Velux 5 Oceans - Set to round Cape Horn



3:25 PM Mon 21 Feb 2011 GMT
'Brad Van Liew on board Le Pingouin' onEdition &copy
Velux 5 Oceans - The leading yacht in the third sprint of the Velux 5 Oceans is expected to round Cape Horn today. American ocean racer Brad Van Liew was just 130 nautical miles from the famous landmark at 1200 UTC. It will be the third time Brad, 43, has raced round Cape Horn solo, one of only a handful of sailors and the first American ever to achieve the feat. But in order to join that elite band Brad must pass safely through one of the most dangerous and feared bodies of water in the world, where millions of ...


Click here for full story.


by Velux 5 Oceans




Newsfeed supplied by

Live Weather
Nearby
Clare, SA
Calm
13°
Snowtown, SA
5 kn SW
13°
Windiest in Australia
Mount Wellington, TAS
27 kn NW
10°
Most Windless in Australia
Perth (Coastal), WA
Calm
12°
Hottest in Australia
Fitzroy Crossing, WA
13 kn NNW
31°
Coldest in Australia
Cooma Airport, NSW
Calm
5°
Wettest in Australia
Thangool Airport, QLD
55.0 mm