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During the race skippers will tell about their expiriences at sea.
This page will be updated with more stories continuously.
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Commitment
There was only one way I could really get at the problem and that was by going swimming - I put on a sailing dry suit, then a harness, attached it to a nice long line, and went over the transom.
Read Sir Robin's story
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 |  | Local initiatives
For the Japanese VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Kojiro Shiraishi Christmas and New Year will be very different this year
Read Kojiro's story
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 | | Mutual respect
The 24th and 25th November will be days which will stand as a reminder of the unbelievably events that happend for VELUX 5 OCEANS skippers Mike Golding and Alex Thomson.
Read their story
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 | | Mutual respect
Even though Mike Golding (left) and Alex Thomson (right) is out of the VELUX 5 OCEANS race, they where some of the first to congratulate Sir Robin Knox-Johnston with his 3rd place on LEG 1 of the VELUX 5 OCEANS Race around the world in Fremantle.
From the dock in Fremantle you can read Mikes view on Sir Robins achivement
Read Mike's report
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 | | Improvement
To be able win the VELUX 5 OCEANS Race the skippers need to continuously improve their skills and their equipment. They have to be fit to be able to make the supreme effort it is to sail a boat round the world alone. Over the years equipment developed in the Race has been adopted in leisure sailing improving performance and safety but competition and ambition keeps moving the boundary.
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 | | Thoroughness
The preparation before the Race is as important and complicated as the Race itself. When building a boat nothing can be overlooked – the skipper has to prepare for the most extreme conditions and overlooking a detail can mean the difference between survival and disaster.
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