Very slick looking its to be sailed by the double handed team of Ned Collier Wakefield (above) and Sam Goodchild.
They had success last year coming first in the Normandy Channel Race and hope to repeat that when they enter the Transat Jacques Vabre starting in just two weeks time.
Longer term they admit in this video of the naming ceremony for Concise 8 of their desire to race in the Vendee Globe.
I must admit I prefer the idea of double handed racing over single handed racing which can be either unsafe (due to poor watch keeping) or cruel (due to lack of sleep).
So its a shame they can't sail together in the Vendee Globe rather than be competitors.
2 comments:
I agree with you on single-handed distant racing, I think. It verges, (to a degree) on stunting, and less on quality racing. I have the utmost respect for solo sailing. I have always wanted to do it. But the best sailing, the safest racing, is crewed.
Indeed, respect to the single handed racer but its not something I'd want to do.
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