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THE BARCELONA WORLD RACE 2014/2015 MEDIA PACK
December 2014
Published by the Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona (FNOB)
Texts: Neus Jordi, Daniel Ferrando and Andi Robertson
Translation: Alice Mclean and Andi Robertson
Photography: archive Barcelona World Race
Cover photography: María Muiña
Concept and design: Andrea Lucio - Estudi 360
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CONTENTS
1. THE RACE
Presentation and organization The course and the race rules History & Records The boat
Life on board
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2. TEAMS
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Skippers statistics
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Cheminées Poujoulat
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GAES Centros Auditivos
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Hugo Boss
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Neutrogena
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One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton 15
Renault Captur
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Spirit of Hungary
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We Are Water
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3. BEYOND SPORT
Scientific program Educational program Other research projects THE GAME, the virtual race
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4. DECEMBER IN BARCELONA
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Spaces which are open to the public 23
Start day
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The agenda for the media
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5. SERVICES FOR THE MEDIA
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Press centre
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Accreditations24
Press boats
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6. HOW TO FOLLOW THE RACE:
MEDIA RESOURCES
Tracking and general information
BWR Photo
BWR TV & Radio
The virtual press centre
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7. CONTACTS
The organizing team
Communication contacts
Press contacts for the teams
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1. THE RACE
Presentation and organization
The Barcelona World Race is the
first and only double-handed (two
crew per boat), non-stop, round the
world regatta. It is a lap of the globe
starting and finishing in Barcelona
(Spain). This is an extreme sporting
challenge and ocean adventure that
puts human limits to the test.
The Barcelona World Race 2014/15 is
the third edition of the regatta. The
first edition was held in 2007/08 and
the second in 2010/11.
The race is part of the IMOCA Ocean
Masters World Championships, with a
coefficient of 8 and categorisation as
an ISAF Major Event.
The start of the race is on the 31st
of December 2014 at 13h00, with the
starting line positioned opposite the W
Barcelona hotel at the city’s port. The
finishes are forecasted for the end of
March 2015.
The boats cover some 23,000 nautical
miles in a circumnavigation from
Barcelona to Barcelona, putting the
capes of Good Hope (South Africa),
Leeuwin (Australia) and Horn (Chile)
to port (their left) and the Antarctic
to starboard (their right). During the
three months of racing the skippers
make their way through 12 climate
zones and cross 3 oceans, as well as
sailing in the Mediterranean Sea.
The crews race on IMOCA 60 yachts,
18 metres in length. Their masts can
reach up to a maximum of 29 metres,
as high as a building with ten floors.
Key figures
8 boats
16 skippers
9 nationalities
23,000 nautical miles
42,600 kilometers
3 months of racing
90-100 days
3 oceans
1 sea
12 climate zones
The pinnacle project
The Barcelona World Race is organised by
the Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona
(FNOB), which was set up in 2005 with
the support of its patrons: Barcelona City
Council, the Exhibition Centre, the Port
Authorities and the Barcelona Chamber of
Commerce.
The main sponsors of the Barcelona World
Race 2014-2015 are Renault, Johnson &
Johnson and Estrella Damm, joined by six
official sponsors, ten collaborators and six
technology suppliers; a total of 25 companies
putting their support behind and actively
collaborating with this event.
The race was developed in response to
the Strategic Plan for Sports for the City
of Barcelona in 2002. It is a magnificent
visibility platform for the FNOB’s numerous
initiatives and projects. The foundation
has been heavily involved in developing
and promoting socioeconomic activities
connected to sport, industry and the key
values of sailing along four key lines: R+D,
Education and Knowledge, Science and
Technology and the Environment.
The FNOB is currently working along
these four key strategic lines in close
collaboration with universities, institutions,
businesses and the citizens. This dynamic
intrasectoral collaboration between different
socioeconomic agents, built around the four
key branches of activity, are underpinned by
the FNOB’s awareness of its responsibility
to wider society and its drive to achieve
sustainable management on all fronts. This
creates projects of value, built on a desire to
generate benefits for the city of Barcelona,
the local area and its people and the sport of
sailing.
Yvan Zedda
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The course and the race rules
The Barcelona World Race course is
from Barcelona to Barcelona, putting
the capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin
and Horn to port and the Antarctic to
starboard.
The regatta is non-stop race round the
world from west to east, with the boats
sailing a theoretical route some 23,000
miles in length over approximately
3 months. This theoretical route is
calculated using the Geat Circle line
or orthodromic distance, which is the
shortest route traced around Earth on
a map. However, in reality the skippers
notch up much longer distances and in
many cases ten per cent longer, with
strategy based on winds and conditions
rather than distance on a map.
Following in the tradition of previous
editions of the regatta, the starting
line will be opposite the W Barcelona
Hotel (Spain). The skippers will then
make their way down to the Strait
of Gibraltar and once through will
enter Atlantic waters and set course
south. The boats will move down past
the Equator to round the Cape of
Good Hope and then into the Indian
Ocean. The competing teams will pass
Antarctica to put the legendary capes
of Leeuwin (Australia) and Horn (Chile)
to port before returning to the Atlantic
and climbing back up north to the
Gibraltar Strait and on to the finishing
line at Barcelona.
In the first and second editions of
the regatta the participants were
instructed to pass through Cook Strait
in New Zealand. For this third edition,
however, the passage through Cook
Strait is not mandatory, with the fleet
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putting the archipelago of New Zealand
to the north.
An important element of the race
course are the ice limits. The Race
Directors will set coordinate limits
for the boats at certain points, due to
the threat of floating ice in the South
Indian and Pacific Oceans. Coordinates
will be given just days ahead of the
start.
The race rules
External assistance is permitted, although
there are strict penalty regulations. The
regulations for technical stops are:
• The Barcelona World Race 2014/15
permits a maximum of three technical
stops.
• A ‘technical stop’ is any stop during the
race to carry out technical repairs with
external assistance to enable the crew to
complete the regatta.
• The technical stop begins when the boat
is moored at a port or an anchoring spot.
If the boat anchors at sea, with no external
assistance, this is not considered a
technical stop.
• The total number of days for a stop
(or the total of all three stops) must not
exceed eight days.
• When a technical stop is made, the boat
must stay at the port, or the location
where assistance is being received for a
minimum of 24 hours before restarting
the race. That rule is applicable to any
stopping point on the course.
• A return to Barcelona after the start is
not penalised, but the yacht must restart
the race within eight days.
The trophies for ocean records
6 trophies for established ocean records on the
race course. Each trophy will be awarded to
the fastest boat on the course from one point
to another.
• The Barcelona-Equator Trophy, between the
starting line in Barcelona and Equator
• The Trophy of the North-South Atlantic,
between the Equator and the Cape of Good
Hope (20º00‘00’‘E)
• The Indian Ocean Trophy between the Cape
of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin (115º08‘11’‘E)
• The Pacific Ocean Trophy between Cape
Leeuwin and Cape Horn (67º17’21‘’W)
• The South-North Atlantic Trophy, between
Cape Horn and the Equator
• The Equator to Barcelona Trophy, between
the Equator and the finish line in Barcelona
Rankings and prizes
Boats are ranked in order of finishing in real
time.
14 Renault vehicles as prizes for the first five in
the Barcelona World Race:
1st crew: 2 Renault Espace and 2 ZOE
2nd crew: 2 Renault ZOE and 2 Kangoo
3rd crew: 2 Renault ZOE
4th crew: 2 Renault ZOE
5th crew: 2 Renault Twizy
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History & Records
Now into its third edition, the
Barcelona World Race is a wellestablished regatta which has
consistently pushed the bar up with
every edition; a landmark achievement
in times of world economic crisis. The
regatta is also the global benchmark
for double-handed ocean sailing, its
success backed up by a truly impressive
list of entries that has grown with every
edition and a huge and ever-increasing
following.
1st edition: 2007/08
• The start was given at 1300hrs (local
time GMT + 1) on November 11, 2007.
• Participation of 9 boats and 18
skippers from 7 countries: France (9),
Spain (4 ), England (1), Australia (1) USA
(1), Ireland (1), Switzerland (1).
