Speaking of the Vendee Globe 04-05, there is an American from the San
Francisco Bay Area sailing in this race. His name is Bruce Schwab, a great
man ,sailor, and will be the first American to finish this race. He is
lightly sponsored, and has made his living as a sailboat rigger for one of
the large yards on S.F. Bay ( 20 years ) . Read and enjoy.

www.bruceschwab.com


"Hervé Le Cornec" hcl@net-trotter Years )ote in message
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The next regatta at VirtualTransat will be

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SAIL THE PLANET RWC
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Nov 7th 2004, 12h00GMT

This regatta is a virtual world tour following the Vendee Globe Challenge.

If you ever dreamt of living a 3 month long, hour to hour adventure around
the world's oceans coping with the real meteo, and competing with other
skippers : don't miss it !

Fair Winds !
http://www.virtualtransat.com