Zum ersten Mal will eine Frau - die 32-jährige erfahrene Dee Caffari - Solo von Ost nach West, also gegen Wind und Wellen um die Welt segeln - natürlich nonstop.
During The Aviva Challenge, former schoolteacher Caffari will be sailing the 72-foot yacht which she skippered, with a crew of 18, in the last Global Challenge race. The yacht has been modified to enable her to sail it single-handedly and her circumnavigation is expected to last between 120 and 170 days, of which approximately 80 days will be spent in the treacherous Southern Ocean.
Throughout The Aviva Challenge Caffari will face, alone, some of the toughest physical challenges in the sport, including punishing 40-foot waves, extremes of temperature and severe lack of sleep.
Jan Luc Van den Heede
mit der Adrienne: Around-Solo-Nonstop
09.03.2004 - Jan Luc Van den Heede hat es geschafft!
2h26(LT) überquerte er mit seiner Adrien die Ziellinie an der Ile d'Quessant. Er umrundete den Globus von Ost nach West allein in 122 Tagen, 14 h, 3 min und 49 sec.
Damit unterbot er die bisherige Bestzeit von Philippe Monnet um 29 Tage, 5 h, 50 min und 47 sec.
Der bisherige Rekord: 151 Tage, 19 h, 54 min
Dieses Global Challenge ist die Herausforderung den Globus solo-nonstop gegen Wind und Wellen, d.h. von Ost nach West, zu umsegeln - von Les Sables d’Olonne zum Kap Hoorn, dann durch die Antarktis nach Australien und Kap der Guten Hoffnung - zurück nach Frankreich.
Aviva and The Aviva Challenge
www.avivachallenge.com includes a voyage tracker, Dee’s logs, and an image library, profiles of Dee and her shore team, background on the boat Aviva and further information about The Aviva Challenge.
Aviva is the world’s sixth-largest insurance group based on gross world-wide premiums and market capitalisation (at 31 December 2004); it is one of the leading providers of life and pensions in Europe and has substantial businesses in other markets around the world. Aviva’s main activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance, with world-wide total income of £40 billion and assets under management of £280 billion at 31 December 2004.
‘Forward thinking’ is Aviva’s first-ever pan-European advertising campaign. The print, on-line and television corporate campaign, targeting Europe’s opinion-former community, will run until April 2006. As part of the campaign, Aviva has also commissioned RSA Films to make five film shorts for CNBC TV, featuring people who have a particularly powerful vision of the future and celebrating the remarkable achievements of these individuals.
The current world record for a non-stop single-handed circumnavigation of the globe against the prevailing winds and currents is 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds and is held by Frenchman Jean Luc Van Den Heede.
Challenge Business
Challenge Business is the organiser for The Aviva Challenge, co-ordinating the shore team and logistics behind Dee Caffari’s solo, non stop circumnavigation.
Challenge Business is a market leader in creating, managing and promoting World Class events - providing the opportunity for ordinary people to do the extraordinary, for the professionals to reach for the extreme and visionary businesses to achieve amazing results.
Challenge Business uses the participation and passion of adventure sport to create integrated marketing programmes for innovative businesses and has a sponsorship community of many hundreds of blue chip companies world-wide.
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Dee hat es als Erste geschafft
Fotos: Dee Caffari
Das Schlimmste ist überstanden
Der Atlantik ist zivil gegen die Antarktis
Dee zurück im Atlantik
Positionskarte am Kap Hoorn
Wochenlang der einzige Ausblick
Dee schläft lieber am Kartentisch
Start in eine ungewisse Zukunft
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