Barcelona World Race 2010

The second iteration of the Barcelona World Race began on 31st December 2010 when 14 teams of two handed sailors took to the water for the 46,300km nonstop race around the globe.

Dee is taking part with Spanish co-skipper, Anna Corbella, making them the only all female team in the competition.

The girls are competing aboard GAES Centros Auditivos - the same Open 60 on which Dee claimed her double world record when she came sixth in the Vendee Globe 2008/9.

Get to know the girls in ten questions!

Name:

Dee Caffari

DOB:

23 January 1973

Favourite food?

Pizza and diet Coke

Favourite joke?
Two fish are in a tank. One said to the other; “Do you know how to drive this thing?” This was sent to me during my last race around the world and it made me giggle. The others were too rude to write here!

What do you do to relax?
I love cycling and getting out to enjoy the countryside when walking my dog.

Who is your hero/heroine? Why?
The late Sir Peter Blake is my hero. He was an amazingly talented sailor and a dedicated environmentalist with a tenacious attitude.

What one thing would you most like to change about yourself?
I have the terrible habit of biting my nails and I would love to stop but I have yet to manage it.

What did you want to grow up to be when you were young?
I was keen to be a dancer when I was younger. I now have a burning ambition to take part in Strictly Come Dancing!

And what did you actually become?
PE teacher turned Professional Sailor.

Why are you taking part in the Barcelona World Race?
The Barcelona World Race is a fantastic opportunity for me to race around the world double handed, allowing me to gain further experience down in the Southern Ocean and enabling me to push myself harder than I would when solo sailing. My long term aim is to be on the start line of the Vendée Globe 2012 with the intention of achieving a podium position.

Name:

Anna Corbella

DOB:

21 May 1976

Favourite food?

Pa amb tomàquet

Favourite joke?
A snail that skids

What do you do to relax?
Run with my dog in the mountain.

Who is your hero/heroine? Why?
My shore crew ;-)

What one thing would you most like to change about yourself?
I am a little bit messy sometimes.

What did you want to grow up to be when you were young?
I wanted to be a dolphin trainer.

And what did you actually become?
Vet turned Professional Sailor.

Why are you taking part in the Barcelona World Race?
I want to go a step further, to compete and keep learning. Leaving from my home town to race around the world is a very exciting adventure and a dream come true.

Dee and Anna's competition in the Barcelona World Race

Jean-Pierre Dick – Loïck Peyron	Virbac-Paprec 3
Michel Desjoyeaux – François Gabart	Foncia
Dominique Wavre – Michèle Paret	Mirabaud
Alex Pella – Pepe Ribes	Estrella Damm
Pachi Ribero – Tonio Piris	Renault
Iker Martinez – Xabi Fernandez	Movistar
Alex Thomson – Andy Meiklejohn	Hugo Boss
Juan Mederiz – Fran Palacio	Central Lechera Asturiana
Boris Herrmann – Ryan Breymaier	Neutrogena
Kito de Pavant - Sébastien Audigane	Groupe Bel
Ludovic Aglaor - Gerard Marin	Fòrum Marítim Català
Jaume Mumbrú - Cali Sanmartí	We Are Water
Jean Le Cam and Bruno García	Président

For more information on the race log onto www.barcelonaworldrace.org/en

IMOCA Open 60 Vital Statistics

Length overall	20.1 metres / 66 feet (inc bowsprit)
Length on waterline	18.28 metres / 60 feet
Beam	5.57 metres / 18 feet, 3 inches
Draft	4.5 metres / 14 feet, 9 inches
Mast height from deck	27 metres / 88 feet, 6 inches
Sail area upwind	300 sq metres / 3,230 sq feet
Sail area downwind	580 sq metres / 6,245 sq feet
Designers	Owen Clarke Design LLP / Clay Oliver
Composite engineering	Gurit / SP Technologies Ltd
Build Project manager	Joff Brown – Joff Brown Limited
Builder	Hakes Marine Construction – Wellington, New Zealand
Construction	Carbon-fibre/honeycomb sandwich
Keel	Duplex stainless steel fabricated fin and lead bulb with hydraulic canting system
Keel canting rams	Two 70 tonne hydraulic rams by Cariboni
Daggerboards	Twin asymmetric carbon-fibre daggerboards
Rudders	Two carbon-fibre rudders
Bowsprit	Fixed carbon-fibre 1.82 metres bowsprit
Water ballast	Ten ballast & trim tanks
Mast	Carbon-fibre rotating mast by Southern Spars
Boom	Carbon-fibre by Southern Spars
Standing rigging	PBO by Future Fibres
Sails	3DL by North Sails – France
Engine	Lombardini 38 horsepower
Generator	Fisher Panda

about Anna Corbella

For Anna Corbella (Barcelona, 1976) the Barcelona World Race is the pinnacle of the most exciting two years of her life. Anna became the first Spanish woman to complete a solo Transatlantic regatta in 2009, when she sailed in the gruelling Transat 6.50, finishing in 13th place onboard GAES Solidaria 385, a 2002 design, finishing in front of many latest generation boats. With the Barcelona World Race, she could become the first Spanish woman to race around the world.

Anna has a degree in Veterinary studies from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona as well as a Masters degree in Scientific Communication from the Pompeu Fabra University. She began her sailing career in dinghy sailing. Corbella has conquered two Spanish World Championships (470 and 420) and has been part of the Spanish Olympic training team for two seasons. Following a tough Mare Nostrum regatta in 2001, Anna decided to officially enter the world of offshore racing by entering the Mini Class. She finished fourth in the Mini-Med 2004, fifth in the Mini-Med 2006 and won the Taylor Woodrow Trophy regatta in 2007. She also finished sixth in the Mini-Barcelona 2008 and fourth in the Mini-Empuries 2008, before her extraordinary 13th place in the Transat 6.50 IN 2009.

For more information about Anna Corbella, please visit: www.annacorbella.com