Global Ocean Challenge

GLOBALOCEANRACE2011-20122011-2012

THE RIGHT RACEATTHE RIGHT MOMENT

THE EVENTThe 2011-12 Global Ocean Race – a truly unique 24-month longbranding and marketing opportunity that will carry the name of itsTitle Sponsor to a wide international audience.

The Right Race at the Right Time – an affordable and achievablearound the world yacht race for skippers and sponsors alike.Organisers anticipate 15-20 entries,14 are confirmed already,all double-handed crews racing aboard near-identical 40 footyachts. This second running of the event will be one of thebiggest round the world races in existence. The event lasts ninemonths, the promotion 24 months.

The Host Ports for the Race – Mallorca, Cape Town, Wellington,Punta del Este, Charleston then back to the finish in Mallorca.Three-week stopovers in each port provide superb promotionalopportunities for sponsors.

“Josh Hall has project managed two of my last three round theWorld races and so it is no surprise to me that his own race was ahuge success. The Class 40 is a great concept for a boat and theGlobal Ocean Race is a fantastic event for them. It provides anaffordable platform for sailors with dreams and budding professionalsalike. I expect to see some of Josh’s skippers lining up against me inOpen 60 races before too long.”Alex Thomson, Open 60 Skipper – Hugo Boss

“I am excited to be racing a Class 40 this year. They are a fantasticboat for racing around the buoys or indeed around the world. Josh Halland his team have certainly created a highly competitive and cost-effective event for Class 40 skippers to test their skills on a global racecourse”. Mike Golding, Open 60 and Class 40 Skipper – Ecover

“An awesome test of tenacity, fortitude and determination. Josh Hall’sGlobal Ocean Race is one of the few inclusive ocean races, whereprofessionals can race alongside private owners with a dream. Theboats can withstand the test of the Oceans and yet are much moreaffordable compared with the Volvo and IMOCA boats. Teams canpush hard and then rest and enjoy the fabulous stopovers. This racedeserves to flourish.” Dee Caffari, Open 60 Skipper – Aviva

GLOBALOCEANRACE2011-2012

RACE ORGANISERSThis opportunity is being offered by Global Ocean Sailing Ventures Limited(GOSV), a UK-based race management company owned and operated byformer solo around the World sailor Josh Hall.

The GOSV race management team organised and operated the highlysuccessful Portimao Global Ocean Race 2008-09. GOSV are the only raceorganisers to have successfully managed an Around The World Race on aclassic route for 40ft racing yachts.

From concept to reality this team has fully proven its capabilities at every level:

• Exclusively contracted with Class40 Association as official organisers

of their round the world race

• Strong relationships with all relevant yacht racing authorities

• Stimulating entries

• Strong relationships with all stopover ports

• Professional organisation of leg starts and finishes

• Assistance to entries both onshore and offshore

• Technical capabilities in every area of yacht racing

• Assuring the safety of entries when at sea

• Proven disaster management capabilities

• Proven ‘rescue at sea’ experience

• Policy of not over-promising but striving to over-deliver

• Targeted media traffic

Official Race Organisers for Class40 Association


RACE DIRECTOR - JOSH HALL• Over 250,000 miles as a solo racing skipper• 25 years experience as a skipper and project manager• 25 years of servicing sponsors in sailing• Vendee Globe; BOC Challenge; Transat Jacques Vabre; OSTAR• 9 Year continuous sponsorship with Gartmore Investment

Management• Project Manager Pindar Open 60, Around Alone 2002• Project Manager Hugo Boss Open 60,Vendee Globe 2004• Project Manager Spirit of Yukoh Open 60,Velux Race 2006• Project Manager Pegasus Open 50, TransPacific Race 2007• Project Manager Hugo Boss Open 60, Barcelona Race 2007• Project Consultant Toe in The Water Open 60,Vendee Globe 2008• Race Director Portimao Global Ocean Race 2008-09

ENDORSEMENTS“In creating this fantastic event, Josh and the race organisation gave us the opportunity to havea very exciting and competitive year and I want to thank all the people that have run the race”.“In brief, the Portimao race gave me the stepping stone that is needed to introduce shorthandedocean racing to a new country like Germany.”Boris Herrmann, Skipper PGOR 2008-09

“What was originally a private dream for José and I became a collective dream with manythousands of Chileans following the race. I want to thank Josh as I think he really raced roundthe world with us!”Felipe Cubillos, Skipper PGOR 2008-09

“Josh came up with this incredible idea of a double-handed and single-handed race around theworld race in 40ft boats that was achievable and affordable. I’m proud and pleased with whatI’ve done and I know that without this race, it couldn’t have happened.”Jeremy Salvesen, Skipper PGOR 2008-09

“I want to thank Josh for providing the event and giving me the chance to race around the worldand fulfil my dream – it has been amazing!”David Thomson, Skipper PGOR 2008-09

“I really want to thank Josh for putting this race together so we could all live our dreams. Personally,I have wanted to do this for 15 years and I might even be tempted to do such a thing again.”Michel Kleinjans, Skipper PGOR 2008-09

