Velux 5 Oceans - Christophe Bullens set to restart sprint two



10:37 AM Thu 30 Dec 2010 GMT
'Christophe Bullens (right) checks his rudder system, prior to the start of Ocean Sprint 2 of the Velux 5 Oceans, in Cape Town.' Velux 5 Oceans &copy Click Here to view large photo
Tenacious Velux 5 Oceans solo sailor Christophe Bullens is set to restart sprint two after making yet more repairs to his yacht Five Oceans of Smiles. It will be the third time the determined Belgian has set sail from Cape Town to start the 7,000 nautical mile sprint across the Southern Ocean to Wellington in New Zealand. After a catalogue of problems in sprint one, Christophe had less than two weeks to prepare Five Oceans of Smiles too before ocean sprint two start day on December 16. Following a monumental effort to get his boat ready Christophe set sail with ...


Click here for full story.


by Velux 5 Oceans





Newsfeed supplied by

Live Weather
Nearby
Thursday Island, QLD
13 kn ESE
26°
Windiest in Australia
Mount Wellington, TAS
30 kn NW
11°
Most Windless in Australia
Newdegate, WA
Calm
9°
Hottest in Australia
Koodaideri Airport, WA
12 kn SSW
31°
Coldest in Australia
Perisher Valley, NSW
2 kn SW
5°
Wettest in Australia
Nambour, QLD
149.8 mm