Barcelona World Race sole U.S. Sailor Ryan Breymaier

8:33 PM Wed 19 Jan 2011 GMT

'Breymaier repairs downhaul aboard Team Neutrogena - Barcelona World Race' Barcelona World Race &copy

Barcelona World Race's only U.S. competitor, Ryan Breymaier, watched his latitude position count down to zero in his first-ever crossing of the Equator this past Saturday (Jan. 15). Now he is preparing to round the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) on his journey, which began on December 31 when he and co-skipper Boris Herrmann (Germany) started with 15 other double-handed teams to take on the race?s 25,000 nautical mile (46,300 km) course, which is also known as the 'three cape route' and is the shortest but most treacherous course for circumnavigating the world. 'The tradition says that a sailor ...

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