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  • 20110419  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Brad Van Liew greets his wife Meaghan and children Tate and Wyatt onboard his yacht Le Pingouin, as he claims first place in Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA...Brad Van Liew is a self proclaimed adrenaline junkie with a vast array of extreme sports behind him. A lifelong sailor,  Brad had set his heart competing in the BOC Challenge, which would in 2005 be renamed the VELUX 5 OCEANS and in 1998 his dream was realised when he competed in the Around Alone finishing third in class two. Brad lives in Charleston, South Carolina, USA and his new yacht Le Pingouin, which he bought in France last year, has a rich racing pedigree..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..Keywords: Accomplishment, Actio
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  • 20110419  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Brad Van Liew celebrates onboard his yacht Le Pingouin, as he claims first place in Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA...Brad Van Liew is a self proclaimed adrenaline junkie with a vast array of extreme sports behind him. A lifelong sailor,  Brad had set his heart competing in the BOC Challenge, which would in 2005 be renamed the VELUX 5 OCEANS and in 1998 his dream was realised when he competed in the Around Alone finishing third in class two. Brad lives in Charleston, South Carolina, USA and his new yacht Le Pingouin, which he bought in France last year, has a rich racing pedigree..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..Keywords: Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Ainhoa Sanchez, All Images,
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  • 20110419  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Brad Van Liew celebrates onboard his yacht Le Pingouin, as he claims first place in Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA...Brad Van Liew is a self proclaimed adrenaline junkie with a vast array of extreme sports behind him. A lifelong sailor,  Brad had set his heart competing in the BOC Challenge, which would in 2005 be renamed the VELUX 5 OCEANS and in 1998 his dream was realised when he competed in the Around Alone finishing third in class two. Brad lives in Charleston, South Carolina, USA and his new yacht Le Pingouin, which he bought in France last year, has a rich racing pedigree..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..Keywords: Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Ainhoa Sanchez, All Images,
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  • 20110419  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Brad Van Liew greets his wife Meaghan onboard his yacht Le Pingouin, as he claims first place in Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA...Brad Van Liew is a self proclaimed adrenaline junkie with a vast array of extreme sports behind him. A lifelong sailor,  Brad had set his heart competing in the BOC Challenge, which would in 2005 be renamed the VELUX 5 OCEANS and in 1998 his dream was realised when he competed in the Around Alone finishing third in class two. Brad lives in Charleston, South Carolina, USA and his new yacht Le Pingouin, which he bought in France last year, has a rich racing pedigree..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..Keywords: Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Ainhoa Sanchez
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  • 20110419  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Brad Van Liew greets his wife Meaghan onboard his yacht Le Pingouin, as he claims first place in Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA...Brad Van Liew is a self proclaimed adrenaline junkie with a vast array of extreme sports behind him. A lifelong sailor,  Brad had set his heart competing in the BOC Challenge, which would in 2005 be renamed the VELUX 5 OCEANS and in 1998 his dream was realised when he competed in the Around Alone finishing third in class two. Brad lives in Charleston, South Carolina, USA and his new yacht Le Pingouin, which he bought in France last year, has a rich racing pedigree..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..Keywords: Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Ainhoa Sanchez
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..Eliza Gutkowska wife of Zbigniew Gutkowski in Punta del Este at the culmination of Ocean Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay...Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Ex
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski onboard his yacht Operon Racing finishing second in Ocean Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay...Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Exp
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski oversees his yacht Operon Racing being hoisted to repair keel damage, in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, G
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski is greeted by his wife Eliza Gutkowska in Punta del Este at the culmination of Ocean.Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay...Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare,
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  • 20110419  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Brad Van Liew celebrates with his daughter Tate and President of VELUX USA, Tim Miller, onboard his yacht Le Pingouin, after claiming first place in Ocean Sprint 4 from Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA...Brad Van Liew is a self proclaimed adrenaline junkie with a vast array of extreme sports behind him. A lifelong sailor,  Brad had set his heart competing in the BOC Challenge, which would in 2005 be renamed the VELUX 5 OCEANS and in 1998 his dream was realised when he competed in the Around Alone finishing third in class two. Brad lives in Charleston, South Carolina, USA and his new yacht Le Pingouin, which he bought in France last year, has a rich racing pedigree..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..Keywords
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Yacht Club Punta del Este commodore Horacio Garcia Pastori oversees the presentation of a gift from the yacht club to Tim Kelly, Communications Director. Presented by skippers Chris Stanmore-Major, Zbigniew Gutkowski and Derek Hatfield at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Skippers (L-R) Chris Stanmore-Major, Derek Hatfield, Zbigniew Gutkowski and Brad Van Liew at the Yacht Club Punta del Este for the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 270311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Yacht Club Punta del Este commodore Horacio Garcia Pastori, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski ahead of the start of ocean sprint four from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Charleston SC..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com ahead of the start of ocean sprint four from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Charleston SC..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle F