“Josh - I want to thank you for all your support in helping us get this far. You have been there forus for last three years with advice, help and hands-on assistance. We will be back!”Lenjohn Van Der Wel, Skipper PGOR 2008-09

“Josh, I have got the message Nico is safe and I'm glad for us all. It is a relief and you did anexcellent job to get Nico safe and sound on the Vessel. We all, Nico and my family, can’t expressall the words we like to say to thank you. Thank you, thank you more than a million times.”Myrna Budel, wife of rescued Nico Budel, Skipper PGOR 2008-09


THE GLOBAL OCEAN RACE2011-12• Category 0 compliant Class 40 yachts only

• Double-handed entries only

• Team entries allowed – up to 6 in each team

• 14 entries from 9 different nations signed-up already

• Proven track record of a successful first event

• An affordable around the world race for all sailors

• An affordable around the world race for sponsors

• Proven exciting and close racing around the world

• A truly international event

• Professionals and amateurs racing against each other

• An existing global audience to expand

• Contracts confirmed with all the stopover ports for the 2011-12 Event

• Experienced race organisers with proven ability


Race Start: 25 September 2011 Race Finish: June 2012


THE ROUTEThe Route for the Global Ocean Race 2011-12 will be as follows:

Mallorca to Cape Town 7,400 miles

Cape Town to Wellington 7,500 miles

Wellington to Punta del Este 6,100 miles

Punta del Este to Charleston 6,000 miles

Charleston to Mallorca 4,200 miles

Total Distance 31,200 miles

Punta del Este

Charleston Mallorca

Cape Town Wellington


STOPOVER PORTSMallorca has been chosen for the start and finish of the Global OceanRace providing a stylish, glamorous and multi-cultural backdrop to theevent. Mallorca’s rich maritime history and current position as a globallyrecognised centre of nautical excellence provides the perfect venue forboth race entries and race sponsors.

The stopover ports of Cape Town, Wellington, Punta del Este andCharleston have been carefully chosen to provide the best possible coursefor the competitors and perfect venues to host the fleet and stagepromotional events for the race sponsors and suppliers, including those ofour entries. The fleet will be in each stopover port for approximately threeweeks allowing ample time for cultural and business-to-businessexchanges, as well as local and international media opportunities. TheRace Organisation are liaising directly with the city councils of eachstopover. The host ports are equally keen to promote and showcasethemselves during the race.

GOSVLtdhasagreements inplacefor infrastructure,promotionandlocalsupport for the2011-12racewitheachhostcity.


ENTRIESEntriesasof30th July2010

Nico Budel Holland

Patrice Carpentier France

Alex Alley UK

To Be Announced* USA

To Be Announced* UK

Michel Kleinjans Belgium

Jacques Fournier France

BT Boats New Zealand

To Be Announced* Austria

Conrad Colman New Zealand

Marco Nannini Italy

Hannah Jenner UK

Lenjohn van der Wel Bahamas

Adrian Kutell South Africa

* ‘To be Announced’ are confirmed entries who wish to remain anonymous at this stage


OFFICIAL WEBSITEThe 2008-09 Event website received almost 30 million hits from aroundthe world during the period of the race.

The website will be improved and enhanced for the 2011-12 event.An interactive online virtual game is planned and this can attract a hugenew audience for the event as proven by the Vendee Globe and VolvoOcean Race. The public will be able to access comprehensive informationabout the race through the official Global Ocean Race website as well asthe websites of each team. The official website will include the followinginformation:

• A multi-lingual site

• A race viewer that shows precise positions of each yacht

• An interactive race game for the public

• Daily commentary about the race with weather and tactical analysis

• Multi-media sent from each competitor throughout the race

• Public subscription available for daily updates and newsletters

• Hyperlinks to the event sponsors’ own sites

• Media and public access to images and video


MEDIAThe media strategy for the 2011-12 Global Ocean Race willtake full advantage of traditional and “new” media and there will be asubstantial development of the media platform created by GOSV Ltd forthe 2008-09 event:

• Daily press releases• Video news clips• Global sailing media• Global lifestyle media• Television programming• Radio programming• You Tube


BRANDINGEach yacht will provide the following for the EventSponsor’s branding :

The forward 10% of the hullThe central area of the boom20% of the mainsail areaPort and starboard cockpit dodgersIn-port and offshore flag areas

DEMOGRAPHICThe Demographics of people who follow sailing:

• 35 years old is the average age

• 72% are between the ages of 25 and 55

• 81% are in the middle to upper income bracket

• 5% are considered extremely wealthy

• 93% travel abroad more than twice per year

• 69% are in professional or managerial roles

• 45,000 Euros is the average household income

• 85% of sailors own their own property

• 81% are college graduates


CONTACTJosh HallDirector

GOSV Ltd.email: [email protected]

telephone: +44 (0)7515 696064website: www.globaloceanrace.com


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