Have You Dreamt of Doing an Atlantic Yacht Race?
Global Yacht Racing is a UK-based company offering ordinary people the chance to race a sixty foot race yacht across the Atlantic this November in this Year's Rubicon Atlantic Challenge.
(PRWEB) June 28, 2005 -- Take up the Challenge, and discover the excitement
and sense of achievement from racing across the Atlantic Ocean in this year’s
Rubicon Atlantic Challenge. In November, Global Yacht Racing, a Southampton
based yacht racing company, are entering a sixty foot yacht in the race, and you
can be part of the yacht racing crew.
Global Yacht Racing offers you the
chance to train and race across the Atlantic, all you need is commitment, a
sense of adventure and an average level of fitness. Ocean Yacht Racing is an
exhilarating and challenging adventure that is now being discovered by more and
more ordinary people who are looking for the ultimate ride. Why settle for three
weeks by a hotel poolside when you can be experiencing the achievement of
crossing an ocean by harnessing the power of the wind?
The Rubicon
Atlantic Challenge is the largest trans-ocean race in the world; the big boat
version of the famous ARC (Atlantic Rally For Cruisers). Racing starts from
Marina Rubicon in the beautiful island of Lanzarote in the Canaries, and takes
competitors across 2,700 nautical miles of Atlantic Ocean to reach Jolly Harbour
on the idyllic island of Antigua in the Caribbean.
It is an annual event
that attracts over 200 yachts of all types and nationalities. The RAC is
renowned for its tight, competitive racing and for its friendly relaxed
atmosphere where the emphasis is on fun and completing the challenge of the
ocean crossing as much as winning.
The organizers place a strong emphasis
on safety and communication, which ensures that competitors are well prepared.
Every yacht’s position can be tracked on the race organiser’s website so that
family and friends can keep updated with the progress of
competitors.
On arrival in the sunny Caribbean its
party time! There are a host of great events organised and you will be able to
relax in the beautiful surroundings of Antigua.
Global Yacht Racing’s
campaign yacht for this event is the Volvo 60. This ocean going machine is
capable of achieving speeds in excess of 20 knots. The RAC follows a downwind
trade wind route, ensuring fast furious downwind fun.
The Volvo 60 was
developed as a high performance and very sophisticated race machine intended to
race around the world. These yachts have recorded speeds in excess of 35 knots
aided by the use of two and a half tons of water ballast. The Volvo 60 was first
used in the 1993 Whitbread Round the World race and raced alongside the more
conventional but larger Maxi Yachts to win the Volvo Trophy. The 60's proved to
be so much faster that the Maxi Yachts are no longer used for the epic Volvo
Round the World Race.
The campaign will start in the late summer of 2005,
when the crew will get the chance to train on the Volvo 60 ‘Venom’ in the UK.
These powerful yachts are water ballasted with asymmetric spinnakers and prior
training is essential.
Crew fee for the RAC is £2,800 (approx $5,100 US)
and includes professional skipper, Safety and Sea Survival course (STCW 95),
training weekends, team clothing, use of all personal safety gear throughout
duration of training and racing, all race administration costs, berth fees, race
entry and boat insurance, full provisions whilst racing and training, 2700+
miles gained and of course the sense of achievement that comes from crossing the
finish line after a transatlantic race.
Crew berths on legs from UK to
Lanzarote are available prior to the start. Venom and the Global Yacht Racing
team are heading into the Mediterranean first to compete in the Rolex Middle Sea
Race (22nd October) and affords excellent opportunities for race training and to
get to know the yacht. Please enquire if you are interested in joining Venom for
any of the passage making or Middle Sea race.
For more info about Global
Yacht Racing or to enquire about a berth on the RAC Please email e-mail
protected from spam bots phone +442380458128 or visit the Web site at www.globalyachtracing.com.
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