There are 9 boats starting the Barcelona World Race. As this is the first non stop double handed circumnavigation race there are 18 sailors. Generally there is a skipper and co-skipper. It is the skippers program and in a years time the skipper, such as Alex Thomson will sail the boat in the Vendee Globe. The co-skipper then was selected just for this race.
Albert Bargues age 47 is co-skippering Educacion Sin Fronteras. He has one round the world voyage in the form of the 1986 Whitbread. He has extensive experience on the shore side of Open 60 campaigns.
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