Racing to the Equator: the Neptune Regatta 2011



9:01 AM Tue 12 Oct 2010 GMT
'Sunsets and beaches, just like the brochure - Neptune Regatta 2011' Tudor John Click Here to view large photo
Heads up! Here's something seriously new! The Neptune Regatta, slated to start from Nongsa Point Marine, Batam, on 01 February next year, will take a race fleet and a motor yacht rally down south to the equator and back. The event is composed of stages, A to B to C etc and finishing up back at Nongsa on 05 February, and will include 'The Race to Zero' from Pulau Buaya, using the Equator as the finish line. Is there any other race in the world that does this? - if so, we've never heard of it! And motor yachts are ...


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by Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia





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