Velux 5 Oceans 2014-15 welcomes SolOceans One Design class

10:41 AM Wed 8 Jun 2011 GMT

'Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (Clipper Ventures) and Yvan Griboval (SailingOne)' Ainhoa Sanchez/Velux 5 Oceans

Velux 5 Oceans 2014-15 will welcome the SolOceans One Design Class alongside the Eco 60 Class on the ninth edition Ultimate Solo Challenge. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, President of Clipper Ventures who organised the velux 5 oceans, confirmed that the ninth edition in 2014-15 will welcome not only the successful Eco 60 Class, which has shown its durability during the 2010-11 race, but will also welcome the SolOceans One Design Class. It will allow sailors, both men and women, to race solo around the world on a level playing field. Thanks to its reasonable and controlled budgets, a good number of ...

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