The Transat Race 2004 Plymouth - Boston - Start 31.05.2004 www.thetransat.com - zur Übersicht 11.03.2004 CONRAD HUMPHREYS ANNOUNCES MOTOROLA AS title SPONSOR OF NEW OCEAN RACING TEAM Motorola Ocean Racing Team to debut at the Transat Classic, Plymouth UK on 31st May. Plymouth, UK 12 March, 2004. Thirty one yr old professional skipper Conrad Humphreys and the O6T ocean racing team today announces Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT), a global leader in wireless, automotive and broadband communications, as their title sponsor. Together, they are forming the Motorola Ocean Racing Team to compete in the international ocean racing circuit for the 2004-5 FICO-Lacoste World Championship title. Conrad Humphreys, Race Skipper, HELLOMOTO, and Managing Director of O6T said, “Motorola has given us a fantastic platform to compete at the highest level in the IMOCA Open 60 class. I am proud to be an ambassador for Motorola and delighted that we are able to build upon our winning partnership. The 2004/5 programme is a big year for all aspiring solo sailors with both the Transat and the Vendeé Globe ahead of us. I know that the effort taken to get to this stage will be surpassed by the mountain still left to climb as we move closer to the start of an incredible year.” “Teamwork, execution, speed and competition are all critical success factors in both the competitive world of ocean racing and the business of global communications,” said Ron Garriques, Senior Vice President and General Manager Motorola Personal Communications Sector, EMEA. "More than ever, we see the need to focus on collaborating with our customers in order to overcome the industry's challenges and win. We need joint solutions, which mean working successfully together in ever-stronger business relationships. The Motorola Ocean Racing Programme provides us a global platform to showcase our brand in an exciting environment and allows us the opportunity to link our customers, partners and employees in a challenging series of races and events.” The Plymouth, UK based Motorola Ocean Racing Team has acquired the 1998 Finot design Open 60 boat previously raced as ‘Team Group 4’ and ‘Ecover’ under British skipper Mike Golding, which is currently undergoing a winter refit in France. The yacht, with her trademark giant deck spreaders, swing keel and rotating wing mast, has already completed a circumnavigation and held podium positions in every transatlantic race. She will be named HELLOMOTO and re-launched in the spring of this year. The 2004-05 FICO-Lacoste World Championship will kick off with The Transat classic, single-handed yacht race (ex-OSTAR), which starts from Plymouth on 31st May 2004, crossing the North Atlantic to arrive in Boston, USA some 14 days later. The index event, the solo, non-stop round-the-world Vendée Globe yacht race starts from Les Sables d’Olonne in the Vendée region of Western France on 7th November 2004. The 2005 programme includes the fully-crewed Calais Round Britain Race, the Rolex Fastnet and two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre race. Conrad Humphreys will be representing Britain amongst a field of top international skippers with the overall goal to win the FICO-Lacoste World Championship. The Motorola Ocean Racing Team is now actively looking for additional partners and sponsors to join the quest for maximum brand exposure, an exciting and effective marketing platform and ultimate success in competitive ocean racing for 2004 and 2005. In 2001 Conrad Humphreys triumphed in world-class yachting as the winning skipper of the BT Global Challenge round-the-world yacht race. A renowned personality throughout his home region in South West England and on the international yachting scene, Conrad has been heralded as ‘a true British winner’ by actor and O6T patron, Jeremy Irons, for displaying the qualities not only of a talented skipper but also of an inspirational leader. Two years ago Conrad established his own management company, O6T, which delivers a range of major PR, relationship building and team & leadership development opportunities to business. In 2003, Motorola backed his own project to race the Open 50 HELLOMOTO to class victory in the two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre race from France to Brazil. 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For more information: www.motorola.com About Conrad Humphreys and O6T Conrad Humphreys, 31, from Devon, is an inspirational team leader and world-class British yachtsman who in 2001 became the youngest ever skipper to win the BT Global Challenge. His company, O6T, delivers a range of major PR, relationship building and team and leadership development opportunities to business. For more information: www.conradhumphreys.com Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE