Transat Jacques Vabre 2003 zur Übersicht - www.jacques-vabre.com - TJV: TOP BRITISH FEMALE SKIPPERS TO START TRANS-ATLANTIC RACE... Absender: "Team Cowes" Datum: 31. Oct 2003 17:48 IN BRIEF: * TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE RACE from Le Havre, France to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil starting this weekend. * STRONG BRITISH CONTINGENT AMONGST THE 38 BOAT FLEET - normally dominated by the French - 38 boats in two-handed race including 60-foot monohulls and multihulls... * RECORD NUMBER OF MIXED TEAMS IN THE RACE - FEMALE SKIPPERS competing on level playing field as co-skippers... A reflection of how women now compete at the very top level of this sport. Photo: Jacques Vapillon/DPPI BRITISH FEMALE SKIPPERS(LtoR): Ellen MacArthur, Samantha Davies, Emma Richards TEAM COWES skippers Samantha Davies and Nick Moloney PINDAR skippers Emma Richards and Mike Sanderson FONCIA skippers Ellen MacArthur and Alain Gautier For more information on Team Cowes visit http://www.teamcowes.com For interview opportunities please contact Lou Newlands at Offshore Challenges on +44 (0)1983 282 797 or lou@offshorechallenges.com For TJV race information go to http://www.jacques-vabre.com TEAM COWES Transat Jacques Vabre campaign is supported by Skandia and Cowes Waterfront Skandia is a leading international long term savings company http://www.skandia.com Cowes Waterfront is a major regeneration initiative on the Isle of Wight that will create jobs, attract investment and bring new facilities to the communities of Cowes, East Cowes and Newport Harbour along the Medina Valley http://www.coweswaterfront.co.uk Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE