Eight Days to Go - Report from Team Ellen
The countdown of to the start of the Asian Record Circuit 2006 has started. Just eight days remain until Ellen MacArthur and an international crew of four set off from Yokohama, Japan on Saturday, 25th March to cover around 4505 miles of very new territory [the equivalent of sailing from England to Mexico!]. The objective is to establish a series of crewed record times between key Asian ports [or gates] Japan, South Korea, mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Malaysia to Singapore- it is a first of its kind for a major sailing campaign to take to these waters with the aim of setting benchmark times that can be challenged in the future by other sailors.
The 75ft trimaran was shipped to Asia from Southampton onboard CMA CGM’s container ship the ‘Bizet’ and arrived in Hong Kong 11 days ago where the shore crew quickly re-assembled <
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