• Opening of the Race Village from
November 1 to November 11, 2007.
• 500,000 visitors to the village and
650 boats on the water to see the
departure of the IMOCA 60 fleet.
Ranking
Boat
Crew
Finish
Time
1 Paprec
Jean-Pierre Dick
(FRA) & Damian
Foxall (IRL)
11th
February
at 21:49:00
92 days, 09 hours, 49 minutes, 49 secs.
2 Hugo Boss
Alex Thomson
(GBR) & Andrew
Cape (AUS)
14th
February
at 06:34:57
94 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes,
57 secs. (2 days, 8 hours, 45 minutes,
08 seconds from leader)
3 Temenos II
Dominique
Wavre (SUI) &
Michèle Paret
(FRA)
17th
February
at 19:09:00
98 days, 06 hours, 09 minutes,
10 secs. (5 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes,
21 seconds from leader)
4 Mutua
Javier Sansó
(ESP) & Pachi
Rivero (ESP)
19th
February
at 01:18:40
99 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes,
40 secs. (7 days, 03 hours, 28 minutes,
51 seconds from leader)
5 Educación
Albert Bargués
(ESP) & Servane
Escoffier (FRA)
28th
February
at 07:55:02
108 days, 18 hours, 55 minutes,
02 seconds. (16 days, 10 hours,
05 minutes, 13 seconds from leader)
Virbac 2
Madrileña
Sin
Fronteras
Retired
Estrella Damm. Guillermo Altadill (ESP) & Jonathan McKee (USA). Withdrew due to rudder damage.
PRB. Vincent Riou (FRA) & Sébastien Josse (FRA). Withdrew due to a broken mast.
Delta Dore. Jérémie Beyou (FRA) & Sydney Gavignet (FRA). Withdrew due to a broken mast.
Veolia Environnement. Roland Jourdain (FRA) & Jean-Luc Nélias (FRA). Withdrew due to a broken mast.
1st edition milestones
Maximum distance in 24 hours
Hugo Boss - Alex Thomson and Andrew Cape
• 501.3 nautical miles
• 20.9 knot average
• Between the 6th and 7th of December 2007
• WSSRC World Record for 60 foot monohull (record beaten by Dick and Peyron in the second edition at 506.35 nautical miles and a 21.1 knot average)
Maximum distance in four hours
Paprec-Virbac 2 - Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall
• 110 nautical miles
• On the 7th of December 2007
Top instant speed
Temenos II - Dominique Wavre and Michèle Paret
• 27.4 knots
• On the 14th of January 2008
Thierry Martinez
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Rankings speed trophies
2nd edition: 2010/11
• Start December 31, 2010.
• Participation of 14 boats and 28 skippers
from eight countries: Spain (12), France
(10), Germany (1) USA (1), Netherlands
(1), New Zealand (1), Great Britain (1) and
Switzerland (1).
• This edition features the cream of the
crop of short handed ocean racing, such as
Jean-Pierre Dick, winner of the previous
edition, and Michel Desjoyeaux, the only
one to have twice won the Vendée Globe.
Boat
• The French skipper Jean-Pierre Dick
wrote his name large in the history of
the race by returning to defend his title
as winner of the first edition, this time
alongside Loick Peyron, and on a new boat,
Virbac-Paprec 3.
• The second edition proved the most
successful in the history of the Iberian
sailing with two boats on the podium
(MAPFRE, 2nd, and Renault ZE, 3rd) and a
third in fourth place (Estrella Damm).
• North to South Mediterranean Trophy:
Barcelona – Gibraltar: 538 nautical miles
Virbac-Paprec 3 (3d 7h 55m)
• North to South Atlantic Trophy:
Gibraltar – Cape of Good Hope: 6,023
nautical miles
Virbac-Paprec 3 (23d 5h 40m)
• Indian Ocean Trophy: Cape of Good
Hope – Cook Strait: 6,599 nautical miles
Virbac-Paprec 3 (20d 7h 10m)
• Pacific Trophy: Cook Strait – Cape
Horn: 4,720 nautical miles
MAPFRE (12d 08h 20m)
Crew
Finish
Time
1 Virbac-
Jean-Pierre Dick
(FRA) & Loïck
Peyron (FRA)
4th of April
2011
at 10:20:36
93 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes, 36
seconds
• South to North Atlantic Trophy: Cape
Horn – Gibraltar: 6,391 nautical miles
Estrella Damm (27d 11h 55m)
2 MAPFRE
Iker Martínez
(ESP) & Xabier
Fernández (ESP)
5th April
2011
at 09:17:35
94 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes, 35
seconds
• South to North Mediterranean Trophy:
Gibraltar – Barcelona: 538 nautical miles
Neutrogena (2d 21h 13m)
3 Renault
Pachi Rivero (ESP) 8th April
& Antonio Piris
2011
(ESP)
at 06:47:36
97 days, 18 hours, 47 minutes, 36
seconds
4 Estrella
Alex Pella (ESP) & 8th April
Pepe Ribes (ESP)
2011
at 08:45:59
98 days, 20 hours, 45 minutes
5 Neutro-
Boris Herrmann
(GER) & Ryan
Breymaier (USA)
10th April
2011
at 15:13:25
100 days, 03 hours, 13 minutes
6 GAES
Dee Caffari (GBR)
& Anna Corbella
(ESP)
13th April
2011
at 07:17:18
102 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes
7 Hugo Boss
Vouter Werbraak
(NED) & Andy
Meiklejohn (NZL)
21st April
2011
at 22:49:23
111 days, 10 hours, 49 minutes
8 Fòrum
Gerard Marín
(ESP) & Ludovic
Aglaor (FRA)
22nd April
2011
at 19:17:24
112 days, 07 hours, 17 minutes
9 We Are
Jaume Mumbrú
(ESP) & Cali
Sanmartí (ESP)
12 May 2011
at 18:58:32
132 days, 04 hours, 58 minutes
Paprec 3
Z.E.
Damm
gena
Centros
Auditivos
Marítim
Català
Water
The records
• Fastest Barcelona World Race:
92 days, 9 hours, 49 minutes and 49
seconds by the French Jean-Pierre
Dick and Damian Foxall Irishman
aboard Paprec Virbac 2 in the first
edition. The second edition lasted
one day and 13 hours longer.
2nd edition milestones
Distance for a 24 hour run
Virbac-Paprec 3 – Jean-Pierre Dick and
Loïck Peyron
• 506.35 nautical miles
• 21.1 knot average
• Between 11:00 on the 21/01/2011 and
11:00 on the 22/01/2011
• From 39º15.79’ S / 18º 16.63’ W to 36º
43.51’ S / 28º 29.83’ W
• Ratified by the World Speed Sailing
Records Council (WSSRC) as the greatest
distance covered in a 24 hour run by a 60
foot monohull. Dick and Peyron officially
top the record set by Thomson and Cape
during the Barcelona World Race 2007/08
(501.3 miles at a 20.9 knot average)
Maximum average speed for 30 minute
period
Mirabaud - Dominique Wavre and
Michèle Paret
• 22.9 knots
• On the 07/02/2011, between 17:30
and 18:00
• The record for the distance
covered in 24 hours: 506.35
nautical miles covered with the
average of 21.1 knots during the
2010/11 edition, by Jean-Pierre
Dick and Loick Peyron on VirbacPaprec 3.
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Retired
Président. Jean Le Cam (FRA) & Bruno García (ESP). Withdrew due to a broken mast.
Foncia. Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) & François Gabart (FRA). Withdrew due to a broken topmast.
Groupe Bel. Kito de Pavant (FRA) & Sébastien Audigane (FRA). Withdrew due to keel damage.
Mirabaud. Dominique Wavre (SUI) & Michèle Paret (FRA). Withdrew due to a broken mast.
Central Lechera Asturiana. Juan Merediz (ESP) & Fran Palacio (ESP). Withdrew due to structural damage to the hull.
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The boat
The Barcelona World Race is raced
on IMOCA 60 yachts, specially design
for solo and double-handed ocean
sailing.
