Finally the start port for the 2011/12 Global Ocean Race has been announced by the organisers - and it is.................. Mallorca.
Already there are 14 confirmed entries from 10 countries.
Nico Budel Holland
Patrice Carpentier France
Alex Alley UK
To Be Announced* USA
To Be Announced* UK
Michel Kleinjans Belgium
Jacques Fournier France
BT Boats New Zealand
To Be Announced* Austria
Conrad Colman New Zealand
Marco Nannini Italy
Hannah Jenner UK
Lenjohn van der Wel Bahamas
Adrian Kutell South Africa
Also the host ports are now all signed up.
Leg Starts:
Leg 1 (7400 miles) 25th September 2011 Mallorca - Cape Town, RSA
Leg 2 (7500 miles) 27th November 2011 Cape Town – Wellington, NZ
Leg 3 (6100 miles) 29th January 2012 Wellington – Punta del Este, Uruguay
Leg 4 (6000 miles) 1st April 2012 Punta del Este – Charleston, USA
Leg 5 (4200 miles) 20th May 2012 Charleston – Mallorca
The official website for the race, which received over 30 million hits during the last race will be improved again for this race. An interactive virtual online game is planned to run alongside the actual race which can attract huge numbers of followers - you can race against us in real time, only you will get the chance to sleep and eat properly as well as have some dry clothes to wear - but where is the fun in that eh?
I will be over in Cowes this week from Wednesday so hope to see a few people over there.
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