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Scuttlebutt News: Shorthanded Racing
Prominent Event Schedule
March 2008

The Transat

Open 60 - photo courtesy:
Mark Lloyd/DPPI/Estrella Damm

Boats - IMOCA Open 60 (monohull); ORMA 60ft (multihull)
Configuration - Solo
Stopping / Non-Stop - Non-Stop
Start Location - Plymouth (England)
Finish Location - Boston (U.S.A.)
Distance - 2,800 miles
Timing / Duration - May-June / Two weeks
Frequency - Every 4 years
Next Race - May 2008
Created - 1960 (as the OSTAR)
Synopsis
Event website

Vendee Globe
Boats - IMOCA Open 60 (monohull)
Configuration - Solo
Stopping / Non-Stop - Non-Stop
Start Location - Les Sables d’Olonne (France)
Finish Location - Les Sables d’Olonne (France)
Distance - 24,000 miles
Timing / Duration - November / Three months
Frequency - Every 4 years
Next Race - November 2008
Created - 1989
Synopsis
Event website

Transat 6.5
Boats – Mini 6.5 (monohull; proto and serie)
Configuration - Solo
Stopping / Non-Stop – One stop
Start Location - Fort-Boyard (France)
Stop Location - Funchal (Madera Island - Portugal)
Finish Location - Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)
Distance – 4,200 miles
Timing / Duration - September / Two weeks
Frequency - Every 2 years
Next Race – September 2009
Created - 1977
Synopsis
Event website

Transat Jacques Vabre
Boats - IMOCA Open 60 and Class 40 (monohull); ORMA 60ft and Open 50 (multihull)
Configuration - Two Handed

Class 40 - photo courtesy:
Owen Clarke Design

Stopping / Non-Stop - Non-Stop
Start Location - Le Havre (France)
Finish Location - Bahia (Brazil)
Distance - 4,500 miles
Timing / Duration - November / Two Weeks
Frequency - Every 2 years
Next Race - November 2009
Created - 1993
Synopsis
Event website

Barcelona World Race
Boats - IMOCA Open 60 (monohull)
Configuration - Two Handed
Stopping / Non-Stop - Non-Stop
Start Location - Barcelona (Spain)
Finish Location - Barcelona (Spain)
Distance - 25,000 miles
Timing / Duration - November / Three months
Frequency - Every 4 years
Next Race - November 2010
Created - 2005
Synopsis
Event website

Route Du Rhum
Boats - IMOCA Open 60 and Class 40 (monohull); ORMA 60ft (multihull)
Configuration - Solo
Stopping / Non-Stop - Non-Stop

ORMA 60 - photo courtesy: Thierry Martinez

Start Location - St. Malo (France)
Finish Location - Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadaloupe, French Caribbeans)
Distance - 3,550 miles
Timing / Duration - November / Two weeks
Frequency - Every 4 years
Next Race - November 2010
Created - 1978
Synopsis
Event website

Team One Newport