She was also Lisa McDonald's all-female crew in the 2001-2002 Volvo Ocean Race, which was also around the globe.
While it doesn't garner as much attention as modern events such as the Volvo Ocean Race, classic yacht racing is good for promotional opportunities.
Perkins, where a team of amateur sailors applied some key lessons in teamwork while surviving and winning a recent treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race.
Bullimore, 67, who survived five days trapped in his capsized yacht during a 1997 ocean race, wants to shave a day off MacArthur's 71-day mark.
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The harrowing, around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race is about halfway done and one boat celebrating a new lead over the fleet is getting some bad news: this might be your last race.
Back in 1998, my parents had been anchored off that very seawall before heading south for Norfolk and the start of the Caribbean 1500, a rather laid back ocean race from the Chesapeake Bay to the Virgin Islands.
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The Multi One Attitude Foundation, in partnership with UNESCO, will promote ocean and freshwater conservation, sound resource management and awareness of our water footprint in a Water Pavilion on the occasion of the arrival of the transatlantic Krys Ocean Race in Brest, France.
The trimaran Race for Water will participate in several race events this year, starting with the Krys Ocean Race, a transatlantic race sailing from New York on 7 July and arriving in Brest around 14 July during the Tonnerres de Brest, a fantastic gathering and parade of tall ships.
However, he has been active in triathlon and rowing events and is taking part in a 19-mile ocean rowing race from Sark to Jersey in July.
In 1997 Frenchman Thierry Dubois and Briton Tony Bullimore were both rescued by the Australian navy after running into trouble in the Southern Ocean during the race.
The former Royal Marine won international fame in 1997 when he was rescued after surviving on "sheer determination, a little water and a little chocolate" for five days in the upturned hull of his boat in the Southern Ocean during the Vendee Globe race.
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This year the third generation Clipper 70 ocean racing yacht will participate in the race.
Race Point , on the ocean, has a much wider beach and plenty of kids.
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For someone who had never gone faster than 8 knots on a sailboat, watching him and his crew in the 1989 Whitbread Round-the-World Race blaze through the Southern Ocean on the 90-foot Steinlager II was nothing short of incredible.
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MOD70 is the only race circuit centered on completely identical oceanic multihulls: the concept is for everyone to race on an equal footing on the ocean planet.
The fleet of 10 identical 68ft (20m) ocean racing yachts and 10 skippers are supplied by the race organisers.
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Today, look out across any U.S. race track and you'll likely see an ocean of white -- and increasingly Latin American -- jockeys at the helm.
" Since string made possible everything from warm clothing to ocean-going boats, it served as "the unseen weapon that allowed the human race to conquer the earth.
It's a three-day race covering 320 miles on the big island of Hawaii, including a 10-kilometer ocean swim, more than 260 miles by bike and a double marathon run.
The race then began with a 60-foot rappel down a knob of rock sticking out into the Pacific Ocean.
Mr Goss became a global hero when he turned back in a southern ocean hurricane to rescue fellow competitor Raphael Dinelli in the 1996-97 Vende Globe round the world single-handed race.
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