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Spanish skipper, Javier Sanso oversees the loading of equipment on his yacht, Mutua Madrilena, in Porto Olimpico, Barcelona as the teams prepare for the race start in two days time.
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The Barcelona World Race fleet at rest in Porto Olimpico, Barcelona as the teams prepare for the start.
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All of the Barcelona World Race skippers are called for a photocall before the press conference in the World Trade Centre, Barcelona, prior to the start of the race on Sunday. The Barcelona World Race starts on 11th November, 2007 and for the first time, this race will see the world's best professional sailors from both solo and fully crewed disciplines coming together to compete against each other in teams of two. Nine teams will race 25,000 miles over three months across the planet's most hostile and challenging oceans in high-performance IMOCA Open 60 monohulls. Never before has a two-handed, non-stop around the world race been staged and there has never been a crewed, non-stop round the world race in monohulls.
