the epic race, from Alicante in Spain to Cape Town.
Now the fleet will spend the Christmas period in Abu Dhabi prior to the third leg starting in early January.
The race is due to finish in Sweden towards the end of next June.
Click here to watch Ian Walker and his Abu Dhabi crew arriving on ‘home’ soil.
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