Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Open 60's So Cool! - Update: A closer look


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Barcelona WorldRace Prologue took place at the Fastnet Race off Cowes, UK.

The Barcelona World Race duos are racing in the same two-up format for the 608-mile race that starts Sunday, 12th August. The Barcelona World Racestarts in November and will be held every four years. For the first time, this race will see the world's best professional sailors from both solo andfully crewed disciplines coming together to compete against each other inteams of two.

Racing 25,000 miles over three months across the planet's mosthostile and challenging oceans in high-performance IMOCA Open 60 monohulls. Never before has a two-handed, non-stop around the world race been stagedand there has never been a crewed, non-stop round the world race inmonohulls. This concept opens up a whole new world of possibilities in thesport of extreme offshore sailing both in terms of competition and racecommunications.