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	CNN.com - Solo sailors go Around Alone - September 16, 2002
		The Around Alone brings together a unique mixture of fully sponsored professional skippers and under-funded amateurs in a fleet of custom built monohulls from 13m to 18.28m (40 to 60ft).
		The Around Alone is now considered the poor relation to the high-profile Vendee Globe which attracts the top professionals who prefer the shorter non-stop version.
		The Around Alone race was purchased by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's Clipper Ventures in 2001, but in the current economic climate Clipper Ventures has failed to attract a major sponsor.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/sailing/09/16/around.start.spt (550 words)

	The Log
		For Van Liew, this was his second Around Alone race and perhaps the toughest.
		Around Alone was a brutal race for both men.
		Around Alone is the longest race on earth for any individual in any sport.
	www.thelog.com /printer/article.asp?c=57217 (650 words)

	OCSC San Francisco Bay - Around Alone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Around Alone - one sailor, one boat, around the world.
		Another spectacular achievement in the sailing world is a very different race, performed alone and circumnavigating the globe.
		Bruce's goals are both the 2002/2003 Around Alone, and the Vende Globe Challenge in 2004/2005.
	www.ocscsailing.com /news/09_02/alone.html (340 words)

	Around Alone Report March 2- Cape Horn Trophy Winners
		In this Around Alone, the Class I winner of the Guy Cotten Trophy is Somewhere.
		The final boat to round Cape Horn was unofficial Around Alone sailor Robin Davie on South Carolina.
		As this is Davie's 3rd Around Alone this is his 3rd doubling of the Horn.
	www.torresen.com /aroundalone/leg3/capehorn.htm (993 words)

	Wired News: Sailing 'Around Alone' and Online
		But unlike many sailors who have previously circled the globe unaccompanied, the competitors in Around Alone 2002 won't be completely alone after they depart on their seven-month odyssey this Sunday.
		Their multimillion-dollar boats are fitted with monitoring devices that will capture location, weather and ocean condition information around the clock.
		Around Alone starts Sunday from New York Harbor.
	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,55119,00.html (774 words)

	American Way Magazine - Trends for the Modern Traveler / Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		First contested in 1982, Around Alone is considered by many to be the most physically daunting sporting event on earth.
		Around Alone wasn’t just a sailboat race, it was their livelihood.
		While the 2002-03 Around Alone was his last, he recognizes that his jones for adventure will always be there.
	www.americanwaymag.com /travel/feature.asp?archive_date=11/1/2003 (2344 words)

	JS Online: Sailor completes around trip
		His unthinkable voyage around the world on a shoestring budget is over.
		Around Alone was Kent's first sailing experience crossing oceans and equators.
		Around Alone began with 13 competitors, seven in the 60-foot category and six in Kent's 50-foot category.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/Etc/May03/138783.asp?format=print (648 words)

	Around Alone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is a grueling single-handed sailing race, one of the most difficult and dangerous ever conceived where competitors are both the captain and crew, pitting themselves and their craft against the elements, alone, and where the finish line is literally a world away.
		In a unique act of solidarity, the Around Alone single-handed sailors will take the positive message that New York is "setting sail again" around the world, making this a historic departure.
		is one of the captains in the Around Alone race that launched from New York City on Sunday, September 15, 2002.
	www.educatorskonnect.com /AroundAlone/AroundAlone.html (513 words)

	CNN.com - Diabetic to sail Around Alone - September 5, 2002
		Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, race organiser, said: "Around Alone is the greatest mental and physical challenge in any sport.
		Around Alone is a single-handed ocean race held every four years since 1982.
		He will be sponsored by Bayer, which came onboard as a sponsor of Dennis' campaign on the same day he was going to call it quits due to a lack of funds.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/sailing/09/04/dennis.diabetic.ppl (401 words)

	CNN.com - Around Alone in U.S. sea tribute - April 10, 2002
		Around Alone competitors will sail in 160-mile crewed race from Newport to New York on the 12th September prior to the parade.
		New York's deputy mayor, Daniel Doctoroff, said the city was honoured by the inclusion of Around Alone boats.
		The Around Alone 2002 is a single-handed round-the-world race with stops in Torbay, England, Cape Town, South Africa, Tauranga, New Zealand and Salvador da Bahia, Brazil before returning to Newport in April 2003.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/sailing/04/10/america.ppl (373 words)

	The "Around ALone Race"
		"In each around the world race, the courses may be similar, the frustrations of the calms, and the fear of the giant waves of the Southern Ocean the same, but there the comparisons stop.
		"In Around Alone the fact of the mandatory stopovers and the chance to make repairs means that the sailors and boats push much harder.
		“Around Alone is the greatest mental and physical challenge in any sport.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/APR2003/ALan_Paris.htm (2044 words)

