Velux 5 Oceans has signed an agreement with PredictWind to ensure the most accurate weather information available to skippers and race management during the race.
Young emerging solo sailor Louis Duc, has announced today his withdrawal from the 2010/2011 Velux 5 Oceans race. He has taken the decision after struggling to find enough financial support and also due to an insufficient amount of time. The remaining eight sailors are ready to tackle the grueling 30,000 mile race.
Two of the Eco 60 sailing yachts, the Brad Van Liew’s Eco 60 sailing yacht Le Pingouin and Garry Golding’s Oz sailing yacht have taken onto waters after their makeover and are ready for the Velux 5 Oceans Race.
VELUX 5 OCEANS 2010/2011 will see Charles Hedrich as the skipper of one of the world’s best known sailing yachts Respectons La Terre, better know as the yacht La Cigare Rouge. Charles Hedrich will be at the helm of La Cigare Rouge yacht to take on the 30,000 mile singlehanded challenge.
State-of-the-art on board communication support package will be installed on each yacht for the 2010/2011 VELUX 5 OCEANS race. Every yacht will have the latest satellite broadband equipment with a given airtime provision per team as well as the latest camera set-up, to make sure there will be no action missed during this exhausting and challenging race.
OC Technology and Yellowbrick Tracking signed a new strategic partnership, which represents a important consolidation in the tracking business. As a result of this joint venture, Yellowbrick will become a leading company in the offshore yacht tracking market, with the largest fleet of Iridium-based tracking units available.
Marine navigation software pioneer MaxSea has joined forces with the VELUX 5 OCEANS race management team for the 2010/11 edition of the race.
The VELUX 5 OCEANS has announced the dates of the starts of the five ocean sprints in the 2010/11 edition of the race. The race will start and end in the French port of La Rochelle France, in between visiting Cape Town in South Africa, Wellington in New Zealand, Salvador in Brazil and Charleston in the USA.
The VELUX 5 OCEANS, the solo round-the world yacht race which starts October 17, 2010, has appointed leading strategic communications agency Hill & Knowlton to handle […]