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Scuttlebutt News: Shorthanded Racing
Prominent Event Schedule
Last updated July 6, 2010
Open 60 - photo courtesy: Mark Lloyd/DPPI/Estrella Damm |
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 - October / Three months
Frequency - Every 4 years
Next Race - October 11, 2012
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 2013
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 2013
Created - 1993
Synopsis
Event website
VELUX 5 OCEANS
Boats - IMOCA Open 60 (monohull)
Configuration - Solo
Stopping / Non-Stop - Five stops
Start Location - La Rochelle (France)
Finish Location - La Rochelle (France)
Distance - 30,000 miles
Timing / Duration - October / Seven months
Frequency - Every 4 years
Next Race - October 2014
Created - 1982 (as the BOC Challenge)
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 2014
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 2014
Created - 1978
Synopsis
Event website
The Transat
Boats - IMOCA Open 60 and Class 40 (monohull)
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 2012
Created - 1960 (as the OSTAR)
Synopsis
Event website
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