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GOR - Global Ocean Race Class40s - Leg 4
Punta del Este - Charleston
http://globaloceanrace.com - Übersicht
19 April 2012
Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina join the GOR as Race Partner
After 6,000 miles and around 33 days of racing from Punta del Este, Uruguay, to South Carolina, USA, the four, double-handed Class40s competing in the round-the-world Global Ocean Race (GOR) will cross the finish line off Charleston and head directly to the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina in Mount Pleasant.
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For the two weeks that the GOR fleet will spend in Charleston, the teams will be based at the 459-berth Charleston Harbour Resort and Marina in preparation for Leg 5 across the North Atlantic from Charleston to Les Sables d’Olonne, France, and the finish of the nine-month, 30,000-mile circumnavigation. The GOR boats have already made three stops in South Africa, New Zealand and Uruguay since the race began in Palma, Mallorca, last September, and the stay in Charleston is always a highlight of the race around the globe – the temperate May climate mirrored by the truly warm Southern welcome that the local people extend to sailors.
The Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina, just a short water taxi ride across the harbour from the grandeur of downtown Charleston, will play host for both the GOR fleet and the Race Organisers with the GOR Race Office housed within the complex. Situated on the outskirts of historic Mount Pleasant, the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina is perfectly located to access the many attractions that the area has to offer. Patriot’s Point Naval & Maritime Museum is close by with the World War II Aircraft Carrier USS Yorktown towering above the low country scenery. The GOR sailors will also be just a short drive away from the magical white sand beaches of Sullivan’s Island and the Isle of Palms. Although they will be busy getting their boats ready for the final leg of the race, the GOR sailors could not be better situated to enjoy the many pleasures that this wonderful corner of America can offer for some well-deserved time out.
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