• Around the World from Bilbao, Spain • 2 Stops: Fremantle, Australia and Norfolk, Virginia •
• The Ultimate Solo Challenge on 30,000 miles few have completed •
8 remarquable world class sailors have signed up
7 Open 60 and 1 Open 50
The initially non-restrictive rules were selected to allow designers to come up with innovations for a 50ft or 60ft racing yacht while using moveable ballast (water or canted keel).
As you see them docked next to one another, one clearly notices that none of these racing machine is alike. ... Check out the variations on 6 of the sterns below.
Velux 5 Oceans • Bilbao, Spain • October 2006
# 03 - Mike Golding’s Ecover # 99 - Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss
# 07 - Bernard Stamm’s Cheminees Poujoulat # 26 - Unai Basurko de Miguel’s Pakea
# 11 - Kojiro Shiraishi’s Spirit of Yukoh # 38 - Tim Troy’s Margaret Anna
Much activity prior to departure • Checking their lists twice!
Checking ballast Interviews with Media - Sir R. Knox-Johnson & BBC
Acknowledging Fans & Well-Wishers Grass root fund-raising in selling long-sleeve shirts.
Get yours thru www.sailamericaone.org
Checking lines. On deck: showing off the machine,
Check out the wooden tool box... good luck charm? while below....
Sail reinforcement ...last check and clean up of the hull and rudder
Check out the wooden tool box...
Repairing after storm damage... Boom and main sail
delaying one’s start
Michael Troy, 11, races his own Open 60...
while his dad, Tim, is looking for solutions to
add 600 lbs of lead on his keel to make his
boat accepted into the race... within 7 days of
the official 22 October start.
PRE-RACE FEVER (scroll down to see below)
Velux 5 Oceans • Bilbao, Spain • October 2006
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