The boat was born in 1986 and
has been in constant evolution
since. It is now one of the fastest
monohulls in existence. It is built
in composite materials, so as to be
as light as possible, with significant
speed gains, and tough enough to
withstand the gruelling conditions
taken on in a round the world
regatta.
The IMOCA 60 is an ‘open class’.
That means that designers enjoy a
level of freedom with the design,
but within certain parameters, a
set of maximum measurements
stipulated for the IMOCA 60 Class,
which are: 60 feet (18.29 metres)
length, 4.5 metre draught and a
maximum mast height of 29 metres
above the waterline.
These are veritable giants of the
sea: as long as a three-axle lorry,
as high as a three-storey building.
The yachts’ sail area in fair winds
is bigger than three tennis courts.
However, the interiors of these
yachts are anything but spacious:
just ten metres squared for two
people to live in for three months
during the Barcelona World Race.
The hull shape and rigging features
are designed for ocean sailing. They
take into account the average wind
direction and swell encountered in a
west-east round the world regatta.
With preferred conditions being fair
winds, the IMOCA 60s have hulls
with smooth lines, for gliding over
the waves, allowing the boats to hit
peak speeds of around 25 knots.
IMOCA 60 data sheet
Length: 18.28 m.
Width: 5.85 m.
Draught: 4.50 m.
Displacement: 8,000 to 9,000 lb
Mast height: 29 m.
Sail Area upwind: 240 - 330 m2
Sail Area downwind: 460-620 m2
Number of sails onboard: 10
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Life on board
Sailing over 23,000 nautical miles is in
itself a challenge. Doublehanded, the
challenge becomes even greater. On
board a boat 18 metres long, there is
no escape. You share happy moments,
but also have to endure stressful times
together. You have to learn to manage
your emotions and deal not only with
your ups and downs but also those of the
other crew member.
You have to do this in an environment
where there is no room for home
comforts. On board an IMOCA 60, sailors
have to be completely self-sufficient.
They have only freeze-dried food, a
bunk bed to sleep on, and a few changes
of clothes for a three-month, non-stop
sailing trip. They are totally dependent
on themselves and their vessel, on a
“Comfort” on board
journey that takes them to the most
inhospitable reaches of the Earth.
Moreover, they have to deal with the
harshest conditions nature can throw
at them. From the notorious equatorial
doldrums and the suffocating heat of
the tropics, to the intense cold and
dangers of the icy regions. In the Great
South, you come across one squall after
another, terrifying rogue waves pose
a constant threat to boats and crews,
and the damp seeps right through to
your bones. These exhausting conditions
mean that your body and mind never
have time to rest. The Barcelona World
Race is one of the greatest tests of
physical and psychological endurance in
the world.
If that were not enough, this is a race, a
competition in which everyone is out to
win. They push their boats to the very
limit, trying to go as fast as possible
at all times. The IMOCA 60 is a hightech racing yacht, designed to sail at
top speed. And being a doublehanded
challenge, the pace is more intense
than ever. Three months of non-stop
extreme sailing. This is why taking part
in the Barcelona World Race is a unique
sporting, human and technological
achievement.
Two crew members, nonstop, pushing
all the boundaries under extreme
conditions. This is what is so appealing
about the Barcelona World Race and
why it attracts the best sailors in the
world, race specialists used to sailing
solo or with a crew.
Renault Z.E.
Alone and accompanied
The Barcelona World Race has
one characteristic that makes
it unique among all round-theworld ocean races: it is doublehanded. Despite this, for most
of the time, the sailors live and
sail as if they were in a singlehanded race: one works whilst
the other rests. The difference
between double-handed and
singlehanded races is that in
the former the two team-mates
know they can rely on one
another when necessary.
Participants spend three months on an
IMOCA 60, with a cabin no larger than
10 square metres. The rest of the boat
is structural and devoted to the sails
and equipment. The entire interior of
the unit is conditioned by weight. A gas
stove, a small sink, and two bunk beds
are the only facilities it offers. When it
comes to sleeping, the skippers generally
do not use the bunks at the same time,
but instead take turns in sharing the
same bed depending on the boat’s weight
requirements and length. A taut canvas
strip and a sleeping bag, sometimes with
clothes inside to keep it warm, is where
they have to lay their head for 90 days.
Living inside a washing machine
With the boat travelling at speeds of
over 20 knots, the noise in the cabin is
deafening. The heeling, pitching and
shaking of the boat due to the hull being
battered by the waves make the simplest
of routines, such as preparing a hot drink
or getting dressed, a complicated task.
Outside, in the cockpit, although
the skippers are protected by a rigid
awning, life is no more comfortable.
Wearing their waterproof gear, they are
nearly always alone except when they
need their companion to help with a
manoeuvre. They have to put up with
continuous shifts, extreme heat and
cold… Whilst inside the boat is just like
living inside a washing machine, outside
is the total opposite of a quiet balcony
with a nice view.
All about life on board in the official
magazine of the Barcelona World Race,
«The greatest double-handed ocean
challenge», available in print or online, in
the Multimedia> Publications section.
The greatest
double-handed
ocean challenge
Barcelona World Race
2014 /2015
The greatest double-handed ocean challenge
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SKIPPERS STATISTICS
16 skippers
9 nationalities
Number of participants
per country
Spain: 8
France: 2
Great Britain: 1
Germany: 1
Switzerland: 1
Hungary: 1
New Zealand - USA: 1
Chile: 1
Estrella Damm
Age profile of
participants
Under 30: From 30 to 39 years: 5
From 40 to 49 years: 7
Over 50 years: 4
Racing or record
circumnavigations made
by the 16 participants
26 world tours
14 attempts
Record of round the world races
Guillermo Altadill: 6 completed and 3 attempts
Pepe Ribes: 5 completed
Alex Thomson: 3 completed and 3 attempts
Bernard Stamm: 3 completed and 2 attempts
Jean Le Cam: 2 completed and 3 attempts
Nandor Fa: 2 completed and 1 attempt
Sébastien Audigane: 1 completed and 1 attempt
Anna Corbella: 1 completed
Gerard Marín: 1 completed
José Muñoz: 1 completed
Conrad Colman: 1 completed
Bruno Garcia: 1 attempt
The Barcelona World Race 2014/2015 will be their
first round the world race
Aleix Gelabert (One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton)
Didac Costa (One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton)
Bruno Garcia (We Are Water)
Willy Garcia (We Are Water)
Have already participated in the Barcelona World Race
Alex Thomson, 2007/2008, 2nd on board Hugo Boss
Anna Corbella, 2010/2011, 6th aboard GAES Centros Auditivos
Gerard Marín, 2010/2011, 8th aboard Fòrum Marítim Català
Jean Le Cam, 2010/2011, abandoned with Président
Bruno Garcia, 2010/2011, abandoned with Président
Séb Audigane, 2010/2011, abandoned on board Groupe Bel
2. TEAMS
Cheminées
Poujoulat
Swiss Bernard Stamm and Frenchman
Jean Le Cam together form one of
the most experienced crews in the
Barcelona World Race 2014/15. This
is the first time that these two ocean
sailing heavyweights sail together.
They collectively notch up no less
than six editions of the Vendée Globe,
nine circumnavigations and sixty
transatlantic crossings between them.
The boat
Quimper (France), 55 years old
He trained alongside the great Eric
Tabarly and is known as King Jean
thanks to his success. He came in
second and fifth in the Vendée Globe
in 2004 and 2012 respectively. He
has three victories in the Solitaire du
Figaro and one in the Transat AG2R.
In 1982, he beat the Atlantic record.
He withdrew from the Barcelona
World Race 2010/11.
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Bernard
Stamm
Mireia Perelló
Jean Le Cam
Geneva (Switzerland), 51 years old
IMOCA world champion in 2003 and
2007. In 2002 and 2006 he won two
single-handed, non-stop, round-theworld races. He has taken part in
three Vendée Globe races and broke
the round-the-world record in 2005
and the Atlantic record on a monohull
with crew from west to east in 2001.
