Global Ocean Race's Palma Race Village is unveiled

4:04 PM Sun 28 Aug 2011 GMT

'Race Village - Global Ocean Race 2011-12' Global Ocean Race

Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) is a double-handed, round the world race for Class40 yachts. The race is a total of approximately 30,000 nautical miles.

The Global Ocean Race Village in Palma, Mallorca, was showcased in Palma at a press conference last week. Mike Pidone, Events Co-ordinator and Art Director of the GOR's Race Village, outlined the busy programme of activities and introduced many of the artists who will perform daily in the village during the build-up to the GOR start on Sunday 25 September.

Assisting with the presentation was Tolo Frau, President of GOR's Commercial Division in Palma, and Javier Bonet, General Director of Tourism at Palma Town Hall, with Dami? Vich, Mallorca's General Director of Sports, and Jorge Mart?n and Ricardo Recio representing the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands. Representing GOR sailors, local yachtsman, Hugo Ram?n, and his New Zealand co-skipper, Conrad Colman of the Palma-based entry, Desaf?o Mallorca, were also present.

Frau and his team confirmed that all the events held in the Global Ocean Race Village will be free to the public with the goal of introducing visitors to the sport of ocean racing and promoting young artists from the island, including the talented performers Mark Amengual and Briana Drain amongst other individual artists and groups from Mallorca. The Race Village will have a covered area of approximately 1,000 sqm divided in two areas: one section for events and presentations with a second area designated for official institutions, Village sponsors, the GOR Race Office and the GOR Media Centre. The Global Ocean Race Village is located by the race fleet berthing area at the Muelle de las Golondrinas, in front of the Auditorium on Palma's Harbor Promenade, the Paseo Mar?timo, running alongside the city's main marina and will remain open between the 9-25 September. Tolo Frau also stressed the importance of the GOR as a sporting event with its unique status as the first ocean race to start from Mallorca and as the third round-the-world race that will start from a Spanish port in less than one year. Representing Palma Town Hall, Javier Bonet pointed out that the city's administration, headed by the Mayor, Mateo Isern, believes that events like the GOR combine sport with a very attractive programme, not just for the public of Palma, but also for foreign tourists, extending the season for the local tourism industry.

Local yachtsman, Hugo Ram?n, just back from his mandatory, 2,000 mile GOR qualifier, explained his passion for the race and also commented that the Desafio Mallorca project was hoping to announce its commercial partners very soon.

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by Jaime Darder

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