9 May 2012
Race leader’s media value figures
released as teams sign-up for the GOR 2013-14
As the four, double-handed Class40s in the Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) prepare for the final leg of the circumnavigation from Charleston to Les Sables d’Olonne, France, entries for the 2013-14 GOR are already confirmed in the event’s three divisions: single-handed; double-handed and fully-crewed.
Furthermore, with just over one month reindexing until the eight skippers complete the 30,000-mile, nine-month circumnavigation, an independent and objective study of the media value for the current race leader, Cessna Citation, supplies a powerful incentive for the eight teams already registered as entries for the GOR 2013-14 and for projects in discussions with sponsors.
While 18 projects have requested entry forms and the Notice of Race for the GOR 2013-14, eight international teams are currently confirmed from the USA, Europe and Australia. In the solo division, leading a strong, fresh trend in American short-handed sailing, Joe Harris and Dave Rearick will be on the start line in 2013. Both skippers are currently based two miles from the GOR fleet’s US head Quarters at the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina as they prepare for the forthcoming Atlantic Cup with Harris and his Akilaria RC2, Gryphon Solo 2, and Rearick with his new BT Boats Kiwi 40FC Bodacious Dream. Returning for a second attempt at a single-handed circumnavigation, serial GOR competitor, Nico Budel from Holland, also plans to enter the solo division of the GOR 2013-14 with his Class40 Sec. Hayai.
In the double-handed division, the Austrian duo of Gottfried Pössel and Christian Kargl announced their Celox Sailing GOR 2013-14 campaign shortly before the fleet left Palma last September and the team are already posting excellent results bagging a second place in the recent Roma per Due Race with their Akilaria RC2, GustBuster, beaten across the finish by a 62-foot mini-maxi.
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