	Around Alone Film Review
		AROUND ALONE is another offering from Boston's New Film Co., which seems to have cornered the market on thrilling singlehander against-the-sea films.
		AROUND ALONE is well produced, narration written by sailing journalist Martin Luray and featuring Dodge and his state-of-the-art 60-foot Ted Hood designed sloop American Promise.
		Part of his stated goal for the trip was to push himself to the limits of his endurance and to find new ways to cope with being alone.
	www.newfilmco.com /aareview.htm (339 words)

	Simone Bianchetti, skipper of the Around Alone entry, Tiscali
		He was also a very fine racing sailor and seaman as his second position in Class 1 for the last leg of this years Around Alone showed.
		My report from the Around Alone awards ceremony shed some light on Simone mostly due to his antics. I’ll admit the story went through multiple drafts in order to prevent the wrong message from coming across.
		Around Alone Dinner Awards To clarify, Simone said and did what he wanted in the way he wanted, with little regard for the sometimes dry, traditional yachting etiquette. As I wrote at the time, his outlook and sense of humor were appreciated.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /general/2003/simonebianchetti.htm (375 words)

	Derek Hatfield Speaker Profile at The Lavin Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		To enter the Around Alone Derek built his own boat specifically designed for this race.
		From perseverance, to teamwork (he was on the boat alone but had to work closely with his support team on shore), to focus and entrepreneurial drive, Derek weaves a tale that is both practical and motivational, and sure to resonate with any audience looking to embrace challenges and rejuvenate its competitive spirit.
		As a successful businessman and entrepreneur, Derek understands the importance of putting forth a consistent message, and works hard with event organizers to make sure he is aligning his talk with key company values.
	www.thelavinagency.com /usa/derekhatfield.html (548 words)

	CNN.com - Around Alone claims first casualty - Oct. 17, 2002
		Italy's Simone Bianchetti is the first casualty in the second leg of the single-handed Around Alone race after his autopilots broke down.
		The options are to take the traditional longer route to the west, skirting the windless area, or to take the more high-risk direct option of sailing upwind into easterly winds on the approach to Cape Town.
		The winner of the second leg is expected in Cape Town around November 8.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/sailing/10/17/aroundalone.casualty.spt (640 words)

	Tommy Hilfiger Freedom America
		In September 2002, a fleet of the world's most talented offshore sailors will take to the high seas to face each other in the highly publicized 20th anniversary of the Around Alone solo yachting event.
		The Around Alone race is the master of all extreme sporting events.
		Sir Robin Knox Johnston, the first person to sail non-stop around the globe, recently purchased the Around Alone race, which is now managed by his Clipper Ventures plc.
	www.oceanracing.org /races-around.html (422 words)

	Ultimate Challenge Presentations - Robin Davie
		He has sailed the sail, and now he's here to talk the talk, bringing his unique and action-packed perspective on challenge though a riveting tale of life at sea that is punctuated by a spectacular slide and video presentation of adventure, sailing, the ocean and wildlife.
		The Around Alone Solo sailboat race has been sailed every four years since 1982.
		At 27,000 miles in length and seven months in duration, it is the longest race on earth for an individual in any sport.
	www.sailsc.com (213 words)

	John Dennis in the Around the World Alone Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Around Alone sailor John Dennis gets a hug from fellow competitor Emma Richards before the two set out from New York to Torbay, England on the first leg of their separate 28,000 nautical mile solo journeys.
		Richards, age 27 and the youngest competitor in the Around Alone global solo sailing race, has fondly nicknamed Dennis ‘Pops’, with respect to his being the eldest competitor at 57.
		Among the course challenge zones are the Southern Ocean, where there is a high frequency of gales and waves have been recorded at their largest (up to 120 feet high), and the tip of Cape Horn, considered one of the world's most dangerous areas.
	sportsfem.com /JohnDennis.html (520 words)

	JS Online: Area sailor poised to finish Around Alone
		That is when Tim Kent expects his 50-foot sailboat, Everest Horizontal, to arrive in Newport, R.I., marking the completion of the five-leg, 28,000-mile Around Alone race.
		Last spring, when he brought Everest Horizontal from Newport to Charleston, S.C., to get the vessel ready for Around Alone, he was hit hard by fierce winds.
		There's no monetary prize at stake, but Kent, an Elm Grove resident whose previous experience mostly kept him in the waters of the Great Lakes, has proved himself to be one of the best sailors in the world with this marathon.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/etc/may03/138533.asp?format=print (615 words)

	Around alone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On Saturday 18th May the final page of the 2003-2003 Around Alone was turned at the event's prize giving, hosted by PINDAR, TOMMY HILFIGER FREEDOM AMERICA and HSBC.
		The party to celebrate the end of the 2002-2003 Around Alone race took place on Saturday 17th May at the Museum of Yachting in Newport, Rhode Island.
		All of the skippers and teams that took part in the race attended - even Derek Hatfield was there in spirit, as he spoke to the guests via telephone whilst completing the final leg of the race.
	www.pindar.com /aroundalone/homepage/archive.asp (665 words)

