Global Ocean Race - First female team announced

7:40 PM Sun 19 Dec 2010 GMT

'Anna-Maria Renken (left) joins Hannah Jenner - the GOR’s all-girl team' Global Ocean Race

British yachtswoman, Hannah Jenner, has confirmed that her co-skipper for the double-handed, Class40, Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) is German sailor, Anna-Maria Renken. Jenner and Renken are currently the only all-girl GOR team. Hannah Jenner secured her GOR entry in April this year and had originally planned to take advantage of the GOR?s Team Entry option and swap co-skippers at each stopover. 'When putting together a global race campaign that relies on external funding, you really need a unique selling point,' explains the 30 year-old, professional sailor. 'I started with the idea of a team entry with the focus on ...

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