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Board » Flag Officers » Race proposals » The Velux 5 Oceans, ultimate solo challenge

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2010-10-08 15:30:17 - The Velux 5 Oceans, ultimate solo challenge
The ultimate solo challenge, round the world in 6 legs, Open 60 class.
http://www.velux5oceans.com/#/the-race/race-route/36

I don´t know if this has been a subject of discussion here before, the departure of the first leg La Rochelle-CapeTown is scheduled to 17th of october.

Maybe a bit late to squeeze into the SOL's racecalender, but it would be fun!

Fair Winds!
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2010-10-09 11:58:57 - Re: The Velux 5 Oceans, ultimate solo challenge
Hi Theviking71 - yeppers this particular round the world event had been set up in SOL's calendar as the "Earths Oceans" series but not starting at the same time as, at the time it was set up, the understanding was that not only could SOL not use a copyrighted race-name but also that SOL should not race a mirror-race of whatever name contemporaneously with the IRL race.

It transpired that while copyright can apply to a branded race it cannot extent to start-points/destinations or the oceans themselves.

Then there was demand for SOL to participate in a race similar to the Barcelona Round the World!

SO... a vote was held in the Races Forum - with lots of mentions of this vote in all race chats - and as a consequence, a preference was identified for the New Year starting RTW 2-hander over the Five Oceans.

Thus... SOL will have a couple of its own ocean races after the Cape Town - Buenos Aires between now and December and then will sail Class 40 boats (the majority type sailing IRL)in its Class 40 Global Challenge (the equivalent of the Barcelona RTW).

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2010-10-17 17:25:06 - Re: The Velux 5 Oceans, ultimate solo challenge
Why are we sailing Class 40 when the real race is done in IMOCA60...? (Barecelona World Race)
We need more parallel racing to attract new sailors. And voting..? Why? Just set up races, and try to find as many real races as possible.
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2010-10-17 20:48:04 - Re: The Velux 5 Oceans, ultimate solo challenge
SWE54 - if IMOCA60 is what is required then IMOCA60 it shall be :-) and the SOL race shall be the IMOCA 60 Global Challenge!!

As for the polls? When there are two races where time/course conflicts (ie two long ocean races) then it seems less dictatorial to seek a vote from SOLers.


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2010-10-18 13:57:06 - Re: The Velux 5 Oceans, ultimate solo challenge
You have my vote to do as you please..:)
I also wonder why most races start at 18.00 utc? Wouldn't it be better to start each race at it's "normal real local time"? The Iberian races and the Cape Town started 18.00 utc when they irl probably would start early in the day, sometime 10.00-12.00 local. As we race all around in the world the normal local start time would be the most fair and a more real one.

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