Global Solo Race 2013-14 skipper Joe Harris and Gryphon Solo 2 enter

9:27 PM Sun 22 May 2011 GMT

'Josh Hall, Race Director of the GOR, and Joe Harris on board Gryphon Solo 2' Global Ocean Race

Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) Organisation team can now confirm a single-handed circumnavigation for the Global Solo Race 2013-14 (GSR). At 12:00 UTC on Sunday, American solo sailor, Joe Harris, crossed the start line of the 1,000 mile, Normandy Channel Race on his new Akilaria RC2 Class40, Gryphon Solo 2, racing in this demanding double-handed event with Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) Race Director, Josh Hall. While the duo are fully-focused on the current race, shortly before the start gun fired off the town of Ouistreham, Harris announced that he has entered Gryphon Solo 2 in the single-handed version of ...

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