Global Ocean Race - A tough and valuable qualifying voyage



8:14 PM Sun 27 Mar 2011 GMT
'A tough and valuable qualifying voyage for the GOR?s all-female team - Global Ocean Race' Global Ocean Race
Global Ocean Race - Hannah Jenner and Anna-Maria Renken ? the only all-female crew in the double-handed, round the world Class40 Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) ? set off on the mandatory 2,000 mile qualifying passage from the Caribbean to the Azores on board their chartered Class40, 40 Degrees. For the 30 year-old, Anglo-German duo, the trip is proving to be a tough, but invaluable, experience and the first opportunity the pair has had to sail together. Having left Guadeloupe after a six-day period of familiarisation and test sailing with Peter Harding?s, two year-old Owen Clarke Design Jaz40 MkII Class40, ...


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by Oliver Dewar





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