Club Med/G. Plisson Photo
June 1 - Club Med
At 09:30 this morning, the 33.5 meter maxi-catamaran 'Club Med'
cast off from her dock in La Trinité, France, ready to
set off on her first offshore sail heading for Cadiz, Spain. 'Club
Med' should reach the Andalusian port sometime on Sunday, where
from June 6 she will be on standby to attack the East/West Atlantic
crossing record between Cadiz and San Salvador (Bahamas), one
of the qualifying courses for The Race.
The crew selected for this delivery includes 11 people: Grant
Dalton (NZ), Mike Quilter (NZ), Ed Danby (UK), Neal McDonald (UK),
Nicolas Pichelin (F), Guillermo Altadill (Sp), Gerald Moosbrugger
(Austria), Paul Quinn (NZ), and three new faces have made their
appearance: Jason Carrington (UK), two Whitbreads alongside Lawrie
Smith on 'Silk Cut', Thierry Barot (F), ex-America's Cup (French
Kiss 87), he has sailed on multihulls notably with Paul Vatine
during the Club Med Challenge in the Mediterranean, then on 'Banque
Populaire' during the '99 multihull season. Finally Hervé
Jan (F), who crewed for Olivier de Kersauson on his record circumnavigation,
then with Thomas Coville and Alain Gautier this year. The Japanese
Toru Kikuchi, replaced by Thierry Barot, should be back in Miami
and the American Bob Campbell, replaced by Hervé Jan, should
find his place aboard the boat again from New York. This crew
will be reinforced for the West/East Atlantic crossing record
attempt by Bruno Peyron (F), Mitch Booth (Aus), Jacques Caraes
(F), Frédéric Le Peutrec (F) and Hubert Hémard
(F), responsible for The Race project within Club Méditerrannée.
For further information, visit: www.therace.clubmed.com/press/
June 1 - Atlantic Rally for Cruisers
Despite the fact that the ARC, the granddaddy of all cruising
rallies, doesn't start until November 19, as of May 26 a total
of 184 boats had entered. Last year's fleet of 235 boats will
almost certainly be eclipsed. The ARC begins in Gran Canaria,
Canary Islands, and ends 2,700 miles later at Rodney Bay Marina,
St. Lucia. Depending on the winds, the boats and the crews, boats
take between 12 to 24 days to finish. Boats must be between 25
and 60 feet, and motoring is allowed in most classes. We did this
event several years ago and enjoyed it very much. For details,
visit www.worldcruising.com/events.htm
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