Thierry Martinez
After losing his IMOCA 60 to a
storm on Christmas Eve in 2013,
Bernard Stamm signed a hire with
option to purchase deal for Jörg
Riechers’ former boat, which
had been sailing as Mare. This
is a yacht from the Farr studio,
launched in 2007, taken by Michel
Desjoyeaux to Vendée Globe victory in 2008/09 and later sailed
to second place in the Barcelona
World Race 2010/11 by Iker Martínez and Xabi Fernández. It later
took the Vendée Globe 2012/13
start with Jérémie Beyou. The
boat has been refitted a number
of times to ensure it is up to date
with the class rules. Bernard and
Jean have also made some changes of their own.
Mireia Perelló
This is Bernard Stamm’s first ever
entry in the double-handed round the
world challenge, whilst Jean makes his
return following a retirement during
the previous edition of the regatta
following a broken mast on Président
with co-skipper Bruno García whilst
sailing in the area around Cape Verde.
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2. TEAMS
The boat
GAES Centros
Auditivos
GAES Centros Auditivos is the former SynerCiel
skippered by Jean Le Cam, that finished the Vendée
Globe 2012/13 in fifth place. Before that, as Renault
Z.E., the yacht was sailed to third place in the Barcelona World Race 2010/11 by Pachi Rivero and Toño
Piris. This yacht’s first round the world challenge
was the Vendée Globe 2008/09 as Gitana Eighty with
Loïck Peyron at the helm. Therefore GAES Centros
Auditivos really has been performance-tested and
was prepared for this edition of the regatta at the
FNOB’s Ocean Sailing Base in Barcelona.
Spaniards Anna Corbella and Gerard
Marín, on GAES Centros Auditivos,
are one of the youngest crews in the
regatta, however this is not their first
Barcelona World Race entry.
GAES Centros Auditivos was the first
boat to sign up for the regatta back
in December 2012, so the team have
enjoyed a lot of time to prepare. The
pair also began sailing together in the
Figaro Class as soon as the last edition
of the Barcelona World Race finished,
where they raced on different boats.
Barcelona (Spain), 38 years old
A qualified vet, she is the first and
only Spanish woman to sail non-stop
around the world and also the first
woman to sail around the world in
an all-women’s double-handed team
in the last edition, with Dee Caffari.
She was the first woman in the MiniTransat in 2009.
L’Escala (Spain), 32 years old
World champion in 2012, as well
as coming in second in the World
Championships in the Europe class in
both 2002 and 2011. He was fourth
in the Mini-Transat in 2007 on series
boats and 21st in the 2009 in the
prototype class. In the 2010-2011
edition of the Barcelona World Race
along with his teammate, Ludovic
Aglaor, he finished eighth.
Mireia Perelló
Gerard Marín
Mireia Perelló
Anna Corbella
GAES Centros Auditivos
2. TEAMS
The boat
Hugo Boss
The Hugo Boss Alex Thomson and Pepe Ribes
are taking to the Barcelona World Race 2014/15
is the former Virbac Paprec 3, winner of the
previous edition of the race and a boat which
stands out from the rest in terms of technical
innovation. With Jean-Pierre Dick at the helm
the boat finished in fourth place in the Vendée
Globe 2012/13, despite sailing without a keel
for 2,650 miles. Alex Thomson Racing purchased
the boat and carried out a comprehensive refit,
which included fitting a brand new keel. The
IMOCA 60 was back on the water in April 2014 but
en route to America for its first race, the IMOCA
Ocean Masters New York to Barcelona Race, the
yacht dismasted. However, following repairs the
new Hugo Boss sealed a victory in the event, her
first, with Pepe Ribes and Ryan Breymaier (in
place of Alex, whose second child was due to be
born) on board.
Hugo Boss is a Barcelona World Race
classic; the only team to take part in all
three editions of the double-handed,
non-stop, round the world challenge.
However, the team’s key skipper, Alex
Thomson, was unable to take the start
of the last edition of the race himself, at
the last minute, due to appendicitis.
Alex is entering this Barcelona World
Race in the wake of a brilliant third place
finish in the Vendée Globe 2012/13. The
British sailor, who was the youngest ever
winner of the round the world Clipper
Race at 25 years old, took to the podium
of the Barcelona World Race 2007/08
alongside Andrew Cape. He has also
achieved a number of sailing records.
This time his partner for the oceanic
adventure is Spaniard Pepe Ribes, one of
Spain’s most experienced offshore sailors.
The sailor from Alicante has taken part in
four Volvo Ocean Races and finished the
Barcelona World Race 2010/11 in fourth
place on Estrella Damm with Alex Pella.
He also holds the New York-Barcelona
Transoceanic Sailing Record with Alex
Pella and Stan Schreyer.
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Hugo Boss / Alex Thomson Racing
Bangor (Great Britain), 40 years old
Winner of the around-the-world
Clipper Race in 1998, second in
the 2007 Barcelona World Race, in
which he beat the record for the
distance covered in 24 hours, and
third in the Vendée Globe 2012.
He was unable to take part in the
last edition of the Barcelona World
Race after being taken ill with
appendicitis. He holds the 2012 solo
Transatlantic sailing record.
Benissa (Spain), 43 years old
Winner of the Ocean Masters New
York-Barcelona 2014 race, he has
taken part in four Volvo Ocean Races.
He was fourth in the Barcelona World
Race in 2010 and holds the record
for the New YorkBarcelona Race,
which he achieved in 2010, and for
the Ruta del Descubrimiento. He has
taken part in the America’s Cup three
times.
Hugo Boss / Alex Thomson Racing
Pepe Ribes
Alex Thomson
Hugo Boss
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2. TEAMS
Neutrogena
Seasoned ocean sailor Guillermo Altadill
is back in action for the Barcelona
World Race for his tenth round the
world regatta. Joining him is Chile’s
José Muñoz, South America’s first ever
IMOCA Class competitor. The duo will
be racing on Neutrogena.
The boat
Built in 2007, Neutrogena is a solid vessel that has demonstrated its impressive potential on many occasions. Above all, this is a boat Guillermo knows well. The Spaniard took the yacht to the start of the first edition of the Barcelona World Race as Estrella Damm, although
the crew were forced to abandon the race in South Africa due to rudder issues. The boat then took on the Vendée Globe 2008/09 as BT
with Sébastien Josse at the helm. It later became Roland Jourdain’s Veolia Environnement, winning the 2010 Route du Rhum. A year later,
the boat donned the colours of Hugo Boss and Guillermo Altadill stepped back on board, joining Alex Thomson for the Transat Jacques
Vabre 2011, finishing in second place. The Briton also logged a west-east transatlantic record with this IMOCA 60 and third place in the
Vendée Globe 2012/13. Guillermo has been training with what was his former yacht since 2013.
Altadill is back in battle for the only
round the world regatta to elude him
so far. It is also the most precious to
this Spanish sailor; departing from
and finishing at his home port: the
Barcelona World Race. In the first
edition of the competition in 2007/08
he and crew mate Jonathan McKee
were forced to withdraw at Cape Town,
following a series of issues with their
yacht and in 2010/11 his Barcelona
World Race project didn’t quite take
off.
Barcelona (Spain), 52 years old
Altadill is the Spaniard who has
clocked up the highest number of
round-the-world trips: six. He holds
two round-the-world records and
two 24-hour sailing speed records.
He has been an Olympic trainer on
five occasions, has participated in
the America’s Cup and has won the
Sydney Hobart twice.
Algarrobo (Chile), 42 years old
Muñoz is the Chilean sailor with the
most experience in ocean races.
He finished second in the doublehanded round-the-world Portimão
Global Ocean Race (Open 40 class)
in 2008 and has participated in
the Fastnet twice. He is the first
Chilean to take part in races in the
IMOCA class.
