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News Dame Ellen MacArthur to Archipelago Raid 2008 Stockholm, May 15 2008 In one monthís time the most extreme orienteering sailing race in the world will be hosting some of the biggest names in sailing, who will be competing against less unknown but talented and persistent teams in the 8th edition of the Archipelago Raid. In Formula 18 catamarans the Raid pushes the teams of two to the edge, both mentally and physically, as they navigate round the 100,000 islands that make up the Swedish, Aland and Finnish Archipelagos. For six days the teams will battle through some of the most challenging and beautiful landscapes in the world, with uncharted rocks and changing weather conditions, stopping only for a brief ëovernightí rest. This yearís edition takes place just before midsummer, when the almost non existent Scandinavian summer nights demands even more of the competitors as one can more or less sail throughout the night. Almost 20 teams from nine nationalities have already signed up. Impressive personalities like Dame Ellen MacArthur belong to the line up. Ellen MacArthur competed in the Archipelago Raid already in 2003 but had to withdraw early in the race after an unfortunate leg injury. After sailing around the world solo non stop in monohull and multihull, (Vendee Globe, Solo Round the World and Jules Verne records) the challenging Archipelago Raid will be Ellen's latest project for the BT Team Ellen sailing team (www.btteamellen.com). She will team up with Greg Homann from Australia. 18 Teams (preliminary list): Berotec - Paul Rosenquist & Sten Hellberg - Swe BT - Ellen MacArthur & Greg Homann - GBR/Aus HH Marin - Thomas Ekefalk & Carl Johan Sˆder - Swe N-Group - Matti Nieminen & Mikko Nieminen - Fin RBSC - Patrick Demesmaeker & Michel Proot - Bel Stelacon - Lars Linder & Karl Petersson ñ Swe Sundsvalls Bygg - Frederik Eckman & Gustav Templeman - Swe SWE 558 - Ola Person & Tomas Westergren - Swe Team Blue 1 - Conrad Humphries & Ryan Crawford - UK Team Thule - Martin Strandberg & Johan ÷rtendahl - Swe ?BIT - Ronny Haals & Jonathan Barck - ?land William Sunnucks & Simon Farren - UK Karin Almquist & Karin Berg - Swe Eric Proust & Romain Motteau - Fra Thommy Sundstrˆm & Markus Lagerqvist - Swe Martin HÂllsten & Malcom Hanes - Swe Vincent Andre & Alessandro Vercio ñ Bel/Ital Olof Berenson & Magnus Wadstein - Swe Date: 2008-05-15 13:57:03 << Back to News |
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Bullerö Bullerö archipelago has around 900 islands, rocks and skerries, and the landscape is typical of both the central and outer archipelago. On Bullerö, the main island, Bruno Liljefors built a hunting lodge that is now an archipelago museum. Artist Bruno...  |
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