Global Challenge: First Stage Finished

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Global Challenge: First Stage Finished
Global Challenge: First Stage Finished

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Barclays Adventurer

On Sunday morning at 06:30 GMT (03:30 local time), "Pindar" entered Buenos Aires as the penultimate of the twelve yachts. Despite the early hour, she was greeted by a number of crews who had extended their visits to the bars until their arrival.

There is bad news from the Hong Kong-based German Barbarian Sturdy on board the "Spirit of Sark". She suffered from stomach cramps on the first stage and could only eat very little. After consulting the doctors, she decided with a heavy heart to get out. She doesn't want to endanger her own health or get the crew into trouble on the next stages, said BarbarSturdy. As a replacement, a new English crew member comes from the waiting list of the Global Challenge organizers.

Holger Bindel from Thuringia was the first of the four Germans who took part to reach Buenos Aires on board "BP Explorer". The crew crossed the finish line in the early hours of the morning on Friday as the fourth yacht after a very long and tight finale. Only a good two hours later "BG Spirit" followed and another hour later, the "Spirit of Sark" as the sixth yacht with the Westphalian Jürgen Dieris and the Hong Kong resident BarbarSturdy.

One day later, Saturday noon, local time, the "Me To You" crossed the finish line with Birgit Obermüller from Bremerhaven (see also portrait of YACHT 20/04) in tenth place. It took 33 days, 4 hours 30 minutes and 48 seconds for the 6300 nautical miles long stage from Portsmouth / England to Buenos Aires. In Argentina, she was received by her friend Thomas, who had therefore flown to South America.

Since the arrival of the ships, the twelve crews have been hectic in the Marinvon Buenos Aires. Not only the sailors, but also the yachts are marked by the rigors of the first stage. The damage to the spinnaker and headsails turned out to be considerable in some cases. Two sailmakers flown in from FirmHoods Sail UK are busy in Buenos Aires sewing the more than 40 defective sails that were manually patched together on board, naturally with the active support of the crews. Minor and major damage to the rig, deck fittings and below deck are also repaired. The ships are completely cleared out, cleaned and serviced, all fittings, winches and other moving parts are dismantled, cleaned, greased and reassembled by the crews. Furthermore, the food for the next stage has to be bought and stowed away.

On November 28th, the twelve teams will start the 36 to 41-day stage around the notorious Cape Horn, across the Pacific along the Antarctic to Wellington, where they will arrive at the beginning of January. In contrast to the first stage, the spinnakers are almost never used. It is sailed close to the wind for 30 days, in strong winds or even hurricanes with waves up to 15 meters high. The whole thing at temperatures of just over 0 degrees Celsius (felt temperature well below). Due to the unique east-west crossing of the South Pacific, the Global Challenge is also called "The World's Toughest Yacht Race". After all, no other circumnavigation regatt takes this difficult route. (Rainer Seifert)

Result of the first stage from Portsmouth / Great Britain to Buenos Aires / Argentina:

1. "Barclays Adventurer" 2. "VAIO"3. "Samsung"4. "BP Explorer"5. "BG SPIRIT"6. "Spirit of Sark"7. "SAIC LJolla"8. "Team Stelmar"9. "Imagine It. Done"10. "Me To You"11. "Pindar" 12. "Team Save the Children" - still at sea (around 300 nm to the destination)

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