Roberto Castelli
José
Muñoz
Roberto Castelli
Guillermo
Altadill
Andrés Soriano / Neutrogena
2. TEAMS
The boat
One Planet,
One Ocean &
Pharmaton
The crew will be racing on the former Kingfisher, the boat Ellen MacArthur famously
smashed the Atlantic record from Plymouth
to Newport with in 2000, taking second
place in the Vendée Globe 2000/01 and
later a Route du Rhum victory in 2002. It
then became Educación Sin Fronteras with
Albert Bargués and Servane Escoffier making
their first non-stop, circumnavigation of the
planet in the Barcelona World Race 2007/08.
In the second edition of the double-handed,
round the world challenge Gerard Marín and
Ludovic Aglaor raced the yacht re-christened
as Fòrum Marítim Català.
One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton is
therefore one of the IMOCA 60 fleet with the
highest mileage and number of circumnavigations under its belt. This is a solid and
reliable yacht that has recently undergone
a thorough inspection at the FNOB Ocean
Sailing Base, with special attention paid to
the keel and appendages, the steering and
the electronic on-board systems.
Also, that challenge extends beyond
the ocean adventure itself as they
are collaborating on numerous
oceanographic research projects
as they sail round the world. These
form part of the agreement set out
between the FNOB and the UNESCO
Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission (UNESCO-IOC), whose
motto is “One Planet, One Ocean”.
The boat and crew are acting as a
platform for raising environmental
awareness; unique witnesses of global
climate change on the world’s oceans.
Aleix Gelabert
Barcelona (Spain), 34 years old
Earning his living as a firefighter, he
was the best Spaniard in the 2011
Mini-Transat in the series category.
Like his teammate he trained in the
Mini class and this is the first time
he is competing in the Barcelona
World Race and his first round-theworld voyage.
Blanes (Spain), 37 years old
An architect by profession, this is
the first time he is competing in the
Barcelona World Race and as well as
being his first round-the-world trip.
Trained in the Mini class, he was
the first Spaniard to compete in the
2011 Mini-Transat in the prototype
category.
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Mireia Perelló
Didac Costa
Mireia Perelló
Mireia Perelló
The One Planet, One Ocean &
Pharmaton crew are Spaniards Aleix
Gelabert and Didac Costa. Progressing
from the Mini Class, for both skippers
the double-handed, round the world
event is a great professional and
personal challenge.
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2. TEAMS
Renault
Captur
German skipper Jörg Riechers made
his entry official when he signed up
for the Barcelona World Race 2014/15
in January 2013. This will his first
round the world regatta. Jörg has
come up through the Mini and Figaro
Classes. He was the first German to
win a Transatlantic race and the Class
Mini and Class 40 Circuits, becoming
one of the few sailors to break into
the French-British dominance in solo
offshore sailing.
The boat
Hamburg (Germany), 46 years old
The Barcelona World Race will
be his second major race in the
IMOCA class, after competing in the
Fastnet in 2014. He won the Route
du Chocolat in 2012 in the Open 40
class, and was second in the Transat
Quebec-St Malo and third in the
Transat Jacques Vabre in 2013, in all
cases double-handed. Single-handed
he was sixth in the Route du Rhum
in 2010 in Open 40.
Sébastien
Audigane
Mireia Perelló
Jörg Riechers
Brest (France), 46 years old
He has participated in several
records: round-the-world, New
York-San Francisco, 24-Hour Sailing
Speed and North Atlantic. He was
forced to withdraw from the 2010
edition of the Barcelona World
Race after Groupe Bel suffered keel
damage.
Guilian Grenier
Renault Captur is a Finot-Conq
design launched in July 2007 that
Armel Le Cléac’h took to second
place in the Vendée Globe 2008/09
in 89 days and 9 hours. Le Cléac’h
was also in the driving seat for
the yacht’s second place Route du
Rhum finish in 2010.
The boat underwent a refit in July
this year. Over the past few weeks
the rigging and appendages have
been inspected and work has also
been done on the electronics and
mast. For this preparation, the
team has had an outstanding technical advisor: Bertrand de Broc, the
last skipper to compete aboard this
IMOCA 60.
Mireia Perelló
Jörg is joining forces with Sébastien
Audigane, who took part in the previous
edition of the regatta on Groupe Bel
with Kito de Pavant, although the pair
suffered keel damage at Cape Horn
(Chile) and were forced to withdraw
from the event. Sébastien is one of the
most famous ocean record experts.
2. TEAMS
Spirit of
Hungary
At 61 years old, Nandor Fa is something
of a legend in his native Hungary. He
became the first Hungarian sailor to
circumnavigate the globe solo (BOC
Challenge 1990), and he did it with a
boat he had built himself. Two years
later he became the first non-French
sailor to finish the Vendée Globe. In the
1996 edition, boat damage hounded
the skipper and following three stops
for repairs, a collision with a cargo ship
forced him to abandon the race. That’s
when Fa also stepped back from offshore
racing... until now. After 17 years devoted
to his family and his business, building
marinas in Hungary, Austria and Croatia,
Nandor Fa has chosen the Barcelona
World Race for his bid to complete a third
round the world competition, with a boat
he has also designed himself.
The boat
Spirit of Hungary is the
fourth IMOCA 60 designed
and built by Nandor Fa.
Launched in 2014, the boat
is the first model to be
built according to the new
class rules. The hull, which
is carbon fibre, was built
at the Pauger shipyard
(well-known for RC44s)
and Nandor himself undertook some of the work.
Following a return to the
shipyard due to technical
issues, that also prevented the crew from taking
part in the IMOCA Ocean
Masters New York-Barcelona Race last summer,
the Barcelona World Race
will be the first great test
for Nandor and Conrad’s
yacht.
Conrad Colman, who holds US and NZ
passports and lives in France, won four of
the five legs en route to overall victory in
the 2011-2012 Global Ocean Race around
the world. Since that success he has been
looking to find funding to launch his own
IMOCA 60 campaign.
Spirit of Hungary is the most international
team in this Barcelona World Race.
Andrea Berkes / Gibraltar Sailing School
Conrad
Colman
Székesfehérvár (Hungary), 61 years old
With three round-the-world trips
under his belt, Nandor Fa is
something of a legend in Hungary.
He has completed two solo roundthe-world races, the first in stages
in 1990-91, and then the 1992-93
Vendée Globe. He is returning to
regatta sailing in an IMOCA 60 after
17 years without competing.
Auckland (New Zealand), 31 years old
An entrepreneur and athlete, he has
a great deal experience in both solo
and double-handed ocean sailing. He
took part in the Mini Transat in 2009
and in a Class 40 boat in the Route
du Rhum in 2010. In 2012 he won the
double-handed Global Ocean Race
and in 2013 was second in a Class 40
boat in the Atlantic Cup.
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Mireia Perelló
Nandor
Fa
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2. TEAMS
The Barcelona brothers Bruno and Willy
Garcia were the last to sign up for the
Barcelona World Race 2014/2015. The
Spanish pair make their first attempt at
sailing around the world as a duo, non
stop and without assistance.
Although they are very experienced
sailors, strictly speaking they are
amateurs with full time, demanding
careers away from sailing. Bruno is an
eminent cardiologist, and Willy has a
business in the jewellery sector, but for
many, many years they have shared the
same dream, to race around the world
together by boat.
Bruno, the eldest, already knows a
little of what it is to take part in the
Barcelona World Race. He sailed part
of the 2010/2011 edition at the side of
Jean Le Cam. But they were forced to
abandon into the Cape Verde islands.
The two brothers have a strong
background in ocean and offshore
races, sailing solo and together on
the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
Both sailed the Mini Transat and
sailed extensively in the Figaro class,
including the AG2R together.
Their sponsor, We Are Water, returns
to the race again after also being team
sponsor in 2010-11.
Their IMOCA 60 won the 2007-08
Barcelona World Race as PaprecVirbac 2 in the hands of Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall. It is a
Farr design which was built in New
Zealand by Southern Ocean Marine, launched in February 2007.
Then in the 2010-11 Barcelona
World Race it was sailed to fourth
place as Estrella Damm by Alex
Pella and Pepe Ribes.
