Thought you all might be interested to know that three of our own will be at the helm of the Volvo Extreme 40s around Baltimore. Larry Harteck (Formula 18 Racer), will be skippering a Volvo Ocean Race. Johnny Lovell (Tornado) will be at the helm of Motorola. They will be competing against:
Randy Smyth - Team Tommy Hilfiger
Mitch Booth - Homatro
Alister Richardson (British Olympic 49er sailor) - Basilica
There are only two teams that have not been in the line up, racing these boats, until now. The first is Larry's team which includes Cam Lewis and a couple of Larry's cronnies, Doug and Greg. The other is Lovell's team which will include Charlie Ogletree (known in the referenced article as Ogilvy). They are sailing with what I will dub a Tornado campaign team rounding out that team are Hamish Oliphant and Leigh McMillan (Tornado campaigners), both who have sailed the Formula Extreme 40s before.
Randy, Mitch and Alister have raced the boats with the teams they are bringing to this venue.
If you have not seen the videos of this boat racing it is quite impressive.
The race course will be a battle of Olympians as stepping onboard Conrad Humphreys Motorola-CHR, which is currently in third place overall, will be 2004 Olympic Tornado silver medallist [color:"red"]Johnny Lovell[/color] who will be joined for one day by his Olympic team mate Charlie Ogilvy. Completing the line-up will be fellow Tornado Olympian Leigh McMillan from Great Britain and Hamish Oliphant.
Just off the podium is the Volvo Ocean Race Team who also boasts an impressive crew line-up for the Baltimore grand prix. Skippered by American [color:"red"]Larry Hartreck[/color], the team will be joined by America’s Cup winner and Rolex Yachtsman of the Year recipient fellow American Cam Lewis who will bring to the team a wealth of catamaran experience. Normally seen in catamarans of a considerable size, Lewis is a previous winner of the Trophee Jules Verne for the world’s fastest circumnavigation of the globe, something he shares in common with the Volvo Open 70 sailors. Completing the team is Doug Deaver and Greg Homann.
Later,
Dan
