• The Velux 5 Oceans Race was a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed in stages, managed by Clipper Ventures since 2000. Its most recent name...
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    previously sponsored Velux 5 Oceans Race and the EHF Champions League. "Active House Partners". Retrieved 19 July 2021. "VELUX History and timeline"...
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    Robin Knox-Johnston (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world solo voyage in the Velux 5 Oceans Race. Knox-Johnston was born in Putney in London. His birth was registered...
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    of this historic point). Several prominent ocean yacht races, notably the Volvo Ocean Race, Velux 5 Oceans Race, and the solo Vendée Globe and Golden...
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  • are known for their stages of one day each, whereas the boat sailing Velux 5 Oceans Race is broken down in usually four stages of several weeks duration...
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    that Keoghan would host and produce a new reality series about the Velux 5 Oceans Race. Keoghan told TMZ in 2010 that during the 10th season of The Amazing...
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    and has been the route for several prominent yacht races, such as the Velux 5 Oceans Race and the Vendée Globe. The clipper route from England to Australia...
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  • yachting event in Croatia. 50 boats in 4 classes and 500 participants. The Velux 5 Oceans Race – a round-the-world, staged, single-handed yacht race; originally...
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  • Two modern round-the-world races descended from this event are the Velux 5 Oceans Race (Around Alone), which is run in several stages with stops in between...
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  • The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 February 2021. "Golding to retire from Velux 5 Oceans race". Sail-World. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2008. "Ecover...
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  • he entered the first edition of the BOC Challenge (now known as the Velux 5 Oceans Race) in 1982; he won the race, and broke the previous record for a...
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  • America’s Daring Solo Circumnavigator. (March 5, 2013) Roger Martin Design Retrieved March 27, 2013 VELUX 5 Oceans Race (BOC Challenge) Official Website Archived...
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  • 1931 to 1935 BOC (gene), human gene BOC Challenge, now renamed the Velux 5 Oceans Race, a round-the-world single-handed sailing yacht race named after...
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    Yacht racing (redirect from Ocean racing)
    four leg race constituting 27,930 miles, it is now a nine leg race. Velux 5 Oceans Race – formerly known as the BOC Challenge and later the Around Alone...
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    handed race, currently run using the IMOCA 60 Class. Route du Rhum The Velux 5 Oceans Race, a stopping solo race, currently run using the IMOCA 60 Class previously...
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    113 (5). Retrieved 19 January 2024. The Museum of Yachting Archived 2014-04-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 27, 2013 VELUX 5 Oceans Race (BOC...
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    multihulls. The Oryx Quest, held in 2005, starting from Qatar. The Velux 5 Oceans Race , a stopping solo race, currently run using the IMOCA 60 Class...
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    search failed to find the vessel, and it was lost. In the 2006/2007 Velux 5 Oceans Race (a single-handed, round the world race), the Open 60 yacht Hugo...
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    web}}: Check |url= value (help) "Derek Hatfield takes third in the Velux 5 Oceans race". "Rich Wilson takes thirteenth place in the 8th Vendée Globe"...
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    winner, Robin Knox-Johnston on Suhaili; this inspired the present-day Velux 5 Oceans Race (formerly the BOC Challenge / Around Alone) and the Vendée Globe...
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  • multihulls. The Oryx Quest, held in 2005, starting from Qatar. The Velux 5 Oceans Race , a stopping solo race, currently run using the IMOCA 60 Class...
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  • days. Fireball (dinghy) championships BOC Challenge 1994-95 (now the Velux 5 Oceans Race) 1989–1990 Vendée Globe Provoyeur has built numerous monohulls...
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    (Class40), then in the Velux 5 Oceans Race in 2006 where he finished 2nd (IMOCA). In 2005, he participated in the Velux 5 Oceans Race in his boat, Spirit...
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  • by spring of 2007. At the age of 57, in 2010 he placed third in the VELUX 5-Oceans single-handed around the world race. You have to feel so secure in what...
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    Association (IMOCA). The class pinnacle event are single or two person ocean races, such as the Route du Rhum and the Vendée Globe and this has been...
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    The boat was lost in 2006 Velux 5 Ocean Race, when he was rescued by fellow competitor Mike Golding deep in the Southern Ocean. The written off hull was...
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  • Solitaire du Figaro in 1986. "Christophe Auguin Joins Velux 5 Oceans Skippers". Velux 5 Oceans. 25 March 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April...
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    In October 2006, he started the Velux 5 Oceans yacht race. He rescued fellow sailor Alex Thomson in the Southern Ocean, then the yacht Ecover had a mast...
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    (Energa) 2010 2nd in the Velux 5 Oceans 2005 4th in the Nokia Oops Cup (ORMA 60 Bonduelle) 2004 Attempted world record (Volvo Ocean 60 Bank BHP, ex-Assa Abloy)...
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    for Sir Robin's campaign to sail solo around the world as part of the Velux 5 Oceans Race in Sep 2006 Executive officer (First mate) of INS Tarangini during...
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