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18.02.2010
Spaniard Antonio Piris to sail with Pachi Rivero in the Barcelona World Race 2010
Javier Sansó withdraws from the second edition of the regatta to concentrate on creating a campaign with a 2014 horizon.Antonio Piris will sail with fellow Spaniard Pachi Rivero in the Barcelona World Race 2010/11. Both skippers are from the Spanish region of Cantabria, on the northern coast of the peninsular. The pair have already started an intensive ...
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04.02.2010
Safety planning for the Great Southern Ocean
Race Director Denis Horeau, and Director of Race Operations Pere Sarquella have travelled to New Zealand and Australia in order to set to work with the sea rescue services in both countries on the safety measures to be put in place for the Barcelona World Race’s passage into the regions of the Great Southern Ocean. Horeau will also be travelling to Chile ...
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21.01.2010
Michel Desjoyeaux signs up for the Barcelona World Race
Michel Desjoyeaux has announced that is signing up for the BarcelonaWorld Race 2010/11 with Team Foncia. The French yachtsman will beginthe build of a brand new VPLP/Verdier design to be built in the CDKshipyard.Following an extraordinary 2009 campaign, with Desjoyeaux winning the Vendée Globe and the Istanbul Europa Race with Foncia, this great French ...
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06.11.2008
30 solo sailors in the Vendée Globe!
The Vendée Globe will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year, demonstrating the spectacular vigour of the IMOCA class. In the middle of the debate regarding the new regulation 60 footers, this sixth edition of the regatta reaches an historic level of participation and presents more boats, especially made for this regatta, than ever. 30 solo ...
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06.11.2008
Brilliant Mini Barcelona
On Sunday 18th October 2008, 35 solo sailors met at the pontoons of the Reial Club Marítim de Barcelona, to sail the Mini Barcelona, something that pleasantly surprised organisers and fans. This regatta followed another successful event, the Mini Empúries two-handed race, new in the international calendar with 25 boats on the starting line. The Mini ...
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19.02.2008
108 days of racing
The first edition of the Barcelona World Race has proved to be all that organisers and competitors could have hoped for. Nine teams set off on November 11 to tack the challenge of a non-stop circumnavigation double-handed. But as an indication of the scale of the challenge, only five are on track to complete the circumnavigation, and just two of ...
