Professional Sailors Take on the ARC, for more than just the competition. 20/12/2012
Last year we wrote about how the ARC attracts professional sailors, highlighting two in particular - Volvo Ocean Race skipper of Team Russia and two-time Olympic sailor in the Star class Andreas Hanakamp, and ocean racing legend Magnus Olsson.Unsurprisingly, the boats that they sailed on fared particularly well in 2011 - Andreas was navigator aboard the Class 40 Vaquita, which took it's class in the racing division. Magnus sailed as crew aboard the Baltic 60 Triumph with a crew of amateurs. They won the Invitation Cruising Division, and would have won the Overall Cruising had the big boats been allowed to compete for it (they aren't).Both are back this year, sailing on the same boats.The idea that a family-owned cruising boat can sail (and indeed compete) alongside some of the...
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