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  • 270311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Skipper Chris Stanmore-Major ahead of the start of ocean sprint four from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Charleston SC..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew test-sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.American skipper, Brad Van Liew,  works onboard Le Pingouin in Pumta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.American skipper, Brad Van Liew,  works onboard Le Pingouin in Pumta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski talks to the media as his yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme,
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski oversees his yacht Operon Racing being hoisted to repair keel damage, in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, G
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski oversees his yacht Operon Racing being hoisted to repair keel damage, in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, G
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski oversees his yacht Operon Racing being hoisted to repair keel damage, in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, G
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski is greeted by his wife Eliza Gutkowska in Punta del Este at the culmination of Ocean.Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay...Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare,
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  • 27.03.11 Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski onboard his yacht Operon Racing at the start of Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA..Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..ZG keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experien
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  • 250311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 250311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Guests at the Yacht Club Punta del Este for the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 250311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 27.03.11 Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.VELUX 5 OCEANS Shorecrew onboard skipper Brad Van Liew´s yacht Le Pingouin, prior to the start of Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA..Brad Van Liew is a self proclaimed adrenaline junkie with a vast array of extreme sports behind him. A lifelong sailor,  Brad had set his heart competing in the BOC Challenge, which would in 2005 be renamed the VELUX 5 OCEANS and in 1998 his dream was realised when he competed in the Around Alone finishing third in class two. Brad lives in Charleston, South Carolina, USA and his new yacht Le Pingouin, which he bought in France last year, has a rich racing pedigree..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..BVL keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Capt
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew test-sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew test-sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew´s Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Shore crew assist Brad Van Liew with preperations onboard Le Pingouin in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski undertakes work as his yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage, in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, F
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski oversees his yacht Operon Racing being hoisted to repair keel damage, in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, G
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski oversees his yacht Operon Racing being hoisted to repair keel damage, in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, G
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski oversees his yacht Operon Racing being hoisted to repair keel damage, in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, G
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski oversees his yacht Operon Racing being hoisted to repair keel damage, in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, G
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..Chris Stanmore-Major, Zbigniew Gutkowski, Derek Hatfield and sprint winner Brad Van Liew celebrate with champagne and cigars in Punta del Este at the culmination of ocean sprint three...The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Derek Hatfield onboard his yacht Activehouse finishing Ocean Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay in fourth place, just an hour behind the 2nd and 3rd placed skippers...Derek Hatfield is Canada's most experienced offshore solo yachtsman with a podium finish in 2003 in the VELUX 5 Oceans (formerly called Around Alone), he also competed in the 2008 Vendee Globe and has over 90,000 miles of offshore experience. Derek, from Aurora, Ontario, Canada, a former Canadian Mounted Policeman, has plastered the cockpit of his Eco 60 yacht Activhouse, with the names of every single person who helped him in his campaign..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..DH Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The W
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..Zbigniew Gutkowski and Chris Stanmore-Major race towards Punta del Este, locked in the battle to take second place in ocean sprint three..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 27.03.11  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchezr/w-w-i.com.VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Chris Stanmore-Major onboard his yacht Spartan at the start of Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA..Chris Stanmore-Major has only just got back from sailing round the world as a skipper in the Clipper Round the World Race as as skipper of Qingdao, the Chinese entry and already he is straight into his next adventure - the VELUX 5 OCEANS.  Chris, originally from Paignton, now lives on the Isle of Wight, spent many years working in the far east and has got his hands on one of the most proven Eco 60 yachts there is, Sir Robin Knox Johnston's Grey Power. The yacht saw Sir Robin to fourth place in the last edition of the race, and has previously won the race as Fila raced by Giovanni Soldini and is now called Spartan..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your r
