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Die Skipper des Vendee Globe 2000/2001
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Josh Hall
website : http://www.josh-hall.com
http://www.ebp.fr
http://www.sailing.gartmore.com
http://www.espritpme.com
Originally from Ipswich, Josh Hall was born into a family of
sailors and he grew up racing around the shores of England. Josh Hall has
an incredible thirst for adventure, challenge and victory, with 15 years and
130,000 miles of experience in offshore racing. Well trained in
communications, he also manages the marketing & communications for all
his own sailing sponsorship projects.
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Between 1984 and 1987 he oversaw the build of the 60ft trimaran 'British
Airways' and took part in several competitions with renowned skipper Sir
Robin Knox Johnston. Josh went on to skipper the Open 50 'New Spirit of
Ipswich', in which he came 3rd in Class II of the 1990/1 BOC Solo, Round
the World race, and won the 1991 BOC Transatlantic Challenge.
In the next 1992/4 BOC Solo Round the World race, he lost his new Open
60 'Gartmore' in the Southern Atlantic ocean after a collision with a
container. He came back with 'Gartmore 2' to win the
Newport-Bermuda-Newport transatlantic race, and take second place in
Class I of the 1996 Europe 1 Star. In 1998 he embarked upon the Around
Alone race, however the yacht was dismasted in the third leg.
Josh and his shore team have spent the summer of 2000 in Cowes, Isle of
Wight, refining, servicing and renewing all the equipment on board his
Open 60 in preparation for this year's Vendée Globe.
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