Vendee Globe Project Presentation

Vendee Globe Project Seattle Youth Campaign to enter the Vendee Globe 2012 Philip Corsano

Scope of Vendee Globe Project
Manage a successful US entry from Seattle for this race, identify pool of talent and launch campaign;
Identification steps for web outreach, charitable contributions;
Planning project critical path;
Executing the plan;
Monitoring plan;
Delivering, so as to arrive in Les Sables d’Olonne alive!

Why?
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries".
Brutus, Julius Caesar Act 4 Scene 3

Planning
Scope/Budget;
Time line;
Staff and Project Team
Support Team building;
Web site;
Fund Raising;
Outreach;
Sponsors;
Charities;
Design of boat;
Delivery of Boat;
Delivery of Rigging & Sails;
Electronics;
Logistics;
Weather team, online support during event;

Global Media reach

Time Line
Start line on 21st Ocober 2012
The race:
The race starts and finishes in Les Sables-d'Olonne , in the Vendee dep a rtement of France ; both Les Sables d’Olonne and the Vendee Conseil Gener a l are official race sponsors. [4] The course is essentially a circumnavigation along the clipper route : from Les Sables d’Olonne, down the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope ; then clockwise around Antarctica , keeping Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn to port; then back to Les Sables d’Olonne. [5] The race generally runs from November to February; and is timed to place the competitors in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer.
Additional waypoints may be set in the sailing instructions for a particular race, in order to ensure safety relative to ice conditions, etc. For example, in 2004, the racers had to pass north of the following flexible waypoints:

The Boats

Open 60/50 Specs.
Level class boat;
Very high tech, planing displacement;
25-30 knots, cover the 28,000 miles in 45-65 days non stop;
Canting keel;
Carbon construction, very specialized;
This campaign opting for smaller more manoeverable boat, Open 50, less speed but less strain;
Must enter a boat that has done one transatlantic crossing.

Vendee Globe Ultimate Challenge
Great way for Seattle to participate in one of the true last global adventures in world;
Youth connection;
Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Homeless charities to be funded;
Lasting impact on all involved;
Great way to market product for sponsor, as global media event;
60 days of constant global media coverage;
Great project!

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Vendee Globe Project Presentation

by Philip Corsano on Oct 07, 2009

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