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WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACE
WASHINGTON—Paul Cayard, skipper of the EF Language,
one of nine boats competing in the Whitbread Round the World
Race, will describe the often ferocious conditions of the race
at a press conference at the National Geographic Society.
“Climbers do Everest, divers do the deep sea...sailors do
the Whitbread,” said Cayard in the May issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
magazine. The story features the southern Indian
Ocean portion of the journey, one of the roughest legs of the
eight-month race. Winds of 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour,
30-foot (9-meter) waves known as “liquid Himalaya,” icebergs
and whales routinely push boats and crew to the limits of
their endurance.
EF Language is favored to win the Whitbread overall.
Along with its eight competitors, the boat will moor in Baltimore
for a rest stop.
Cayard is the winner of four America’s Cups and numerous
other yachting laurels.
This is the seventh Whitbread race, which has been held
every four years since 1973, covers 30,000 nautical miles and
begins and ends in England.
Yachting specialty photographer Rick Tomlinson, who shot
the story for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, tells his own harrowing tale
of the Indian ocean leg in A Race Round the World at
www.nationalgeographic.com.
Tomlinson will also lecture at the Society on Tuesday,
April 28 at 5:30 and 8:00 p.m. ET.
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CONTACT:
Meredith Mansfield Sarah Clark
Connors Communications National Geographic Society
(212) 807-7500 (202) 828-5664
meredith@connors.com sclark@ngs.org
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