Willy Garcia
Barcelona (Spain), 47 years old
Bruno García has two passions:
medicine and sailing. The first is
his profession – he is a cardiologist
– and the second, his hobby. After
breaking his mast in the last edition
of the Barcelona World Race, he
is once again attempting to fulfil
his life’s dream, to sail around the
world. And he is doing this with
his great companion on ocean
crossings, his brother Willy.
Barcelona (Spain), 42 years old
This jeweller from Barcelona has
sailed across the Atlantic five
times already. He came in fifth
in the MiniTransat 2003, and also
competed in the 1994 AG2R with his
brother, Bruno.
Jorge Andreu
Bruno Garcia
Président
Jorge Andreu
We Are Water
The boat
3. BEYOND SPORT
Scientific program
The Fundació Navegació
Oceànica Barcelona
(Barcelona Foundation for
Ocean Sailing - FNOB) has
committed itself to working
with the Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission
(IOC-UNESCO) in collaboration
with other scientific research
institutions, to protect the
environment, in particular the
ocean. To achieve this, the
event offers a significant and
valuable platform to contribute
in assisting scientific research in
the world’s oceans.
It is an unprecedented
connection between the worlds
of sailing and science, which
started during the last edition
and inspired the Barcelona World
Race 2014/15 to set itself further
challenges:
1. The measurement of salinity levels
and sea temperature
• Involvement: One Planet, One Ocean
& Pharmaton
• Collaborating institutions: The
Spanish National Research Council’s
(CSIC) Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)
and the FNOB
This project involves collecting valuable data on sea salinity levels and
the temperature of the surface seawater in areas for which little data has
been available until now due to their
considerable distance from traditional
shipping routes.
The project is headed up by the oceanographer from the Spanish National
Research Council’s (CSIC) Institute of
Sea Sciences (ICM) Jordi Salat, and was
started during the previous edition of
the regatta with the Fòrum Marítim
Català yacht.
3. The deployment of Argo floats
• Involvement: all of the IMOCA 60 taking part in the race
• Collaborating institutions: JCOMMOPS, IOC-UNESCO and FNOB
During the regatta, the skippers will be charged with the mission of launching a data-collection
float (Argo) into the sea at certain points along the course. The information collected will be
transmitted via satellite and will be analysed by international research networks.
The Argo floats, which are 1.7 metres tall and weigh some 22 kg, collect very accurate data on
sea temperature and salinity levels from depths of 2,000 metres right up to the sea’s surface. This
information is fundamental for understanding the evolution of the planet’s climate.
2nd International Ocean
Research Conference
Another facet of the collaboration between the FNOB
and IOC-UNESCO has been
the celebration of the 2nd
International Ocean Research
Conference (IORC) in Barcelona on 17-21 November
2014. Organised by the IOC
together with the Oceanography Society and the FNOB,
the conference has provided
comprehensive updates on
the latest developments in
oceanographic research,
not only from a scientific
perspective, but also from a
socioeconomic one.
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2. The measurement of the concentration of microplastics in the seawater
4. The Citclops project
• Involvement: One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton
• Collaborating institutions: Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Spanish National Research Council’s (CSIC) Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM) and FNOB
• Involvement: all of the IMOCA 60 taking part in the race
• Collaborating institutions: Citclops (Citizen’s Observatory
for Coast and Ocean Optical Monitoring) part of the 7th Framework Programme at the European Commission, the Barcelona Digital Technology Centre (BDigital) and FNOB
Microplastics have a very damaging effect on the biological cycles of many
species that ingest them and require specialist detection equipment to be
identified.
The One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton yacht will be specially equipped
with a device to measure the levels of microplastics in the water. The
equipment is made up of a system of filters and test tubes where samples
are collected and particle levels are measured, obtaining data that is then
sent via satellite. Headed up by chemist Salvador Borrós, from the IQS, the
project will contribute to the important educational aspect of the race in
raising environmental awareness.
The Citclops (Citizen’s Observatory for Coast and Ocean
Optical Monitoring) project is based on optical monitoring of
the transparency, colour and fluorescence of the surface of
the sea, to determine quality and, above all, the effects on
plankton.
Under the direction of engineer and biologist Jaume Piera from
the ICM, cameras fitted to the boats will record data in areas
for where they is currently a lack of information.
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3. BEYOND SPORT
SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME
School and university
educational program
Following on from the success of the educational programme launched around the
last edition of the Barcelona World Race, this has been substantially expanded
for the 2014-2015 edition. Now based around this 2014-2015 edition the Fundació
launched the Barcelona World Race Ocean Campus, which is a university
programme which is a natural evolution of their curriculum.
Pau Vila
Aimed at students enrolled in compulsory primary and secondary
education, the Barcelona World Race educational programme revolves
around following a round-the-world sailing tour, drawing young people
to this sports event and allowing them to work on the sea from an
interdisciplinary perspective.
Over 20,000 students and 500 classes from some one hundred schools
from Spain and beyond have already signed up for some of the free
activities offered by the educational programme, which also has the
collaboration of the Àrea TAC (learning and knowledge technologies)
at the Department for Education at the Generalitat de Catalunya and
the Barcelona Education Consortium, and is being supervised and
evaluated by the University of Barcelona.
The activities are free and include talks in schools by skippers, the
“Live ocean, live planet” poster competition, experiential workshops
at the Interpretation Centre and live videoconferences with boats
taking part in the Barcelona World Race.
Also, teachers have been offered the chance to complete the
school curriculum with files for students work on across different
competencies (geography, physics, maths, language and history,
among others) as they follow the Barcelona World Race, along three
key lines: the sea planet, the human being and navigation.
BARCELONA WORLD RACE OCEAN CAMPUS
Set up by the FNOB, the University of Barcelona and the El Far
Consortium, the Barcelona World Race Ocean Campus is a platform
of open educational courses based on subjects in the fields of
science, the humanities and technology, as they are developed and
applied through the Barcelona World Race. The Barcelona World
Race Ocean Campus has been founded on a mission to disseminate
the broad knowledge base in ocean sailing within the rigour and
structure of university learning.
Available on Instructure Canvas platform from November 2014, these
courses are free and open to all and offer certification from the
University of Barcelona in association with experts in online learning
Inlea.
The Barcelona World Race Ocean Campus courses fall under the
‘MOOC’ category: Massive Online Open Courses. This is a learning
model currently being used by some of the world’s leading
educational institutions, disseminating knowledge in the form of
online content with open and free access for all.
The Campus will kick off with five courses on the subjects of
Meteorology, Medicine, Food and Nutrition, Oceanography and
Chronobiology, with study materials available in English, Spanish and
Catalan. The courses will take place from November 2014 to May
2015.
The Barcelona World Race Ocean Campus is a pioneering initiative
in the world of ocean sailing. For the FNOB it represents a natural
evolution of its educational programme.
3. BEYOND SPORT
Other research projects
1. FREEZE-DRIED FOOD
2. SLEEP PROJECTS
• The development of food with high nutritional value and taste for ocean
racers.
• This is a project initiated by the Barcelona World Race Ocean Campus
FNOB and developed with the Bullipèdia Unit Torribera Campus of the
University of Barcelona, and the El Celler de Can Roca and Les Cols
restaurants, together with Sosa Ingredients and Telstar.
• The project is integrated with the course «Gastronomy and nutrition for
high power and efficiency for a round the world race”, coordinated by Pere
Castells and Vicky Pons.
• It is directed and coordinated by Pere Castells, the coordinator of the
Bullipèdia Unit Campus Torribera of the Universitat de Barcelona.
The Barcelona World Race sailors sleep for short periods, some times top up
naps of less than an hour but often just 2-3-4 hours over a prolonged period,
three consecutive months. These extreme conditions of sleep interruption are
well recognished, but until now the impact of intermittent sleep patterns and
especially the effect on performance, have not really been studied. Hence the
launch of two studies, a real step forwards in ocean sailing and racing.
Eating well during a round the world race is not straightforward and
easy. Food and nutritional requirements are high. But food must weigh as
little as possible and withstand the damp, humid atmosphere and be safe
across a big temperature range. It needs to be easily and safely stored and
reconsitututed quickly and easily. Nutritional value should be high and be
able to meet the needs of very hard physical and mental activity when
subjected to the most extreme weather conditions.