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  • 27.03.11 Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski onboard his yacht Operon Racing at the start of Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA..Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..ZG keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experien
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  • 27.03.11  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Derek Hatfield onboard his yacht Activehouse at the start of Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA..Derek Hatfield is Canada's most experienced offshore solo yachtsman with a podium finish in 2003 in the VELUX 5 Oceans (formerly called Around Alone), he also competed in the 2008 Vendee Globe and has over 90,000 miles of offshore experience. Derek, from Aurora, Ontario, Canada, a former Canadian Mounted Policeman, has plastered the cockpit of his Eco 60 yacht Activhouse, with the names of every single person who helped him in his campaign..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..DH keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Cir
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.VELUX Communications Manager, Ghita Borring and race Communications Director, Tim Kelly, present skippers Chris Stanmore-Major and Brad Van Liew with a joint media prize for video at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Carolina Lombardi from VELUX Argentina presents skipper Chris Stanmore-Major with his awards at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Yacht Club Punta del Este commodore Horacio Garcia Pastori and Carolina Lombardi from VELUX Argentina present skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski with his awards at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 27.03.11 Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski is interviewed onboard his yacht Operon Racing prior to the start of Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA..Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..ZG keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew test-sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew test-sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew´s Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.American skipper, Brad Van Liew,  works onboard Le Pingouin in Pumta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Shore crew assist Brad Van Liew with preperations onboard Le Pingouin in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 100311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski´s yacht Operon Racing is hoisted to repair keel damage in Punta del Este Uruguay. .Zbigniew Gutkowski is one of Poland's best known and most experienced sailors with a wealth of offshore and inshore racing. Known as 'Gutek' and from Gdansk, he has experience sailing in a wide range of mono and multihulls and has clocked up ore than 100,000 miles in his bid to become the first Polish sailor ever to race solo around the world..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..GZ Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The World, Boat, Brave, Captain, Challenge, Character Building, Circumnavigation, Climate, Cold, Competition, Competitive, Dare, Drift, Eco 60, Emotion, Experience, Extreme, Float, Global, Happines
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchezr/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Chris Stanmore-Major enjoys his obligatory candy in Punta del Este, Uruguay at the culmination of ocean sprint three from Wellington New Zealand. Chris finished in 3rd place just 40 seconds behind Zbigniew Gutkowski ..Chris Stanmore-Major has only just got back from sailing round the world as a skipper in the Clipper Round the World Race as as skipper of Qingdao, the Chinese entry and already he is straight into his next adventure - the VELUX 5 OCEANS.  Chris, originally from Paignton, now lives on the Isle of Wight, spent many years working in the far east and has got his hands on one of the most proven Eco 60 yachts there is, Sir Robin Knox Johnston's Grey Power. The yacht saw Sir Robin to fourth place in the last edition of the race, and has previously won the race as Fila raced by Giovanni Soldini and is now called Spartan..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchezr/w-w-i.com..VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Chris Stanmore-Major celebrates coming 3rd  in Ocean Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay. Chris finished in 3rd place just 40 seconds behind Zbigniew Gutkowski ..Chris Stanmore-Major has only just got back from sailing round the world as a skipper in the Clipper Round the World Race as as skipper of Qingdao, the Chinese entry and already he is straight into his next adventure - the VELUX 5 OCEANS.  Chris, originally from Paignton, now lives on the Isle of Wight, spent many years working in the far east and has got his hands on one of the most proven Eco 60 yachts there is, Sir Robin Knox Johnston's Grey Power. The yacht saw Sir Robin to fourth place in the last edition of the race, and has previously won the race as Fila raced by Giovanni Soldini and is now called Spartan..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and P
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Derek Hatfield onboard his yacht Activehouse finishing Ocean Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay in fourth place, just an hour behind the 2nd and 3rd placed skippers...Derek Hatfield is Canada's most experienced offshore solo yachtsman with a podium finish in 2003 in the VELUX 5 Oceans (formerly called Around Alone), he also competed in the 2008 Vendee Globe and has over 90,000 miles of offshore experience. Derek, from Aurora, Ontario, Canada, a former Canadian Mounted Policeman, has plastered the cockpit of his Eco 60 yacht Activhouse, with the names of every single person who helped him in his campaign..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com..DH Keywords..Accomplishment, Action, Adventure, Around The W
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Yacht Club Punta del Este commodore Horacio Garcia Pastori presents skipper Chris Stanmore-Major with his awards at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Yacht Club Punta del Este commodore Horacio Garcia Pastori and Carolina Lombardi from VELUX Argentina present skipper Derek Hatfield with his awards at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Yacht Club Punta del Este commodore Horacio Garcia Pastori receives a gift at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Guests at the Yacht Club Punta del Este for the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 27.03.11  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchezr/w-w-i.com.VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Chris Stanmore-Major onboard his yacht Spartan at the start of Ocean Sprint 4 from  Punta del Este, Uruguay to to Charleston SC, USA..Chris Stanmore-Major has only just got back from sailing round the world as a skipper in the Clipper Round the World Race as as skipper of Qingdao, the Chinese entry and already he is straight into his next adventure - the VELUX 5 OCEANS.  Chris, originally from Paignton, now lives on the Isle of Wight, spent many years working in the far east and has got his hands on one of the most proven Eco 60 yachts there is, Sir Robin Knox Johnston's Grey Power. The yacht saw Sir Robin to fourth place in the last edition of the race, and has previously won the race as Fila raced by Giovanni Soldini and is now called Spartan..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your r
