Global Ocean Race - South African GOR team 'wins' a virtual GOR Leg 1



8:18 PM Thu 25 Nov 2010 GMT
'South African GOR team 'wins' a virtual GOR Leg 1 - Global Ocean Race' Phesheya-Racing
On the 25th September, the South African team in the Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR), Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire of Phesheya-Racing, set off on a 7,400 mile, virtual GOR Leg 1 from the start port in Mallorca to the finish line in Cape Town, South Africa, exactly one year ahead of the actual start date. As an exercise in pre-race preparation, the virtual voyage delivered valuable insight into alternative routes through the Doldrums and the South Atlantic choices for skirting the St. Helena High Pressure System. Without doubt, this analysis will help guide the duo with equipment choices prior ...


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by Oliver Dewar





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