Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Barcelona World Race: Sailor Ages



Of the 18 sailors (below) Servane Escoffier of Educacion Sin Fronteras is the youngerst at 26 (and the only sailor under 30) while the Temenos 2 duo of Michelle Paret and Dominique Wavre (right) are both 52.

There are 4 sailors who are 45 Andrew Cape, Guillermo Altadill, Johnathan Mckee and Jean-Luc Nelias. 2 are 43 Roland Jourdain and Pachi Rivero, while J.P. Dick is the only 42 year old sailing. There are a trio of 38 year olds: Damian Foxall, Sidney Gavignet and Javier Sanso.

Team wise the youngest is PRB with 35 year old Vincent Riou and 32 year old Sebastien Josse already with 4 circumnavigations among them. 2nd in average age is Delta Dore at 34.5, with Educacion Sin Fronteras 3rd at 36.5.

The 2nd and 3rd youngest sailors are Jeremy Beyou at 31 and Hugo Boss' Alex Thomson at 33.

Educacion Sin Fronteras Albert Bargues is 47 making him 21 years older than his co-skipper.

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