BT GLOBAL CHALLENGE yacht

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BT GLOBAL CHALLENGE yacht

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:01 pm

The 15 fd stamp of Djibouti issued in 2000 shows us a sailing yacht with the inscription “BT Global Challenge”, I could not find a yacht with this name and after finding the web-site http://www.seachallenge.com/index.html which shows the same yacht with the logo on the bow as depict on the stamp, the only photo I could find on the net of the yacht. Not a name is given but she is one of the “Challenge 67 class” of which 14 were built for the BT Global Challenge 1996/7.
One the site is given a volunteer woman crewmember Jan Giffen who got training on the TOSHIBA II ex THOSIBA (1) most probably this yacht is depict. She was built in 1992 and renamed TOSHIBA II in 1996.
The 14 Challenge class yacht have the following details:
All 14 were built by Pendennis Plus (ex Devonport Yachts Ltd.) and designed by David Thomas and Thanos Condylis.
Steel hulled.
Displacement 40 tons, dim. 20.42 x 5.26 x 2.82m. (draught)
Keel weight 12 tons.
Sail area maximum 441 square meter
Fitted out with an auxiliary Perkins diesel, 130 hp.
Accommodation for 14 persons in six cabins.
Wikipedia has the following on this race:
BT Global Challenge 1996/7
An expanded fleet of 14 Challenge 67 yachts set out from Southampton in driving rain and gales. Again rigging problems struck in the Southern Ocean and CONCERT was dismasted. Skipper Chris Tibbs and crew made a jury rig and motorsailed to Wellington, New Zealand. CONCERT was re-rigged in time to start leg 3 from Wellington to Sydney and was 2nd on the Sydney to Cape Town leg. Yacht PAUSE TO REMEMBER, skippered by Tom O'Connor, suffered a snapped boom half way between Sydney and Cape Town. There seemed no choice but to fly their trysail until crewmembers Graham Phelp and Matthew Reeves took on the challenge of trying to repair it by using a cut out section as a splint. Two days later a shortened boom emerged from below decks and was successfully attached to the mast. Three weeks later and having suffered several storms with wind speeds in excess of 50 kn (93 km/h), PAUSE TO REMEMBER sailed into Cape Town, with boom still intact.
This race featured an extra leg to Boston and a crew of disabled men and women took part on TIME & TIDE the first to sail round the world.
Mike Golding dominated, winning five out of six legs in GROUP 4 with Andy Hindley winning the remaining leg in SAVE THE CHILDREN. Three skippers had graduated from being crew volunteers four years earlier: Andy Hindley; Mark Lodge; and Simon Walker, all of whom appeared in the top five placings. Simon Walker went on to become Managing Director of Challenge Business, helping to organise the 2000/1 and 2004/5 Global Challenges.
2015 Could not find what has happened with this class of yachts, but most probably she are still around somewhere.

Djibouti 2000 15 fd sg?, scott?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Ch ... e_1992.2F3
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