So far, most foods taken are freeze dried, which generally meets the
requirements of lightness, safe and easy keeping but often fall short in
the key criteria of taste and texture. It is a proven fact that eating foods
low in organoleptic value (those which do not have the taste and texture
expected by the consumer) increase psychological fatigue and affect
athletic performance during a long duration competition of three months
such as the Barcelona World Race.
The project aims to develop foods which deliver high nutritional value
and taste tailored to consumption on ocean sailing racess. It will also
set out the development of appropriate packaging for the stowage and
consumption of these freeze-dried foods on the IMOCA 60.
For this purpose, the El Celler de Can Roca restaurant (considered for
two years to be the world’s best, now in second place) and Les Cols,
coordinated by the Bullipèdia Unit Campus Torribera have created high
value freeze-dried foods that will be given to sailors on the Barcelona
World Race. Similarly, Anna Corbella and Gerard Marín, who participated
in the project development, will carry a series of freeze-dried products by
Sosa Ingredients to test their properties during the race.
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a. Project of the University of
Barcelona-Dr. Ana Adan
• Research on cognitive changes
associated with ocean racing in
extreme conditions.
• The project is associated with
the Barcelona World Race Ocean
Campus FNOB and the Universitat de
Barcelona.
• Project is linked to the course «The
Brain During a Non-Stop Round the
World Race, Chronobiology and sleep
management» led and coodinated by
Dr. Ana Adan.
• Aleix Gelabert and Didac Costa of
One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton
are the key participants in the
project.
Sailor will be subjected to tests prior
to and immediately after sailing,
such as functional brain image
polysomnography and sleep-wake
patterns and cognitive performance,
as well as daily measurements
throughout the passage detailing the
sleep-wake period patterns, cognitive
performance taking account of
environmental factors.
There are very few meaningful
scientific studies in this area and none
using the recording techniques used
for this investigation.
b. Project of Clínica del Sueño Estivill
• A research programme about people
with abnormal sleep patterns, especially
in extreme situations of sleep / sleep
deprivation.
• This is a study developed by the
Clínica del Sueño Estivill and Universidad
de Murcia, with the support of Fundación
Sueño Estivill and the Fundació
Navegació Oceànica Barcelona.
• Participants include Anna Corbella
and Gerard Marín the co-skippers on the
GAES Centros Auditivos.
For a year and a half, from June 2013
to December 2014, Dr. Eduard Estivill
and his team, with the Universidad de
Murcia, studied and monitored the sleep,
circadian rhythms and neurocognitive
consequences of Anna Corbella and
Gerard Marín during training for the
Barcelona World Race. These parameters
were studied under BMR (Basal metabolic
rate (BMR) is the amount of energy
expended while at rest in a neutrally
temperate environment) conditions on
land and at sea.
With objective data collected about
sleep, its circadian changes and the
neurocognitive consequences, the
team have developed their sleep
recommendations for the two for the
three-month duration of the race around
the world, with the aim of improving
their performance.
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3. BEYOND SPORT
THE GAME, the virtual race
THE GAME is the virtual race of the
Barcelona World Race, the only online
round the world race where players
will race not only against other virtual
competitors but also against real crews
who will compete in the third edition.
More than 50,000 visitors took part in
the the last edition during 2010.
For this edition, as well as the game
interface facilitating participation, THE
GAME has improved aspects such as
educational content and encouraging
sustainable development, as well
as interactivity within the gaming
community.
Further improvements include the 3D
visualisation and precision aligned to
the polar predictions for the IMOCA
60s, the possibility of reefing, and the
use of autopilots or creating groups of
participants.
This second version of the game allows
entrants to create alerts which have
been created to trim the sails when the
wind changes and storms hit.
The virtual race around the world will
start at the same time as the race
itself, on 31 December, with numerous
prizes to win: seven Renault ZE electric
cars.
Registration is free but entries are
limited. THE GAME is accessible from
any computer, mobile phone or tablet,
iOS and Android.
4. DECEMBER IN BARCELONA
Spaces which are open to the public The agenda for the media
The pontoon
It is at the Portal de la Pau, under the
watchful eye of the statue of Christopher
Columbus at the foot of Las Ramblas
It is open from December 12 daily from
10:00hrs to 20:00hrs
The public can view and admire
the IMOCA 60s and watch the teams
managing the final preparations for the
race. Visitors will also be able to see and
meet the skippers
Barcelona World Race Zone
At Portal de la Pau by the race dock
• Official store
• The Barcelona World Race stage: where
all the conferences, live interviews and
demonstrations take place as well as the
demonstration of THE GAME
• Exhibition of radio controlled boats
designed by students of the Polytechnic
University of Catalonia, Químic Institute
of Sarria and Elisava school, Saturdays
13, 20 and 27 December
Educational programme tent
At Portal de la Pau, near the dock
It opens December 12 through to January
5 from 11:00 to 17:30 (closed on 25, 26
December and 1 January)
Family friendly activities ideal for
children 4 to 12 years in different areas:
• Experiments: ocean salinity
• Games: how to dress on board
• Discovery: knots, building materials,
what happens in case of capsize
• An environmental awareness: in the
form of manual work
• A simulator: the virtual game THE GAME
Exhibitions
• Barcelona Maritime Museum
(Drassanes), December 10 to March 30
• Blau Museum (Forum area), November
16 to March 30
Start day
Wednesday, December 31, the boats leave the dock of the Barcelona World Race every
four minutes from 10:00hrs. A one hour parade of the entire fleet will then take place in
the port of Barcelona.
After saying farewell to their relatives and technical teams, competitors will head to the
starting area of the race. The start will be sounded at 1300hrs local time. The starting line
will be in front of the W Barcelona Hotel right in front of the port.
Race Direction have the option of two different race courses for the start of the Barcelona
World Race, depending on the prevailing winds in the winter in Barcelona. The final initial
circuit will be decided on the day depending on the weather.
Wednesday 10th December
Tuesday 16th December
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
19:00
11:00
World Yacht Racing Forum
Hotel Hesperia
Opening of the press centre
Pla de Palau
Opening of the exhibition
Museu Marítim
Renault Captur presentation
Pontoon Barcelona World Race
Cocktail World Yacht Racing Forum
Interpretation Centre
Tuesday 11th December
09:00 World Yacht Racing Forum
Hotel Hesperia
Wednesday 17th December
09:00 Medical briefing with the skippers
Hospital Quiron-Teknon
Monday 29th December
12:00 Official press conference with the skippers
Stage of the Barcelona World Race
Friday 12th December
19:00 Farewell gala dinner
W Hotel Barcelona
10:00
Tuesday 30th December
Welcome briefing with the skippers
Interpretation Centre
12:00 Official opening of the pontoon
Portal de la Pau
10:00 Pre-start briefing
Press centre
Saturday 13th December
Wednesday 31st December
10:00
10:00
13:00
Security briefing with the skippers
Interpretation Centre
Farewell ceremony for the boats
Pontoon Barcelona World Race
Start of the Barcelona World Race 2014/2015
Starting line opposite the W Hotel
Themed sessions
Between 12 December and the day of
departure, different opportunities to
meet the teams will be set for the media
to learn about the key points of the race
and how the sailors live aboard the IMOCA
boats for three months. Among the topics
and themes of the meetings will be: IMOCA
60 boat, sleeping, eating, coexistence on
board, weather and strategy and others as
requested to [email protected]
www.barcelonaworldrace.org
Welcome to Barcelona press conference and distribution of the scientific equipment
Pontoon Barcelona World Race
Photos
A photo boat will be available
to photographers each day to
monitor any boats training,
but by prior request to
[email protected]
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5. SERVICES FOR THE MEDIA
Accreditation
Press boats
In order to have access to the media
services in Barcelona from December
10, access to the press centre and press
boats on the start day, accreditation is
required via the web page:
For written press on the start day
the Barcelona World Race will provide
a press boat as well as smaller, faster
powerboats for photographers and
cameramen.
http://www.barcelonaworldrace.org/
en/media2
Only accredited media will be able
to board these press boats. Seating
is limited; so it is necessary to book
places at the media desk in the press
centre.
