Future events which may qualify participants for membership:
Vendée Globe 2008/09 - this started on 9 November, 2008 from Les Sables d'Olonne, France. It is a non-stop circumnavigation for solo sailors in Open 60 class yachts. It is the sixth such race. As of 16th Feb 09, 6 of the 11 contestants had finished.
Volvo Ocean Race 2008/09 - started at Alicante, Spain on 4 Oct 2008. It is an 11 leg race world-the-around for fully crewed yachts which have been built to the Volvo Open 70 Rule. As of 16th Feb 09, the 5 contestants are on the epic 12,300 Nm Cape Horners qualifying Leg 5 from Quingdao, China to Rio de Janeiro.
Recent events which qualified participants for membership:
The Velux 5 Oceans race for single handers started on 22 Oct 2006 from Bilbao in Spain and finished at the same port in about Apr/May 2007. It was a 3 leg race with stopovers in Fremantle, Australia and Norfolk, Virginia. There were 7 entrants of which 5 finished, one of whom was Sir Robin Knox-Johnson who rounded the Horn for the first time 37 years ago.
The first Barcelona World Race started from Barcelona on 11th November 2007. It was a non-stop east bound race for 60 ft yachts with a crew of 2. Nine yachts started and five completed the race. Voyages lasted between 92 and 108 days.
We would be grateful for notification of any other such events.
