The Velux 5 Oceans 30,000 mile race is about to start in Bilbao. Bilbao, Spain, is the host port for both the start and finish of this single-handed, round the world race and the eight competing sailors will not return until April 2007.
The skippers are:
- Tim Troy sailing Margaret Anna
- Graham Dalton sailing A Southern Man
- Alex Thomson sailing Hugo Boss
- Bernard Stamm sailing Cheminées Poujoulat
- Mike Golding sailing Ecover
- Kojiro Shiraishi sailing Spirit of Yukoh
- Robin Knox-Johnston sailing SAGA Insurance
- Unai Basurko sailing Pakea
Get race reports with video, including coverage of the start.