Once your application is accepted,
you will receive instructions to collect
your accreditation at the accreditation
centre.
http://www.barcelonaworldrace.org/
en/media2
Press centre
The Barcelona World Race press centre
is located below the statue of Columbus
in the Barcelona Port Authority’s
emblematic building at Portal de la
Pau, next to the pontoon.
Address:
Portal de la Pau
08039 Barcelona
It will be open from 10 December 2014 until
the end of the race (April 2015).
Opening hours:
From 09:00 to 22:00 (local time)
Closed on 24, 25 and 26 December
Parking
Media will have parking spaces at their
disposal as well as discount coupons for
parking near the press centre. Space is
limited so this is only by prior request by
sending an email to: [email protected]
The list for embarkation and the place
and time of joining the different press
boats will be published on Dec. 30 in
the afternoon at the press centre. This
information can also be seen on the
Barcelona World Race media section at
The organization will establish a
priority order for boarding.
Services for the media at the press centre
• Permanent information service
throughout the race, news about daily
events and local information
• Registration service for press boats
• Work tables with power outlets and
internet access WIFI and network cable
• Different work areas for the press and
photographers
• Video editing rooms
• Rooms for interviews
• Work room for team press officers
• Printers
• Fax
• Lockers
• Media Lounge
To access powerboats photographers
must be properly equipped with
appropriate clothing and to be able to
protect their equipment. We remind
journalists who board the media boats
press to bring warm clothes and shoes
with rubber soles.
6. HOW TO FOLLOW THE RACE: MEDIA RESOURCES
Tracking and general
information
Tracking and rankings
BWR TV &
Radio
http://photo.barcelonaworldrace.org/
TV broadcasters of the Barcelona World
Race are TV3 (Television of Catalonia),
TVE (Spanish Television) and Barcelona
World Race TV.
The start will be available LIVE via
satellite (EBU) international feed + with
commentary in English (French and
Spanish TBC).
Production and TV distribution is
managed by ASO (Amaury Sport
Organisation) led by Barcelona World
Race TV.
TV products are available to accredited
media, free royalty free, in the TV
server, accessible via the virtual press
centre.
Also available via the virtual press
centre of the Barcelona World Race.
www.barcelonaworldrace.org
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official rankings will be computed and published over each 24 hours:
0500hrs UTC (0600hrs local time in Barcelona)
0900hrs UTC (1000hrs local time in Barcelona)
1400hrs UTC (1500hrs local time in Barcelona)
1900hrs UTC (2000hrs local time in Barcelona)
• Free access to view pictures
• Available after registration to
download high definition rights free
images (for editorial use only)
• Search engine and lightbox
• Barcelona World Race Photo
Coordinator : Gilles Martin-Raget
Information during a typical day on www.barcelonaworldrace.org
In the early hours of the morning:
• written information about the changes in the ranking of the night
• weather forecast of the day
• continuous information on the website and social networks
1430hrs (local time in Barcelona):
• TV show with video conferencing, guests and boat images
Afternoon:
• detailed story including the key quotes of the day (in the form of press release to the media)
Evening:
• final short written story of the day
Every Friday, newsletter distributed with a summary of the week’s news
Social networks
Hashtag: #BWR2014 (before departure) / #BWR2015 (during the race)
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BWR_2014
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/BarcelonaWorldRace
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BWR20142015
Jorge Andreu
www.barcelonaworldrace.org
TV products before the start
The virtual
press centre
http://www.barcelonaworldrace.org/
en/media2
• For media
• Registration required for photo and
video servers
You will find:
• Press releases
• Press file
• Contacts of the organization and the
participating teams
• Results of previous editions and
records set
• Other information of interest
• Sign up for press releases
• Subscribe for press accreditation
• Access to free high definition
photographs of rights for editorial use
• Access to audio and video server
VNRs with images of boats, training,
interviews...
• December 16 at 17:30: press
conference on the same day
• December 29 at 17:30: press
conference on the same day
• December 30 at 17:30: gala dinner
on 29 December, and final briefing for
skippers
• December 31 from 12:30 to 13:30: live
the live feed international departure (via
satellite)
• December 31 at 13:30: highlights
package: the exit of boats from the dock
• December 31 at 16:30: highlights
package: the start and the boats leaving
the dock
TV products during the race
• Daily 3 minutes video clip available
on the TV server from 17:30 (from 22
December)
• Weekly 13-minute video clip for TV
available on the server on Fridays at
17:30 (from 19 December)
• Final documentary 56 minutes
• LIVE broadcast daily at 14:30 CET (web
streaming on www.barcelonaworldrace.
org) with video conferencing, guests and
images from the boats
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7. CONTACTS
The organizing team
FUNDACIÓ NAVEGACIÓ OCEÀNICA BARCELONA (FNOB)
Edifici El Far
C/ Escar, 6
08039 Barcelona
Tel. (+34) 93 221 74 57
www.fnob.org
www.barcelonaworldrace.org
[email protected]
Communication contacts
Communication
Editorial team
Direction
Isabel Genís
[email protected]
Tel. (+34) 692 714 000
Editorial direction
Santi Serrat
[email protected]
Tel. (+34) 692 715 719
Chair: Maite Fandos
CEO: Andor Serra
Operations: Pere Sarquella [email protected]
Marketing: Anna Bratina [email protected]
Communication: Isabel Genís [email protected]
Editorial: Santi Serrat [email protected]
Barcelona World Race TV: Carlos Clastre [email protected]
Technology: Román Welsch [email protected]
Educational program: Mireia Cornudella [email protected]
Logistics: Rosina Motilla [email protected]
Team liason: Marta Salvadó [email protected]
Race director: Jacques Caraes, Guillaume Evrard and Hubert Lemonnier
Media manager
Daniel Ferrando
[email protected]
Tel. (+34) 628 504 580
Editorial coordination
Neus Jordi
[email protected]
Tel. (+34) 627 885 051
International media relations
Sabina Mollart-Rogerson
[email protected]
Tel. +44 (0)7922 140148
Blanca López Handrich
[email protected]
Editor ENG
Andi Robertson
[email protected]
Tel. +44 (0) 7775 671973
With Helen Fretter
Press contacts for the teams
Media relations France
Antoine Robin
[email protected]
Tel. +33 660 48 49 55
Isabelle Delaune
[email protected]
Team
PR
Phone
E-mail
Cheminées
Poujoulat
François Quiviger
+33 627 598 033
franç[email protected]
GAES Centros
Auditivos
Ricard Franco
+34 648 033 043
[email protected]
Official website and social media
Hugo Boss
Sarah Brooke
+44 7825 749346
[email protected]
Online channels manager
Andreu Ballesteros
Neutrogena
Enrique González
Marta Martín
+34 91 556 0154
+34 91 556 0154
[email protected]
[email protected]
One Planet,
One Ocean &
Pharmaton
Jaume Soler
+34 609 200 145
[email protected]
Renault Captur
Konrad Kubisch
+33 (0)6 07 60 41 82
[email protected]
Spirit of
Hungary
Irén Melczer
We Are Water
Silvia Casallachs
+36 70 319 83 33
+34 93 481 36 20
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Tel. (+34) 647 859 891
Web operations
Fabio Bugalla
[email protected]
Tel. (+34) 686 417 385
Photographing direction
Gilles Martin-Raget
[email protected]
[email protected]
Tel. +33 (0) 4 91 33 01 20
Editor FRA
Pierre-François Bonneau
[email protected]
Tel. +33 6 32 89 07 30
With Laurence Schreiner and Laure Fay
Editor ESP/CAT
Luis Pomar
[email protected]
Tel. (+34) 680 281 870
Barcelona World Race TV
Direction
Carlos Clastre
[email protected]
Tel. (+34) 679 634 439
Production manager
Sara Hernáez
[email protected]
Tel. (+34) 609 320 307
Multimedia
Mireia Perelló
[email protected]
Tel. +34 679 625 150