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  • 270311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Skippers Zbigniew Gutkowski, Brad Van Liew and Chris Stanmore-Major ahead of the start of ocean sprint four from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Charleston SC..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew test-sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew test-sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Shore crew assist Brad Van Liew with preperations onboard Le Pingouin in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.American skipper, Brad Van Liew,  works onboard Le Pingouin in Pumta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.American skipper, Brad Van Liew,  works onboard Le Pingouin in Pumta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.American skipper, Brad Van Liew,  works onboard Le Pingouin in Pumta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com...Derek Hatfield and Zbigniew Gutkowski greet each other on the dock in Punta del Este at the end of ocean sprint three....The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com...Chris Stanmore-Major and Zbigniew Gutkowski greet each other on the dock in Punta del Este at the end of ocean sprint three...The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..Chris Stanmore-Major, Derek Hatfield and Zbigniew Gutkowski celebrate with champagne in Punta del Este at the culmination of ocean sprint three..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 030311  Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..Zbigniew Gutkowski and Chris Stanmore-Major race towards Punta del Este, locked in the battle to take second place in ocean sprint three..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 270311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Derek Hatfield´s Active House and Chris Stanmore-Major´s Spartan at the start of ocean sprint four from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Charleston SC..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.The young yacht club volunteers who have helped the skippers during the stopover at the Yacht Club Punta del Este for the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.VELUX Communications Manager, Ghita Borring and race Communications Director, Tim Kelly, present skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski with a media prize for photography at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Skipper, Zbigniew Gutkowski presents Race Director, David Adams with a gift on behalf of the Yacht Club Punta del Este at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Yacht Club Punta del Este Honourary Secretray Soledad Hernandez Montanes presents the race officials gifts on behalf of the club, in front of commodore Horacio Garcia Pastori with all the VELUX 5 OCEANS skippers and Carolina Lombardi from VELUX Argentina at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Yacht Club Punta del Este commodore Horacio Garcia Pastori  present skipper Brad Van Liew with his awards at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Zbigniew Gutkowski poses  with his awards at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Yacht Club Punta del Este commodore Horacio Garcia Pastori and Carolina Lombardi from VELUX Argentina present skipper Derek Hatfield with his awards at the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 240311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Guests at the Yacht Club Punta del Este for the VELUX 5 OCEANS ocean sprint three prize giving ceremony..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 250311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 250311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 270311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski ahead of the start of ocean sprint four from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Charleston SC..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 270311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Skipper Brad Van Liew ahead of the start of ocean sprint four from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Charleston SC..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 270311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Skipper Derek Hatfield ahead of the start of ocean sprint four from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Charleston SC..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 270311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Skippers Chris Stanmore-Major and Brad Van Liew ahead of the start of ocean sprint four from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Charleston SC..The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew test-sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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  • 220311  ©Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS.Free for editorial use image, please credit: Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com.Brad van Liew test-sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin, in Punta del Este, Uruguay ahead of the start of ocean sprint 4 to Charleston, South Carolina. .The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route takes the sailors from La Rochelle FR to Cape Town SA, then onto Wellington NZ, Punta del Este Uruguay, Charleston USA and back to La Rochelle FR, for the finish. For further VELUX 5 OCEANS images go to http://www.w-w-i.com/velux_5_oceans_2010_race/ .For media enquiries contact: Sarah Hames at: shames@velux5oceans.com or call her on + 44 (0)7813 009 783. For content related enquiries contact info@w-w-i.com on call +44 (0)845 900 2 900. This image is copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS. The author is asserting his full Moral rights in relation to the publication of this image. Rights for onward transmission of this image or file is not granted or implied. Changing or deleting Copyright information is illegal as specified in the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. If you are in any way unsure of your right to publish this image please contact info@w-w-i.com
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