Global Ocean Race Qualifier week 1 for Jenner and Renken

8:38 PM Wed 23 Mar 2011 GMT

'Hannah Jenner (L) and Anna-Maria Renken reach the halfway point of their qualifying sail - Global Ocean Race' H-ANNA-H Racing Ltd Click Here to view large photo

Global Ocean Race's only all girl team, Hannah Jenner Anna-Maria Renken are now approaching the half way point of their qualifying sail. Co-skippers Jenner (30) from Hampshire and Hamburg?s Renken (29) passed the 1,000nm mark of the mandatory 2,000nm qualifier, sailing their Class 40 yacht 40 Degrees from Guadeloupe across the Atlantic to Horta, in the Azores. They are the first team in the race to embark on the qualifying sail. While both sailors have an impressive CV, this is the first time they have sailed together over a long distance. As Jenner commented 'When we slipped lines in Guadeloupe ...

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