	Tim Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The race around the world is "Around Alone." His boat is called Everest Horizontal.
		The history of the Around Alone race is littered with fast boats and sailors who failed to complete the race.
		Still it is a long ways from a three hundred plus mile sprint to the shortest leg of the "Around Alone" which is 2,930 nautical miles.
	www.sailingbreezes.com /Sailing_Breezes_Current/Articles/nov02/kent.htm (495 words)

	Mission America
		JULY 15, 2001 - (LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) Among the battles fought during the last Around Alone yacht race, many say the rivalry between Brad Van Liew and Mike Garside was the deepest.
		Van Liew, a brash young American on a second generation boat, nipped at the heels of Garside, the British soldier and his state of the art competition yacht, for 30,000 miles around the globe.
		Merely one American has won the 50-foot class of Around Alone, Mike Plant, who was a good friend of Van Liew's before his tragic loss at sea in 1993.
	www.oceanracing.org /news-press-12.html (522 words)

	Sailing
		Around Alone: American Tim Kent Fills Second Podium Spot for Class 2
		Around Alone — Bernard Stamm Closing in on Finish in NZ Alfa Romeo Takes Line Honors in Rolex Sydney to Hobart
		Around Alone — A Long Leg Two is Almost Over
	www.boatingchannel.com /Boating_Sports/Sailing/sailing.html (108 words)

	Anthony Steward - Around alone in an open boat
		He had done extensive round the buoys racing on a variety of boats from fully crewed keelboats to single handed dinghies (he is ex South African national champion in the Finn class) as well as offshore racing and cruising.
		It was while sailing double handed around Cape Horn (during which trip they were dismasted) that ideas started to formulate in his mind on the ultimate sailing challenge, the only sailing feat which had not yet been accomplished.
		Nobby felt that the achievements of Webb Chiles must be protected by ensuring that it did not become easy to better them, a sentiment with which I agree although some of the resulting rules seemed a bit at odds.
	www.dixdesign.com /steward.htm (3482 words)

	Around Alone Sailor Is An Inspiration Tim Kent Pushes On In
		Around Alone Sailor Is An Inspiration Tim Kent Pushes On In Around Alone Sailor Is An Inspiration
		The Around Alone racer climbed from fourth to second place behind fellow American, Brad Van Liew of California, aboard Freedom America, in the Cape Town leg.
		A fourth boat, skippered by Canadian and diabetic, 58 year old John Dennis, affectionately known as 'Pops' to the rest of the Around Alone competitors retired from the race December 21st.
	www.sailingbreezes.com /Sailing_Breezes_Current/articles/bs03/timkent.htm (1034 words)

	Sailing Alone Around the World, Woodrow Wilson, and the Girl Who Would Be Boy
		Sailing Alone around the World is the title, but only half of it is you and me and the wry and brave Joshua Slocum on board boat.
		This is one man, alone, braving the Strait of Magellan, the Cape of Good Hope, and the thousand storms that bedevil the hapless sailor.
		I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so I made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self...
	www.ralphmag.org /newZM.html (1695 words)

	First Around Alone (Articles) Michael Kanellos
		Historians guess the Spray was originally built as a fishing hulk in New England around 1800.
		He would rebuild it and sail it around the world.
		Surprisingly, for an epic solo sailor, Slocum felt that being alone was unhealthy.
	www.utne.com /web_special/web_specials_archives/articles/705-2.html (796 words)

	Sailing Alone Around The World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		To sail around the world at the turn of the century in the 34 foot sloop he had built himself seemed relatively simple to Joshua Slocum.
		And it gave him a good feeling to do what other seaman said was impossible for any man to do alone.
		Sailing Alone Around The World was first published in 1900 and as a record-breaking adventure sold very well.
	www.sonic.net /barny/sailing.html (490 words)

	PPL Photo Agency - The Specialist Media Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Italy's Giovanni Soldini has won the Around Alone solo round the world race in record time.
		In his wake a litany of disasters and despair have struck the other 16 starters including three dismastings, one capsize, a grounding and construction problems forcing another to throw in the towel.
		PPL is the official photo agency to the Around Alone Race with pictures available of all the triumphs and tragedies.
	www.sailingsource.com /ppl/glyaa_l4fn.html (203 words)

	Seamanship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It goes without saying: Sailors in the Around Alone race are tough.
		Though examined by a doctor before he took off on the Around Alone, the wound flared up again.
		As the Around Alone racers prepared to head out into the Southern Ocean for leg 2 of the Around Alone on December 5, a still-tough but wiser Yazykov will join the fleet, having learned vital basics on the common abscess and bleeding.
	sailnet.com /collections/seamanship/index.cfm?articleID=mahaff022&... (756 words)

	Race Schedule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The "Around Alone" is also single-handed but is in four legs.
		Our team is building a formidable U.S. challenger for Americans and the world to follow in the Vendee, Around Alone, and other "Open 60" races.
		It is a single-handed, around the world, nonstop race.
	www.saillinks.com /schedule.htm (629 words)

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