10.10.2002 - PR No. 10
AROUND ALONE LATEST NEWS FROM TORBAY, ENGLAND
The community of Torbay have truly embraced the Around Alone skippers, teams and organisation for the last two and a half weeks, giving a welcome which will stay with them all for the rest of their solo round the world race. As Brixham prepares to say farewell to the race, the whole town is buzzing with activity for this last weekend in preparation for the restart on 13th October.
Leg 1 Overall Rankings
The overall positions and points for both Class 1 and 2 in the first leg of Around Alone 2002-03 have now been officially confirmed as follows:
CLASS 1
Points / Position / Skipper (Nationality) / Boat
10 1st Bernard Stamm (SWI) Bobst Group – Armor Lux
9 2nd Thierry Dubois (FRA) Solidaires
8 3rd Patrick de Radiguès (BEL) Garnier
7 4th Emma Richards (GBR) Pindar
6 5th Simone Bianchetti (ITA) Tiscali
5 6th Bruce Schwab (USA) Ocean Planet
4 7th *Graham Dalton (NZL) Hexagon
*Hexagon incurred two time penalties for late arrival and late qualification. Total time penalty is 60 hrs and 59 minutes.
CLASS 2
Points / Position / Skipper / Boat / Nationality / Finish Time (UTC)
10 1st Brad van Liew (USA) Tommy Hilfiger Freedom America
9 2nd Derek Hatfield (CAN) Spirit of Canada
8 3rd Tim Kent (USA) Everest Horizontal
7 4th *John Dennis (CAN) Bayer Ascensia
6 5th Kojiro Shiraishi (JAP) Spirit of yukoh
5 6th Alan Paris (BER) BTC Velocity
* Bayer Ascensia incurred a time penalty for late arrival into Newport. Total penalty is 107 minutes and 30 seconds.
Garnier retires after Leg 1.
‘Garnier’, skippered by Belgian Patrick de Radigues, is retiring from the race. Therefore there will be 6 boats in Class 1 on the start line of Leg 2. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston commented “Patrick will be missed, he was doing so well, even he was hoping to continue. However his sponsors decided to change the programme of the boat in order to meet their marketing objectives, which were more focused in France.”
Cape Town stop-over extended
Race Organisers Clipper Ventures announce today that the Cape Town stop over is to be extended by one week, therefore moving the restart date to 8th December 2002. This decision was made after examining the forecast Atlantic weather patterns, which will mean a slower passage to Cape Town.
SMS Messaging
Get the latest race updates direct to your mobile phone – simply dial 87140 to sign up for the service and you will receive 2 text messages a day. Signing up to this service costs the user £1.50 for 7 consecutive days charged to the users mobile phone bill. Messages start from 13th October. Should you wish to stop the messages you can text STOP to 87140 at any time.
Raymarine Press Breakfast – 10:30am 11th October
Raymarine, official supplier of the Race Management System for Around Alone, are hosting a Champagne breakfast for media at the Berry head Hotel from 10:30 – 11:30 am on Friday 11th October before the Around Alone press conference.
Around Alone Press Conference and Photocall – 11:30 11th October
Clipper Ventures presents the Around Alone race, the Torbay restart and the 12 skippers setting off on Leg 2 from Torbay to Cape Town. The press conference will be held at the Berry head Hotel between 11:30am – 12:30pm.
FICO drinks and buffet – 12:30 11th October
Following the press conference, FICO invite you to stay on for drinks and a light buffet at the Berry head Hotel with the Around Alone skippers between 12:30 – 13:30pm.
AROUND ALONE AWARDS DINNER AT THE IMPERIAL HOTEL, TORQUAY, OPEN TO PRESS FROM 20:45pm
The community of Torbay have truly embraced the Around Alone skippers, teams and organisation for the last two and a half weeks, giving a welcome which will stay with them all for the rest of their solo round the world race. As Brixham prepares to say farewell to the race, the whole town is buzzing with activity for this last weekend in preparation for the restart on 13th October.
Torbay Restart, 12pm on 13th October 2002
There will be a service held by the Fishermens Mission at 07:45am on the pontoons for half an hour to send of the skippers. The boats will start moving out from 9am from the Brixham Marina.
The start line will be 200 yards off the edge of the Brixham Harbour breakwater. The fleet will follow an inshore course first, keeping to starboard three Brixham trawler boats moored across the bay, and then head out to sea bound for Cape Town, South Africa, 6,880 miles away.
Additional information, updated ETAÂ’s and commentary on the finishes will be available online at www.aroundalone.com around the clock
Finish and Restart images distributed by Marinepics:
Ali McKichan - Email: info@marinepics.com - Tel: +44 (0) 1489 573753
Official Schools' Programme: HSBC Glocal Education Challenge - www.education.hsbc.com
Contact: Patricia Juarez - Tel: +44 (0)1489 575227 - Email: patriciajt@mhlpp.com
The Official International Race Guide is also available in the media centre and free for journalists.
World Leisure Wear is selling Official Around Alone Race Merchandise in the Race Village and online at: www.worldleisurewear.com/aroundalone
Around Alone 2002-03 takes the fleet from New York to Torbay (England), then Cape Town (South Africa), Tauranga (New Zealand) and Salvador de Bahia (Brasil), before returning to Newport in April 2003. The official entry list of competitors consists of 12 competitors from 9 different nationalities; 6 in Class I and 6 in Class II.
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