Betreff: TIM KENT TO COMPETE FOR OPEN 50 FICO-LACOSTE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP title
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Datum: 10. Apr 2003 22:55
TIM KENT TO COMPETE FOR OPEN 50 FICO-LACOSTE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP title
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Betreff: AMERICAN SKIPPER TIM KENT TO COMPETE FOR OPEN 50 FICO-LACOSTE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP title
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Datum: 10. Apr 2003 16:36
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AMERICAN SKIPPER TIM KENT TO COMPETE FOR OPEN 50 FICO-LACOSTE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP title
American solo sailor, Tim Kent, of Milwaukee, WI announced today his program to compete for the Open 50 monohull FICO-Lacoste World Championship title on his Jim Antrim designed boat ‘Everest Horizontal’. Kent is currently preparing to start the 5th and final leg of the solo, round the world ‘Around Alone’ yacht race in Salvador, Brazil on 13th April 2003.
The FICO-Lacoste World Championship for Open 50 monohulls is comprised of four races. The first is the 28,000 nm ‘Around Alone’, the 5-leg grand prix style race around the world, which started on September 15th 2002 from New York, stopping in England, South Africa, New Zealand and Brazil. He is lying second overall in Class 2, and expects to cross the finish line in Newport, RI during the second week in May 2003. His potential podium finish in this, the toughest race in the Open class circuit, would catapult him into a dominant position in the FICO-Lacoste rankings heading into the rest of the series.
The second race in the championship is the inaugural ‘Saguenay-St. Pierre-Vendee’ race, a crewed event for Open 50 boats. Beginning on 15th June 2003 from Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, competitors sail to the St. Pierre Islands off the coast of Canada for a 48 hour layover and a round the buoys regatta. They then head across the Atlantic to the finish in Les Sables D’Olonne, France, home of the legendary Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race.
The third race, also a crewed event, is the famed ‘Rolex Fastnet’; a short, sharp sprint competition which leaves from Cowes, Isle of Wight, England at the end of Cowes Week Regatta on 10th August, and takes the fleet around the infamous Fastnet Rock in the Irish Sea and finishes in Plymouth, England. The fourth and final race is the doublehanded ‘Transat Jacques Vabre’, which starts in Le Havre, France this November. This classic boat race sees both multihulls and monohulls battle through the stormy Bay of Biscay in the North Atlantic, before crossing the Doldrums and Equator line and racing to the finish in Salvador, Brazil with the South Atlantic trades.
Kent’s performance in the Around Alone race makes him one of the most experienced American singlehanded ocean racers. Taking this next step to pursue the Open 50 FICO-Lacoste World Championship title is the natural progression for this already successful sailor. Open class world champions have traditionally come from the Continent and British Isles – Kent wants to bring this title home to the U.S.
For more information, photography or interviews, contact:
Cheri Kent - Email: cheri.kent@everesthorizontal.com
Everest Horizontal Ocean Racing is actively seeking sponsors to join this ambitious, successful international program. For more information, see www.everesthorizontal.com
For more information on the racing program:
Around Alone 2002-03 - www.aroundalone.com
Rolex Fastnet Race 2003 - www.cowes.co.uk
Saguenay-St. Pierre-Vendée - www.saguenay-saintpierre-vendee.com/
Transat Jacques Vabre - www.jacques-vabre.com
FICO Sailing - www.fico-sailing.org/accueil_uk.htm
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