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The Antarctica Cup Yacht Race is an annual non-stop race of about 14,000 nautical miles which circumnavigates Antarctica. [ 1 ] The course starts and ends at Albany, Western Australia , a historic port 150 nautical miles east of Cape Leeuwin .
Blair's solo sailing career started in 2014 when she sailed the Solo Tasman Challenge from New Zealand to Queensland, borrowing a yacht one week before the race. [4] She then spent three and a half years planning and fundraising for her first attempt at circumnavigating Antarctica. [ 2 ]
The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, held in 1968–1969, the first round-the-world yacht race. The BT Global Challenge, was a race held every four years and followed the westward route. The Race, was a race held in 2000, involving multihulls. The Oryx Quest, held in 2005, starting from Qatar. Other speed sailing records. Speed sailing record
Jon Sanders was the first man to circumnavigate Antarctica solo, circling the continent twice in 1981 – 1982. For this accomplishment, Gate 17 of the new Antarctica Cup Racetrack has been named after him, with sector 17 named after the S&S 34 monohull Perie Banou, the yacht he had used during the circumnavigation. [3]
The U.S.-based 11th Hour Racing Team won the around-the-world Ocean Race on Thursday, thanks to a jury that awarded the hobbled sloop the equivalent of a second-place finish in a leg it couldn’t ...
Jul. 29—NEWBURYPORT — Sailor Deborah Mellen smiles when she relates The Impossible Dream's first-place finish in a sailboat race from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Then ...
Solo is an Australian ex-ocean racing yacht, winning over 80 races during her eight-year racing career, all on the east coast of Australia. Solo has circumnavigated the world three times, circumnavigated Australia twice and was charted for two Antarctic expeditions. All of these achievements plus many more have earned her the title "The lady of ...
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