team britannia ______power boat world record attempt Team Britannia ______

FLYING THE FLAG FOR BRITISH DESIGN AND INNOVATION

Team Britannia is a multi-million pound British bid to design and build the fastest and most fuel efcient semi wave-slicing superboat to circumnavigate the globe for the much-coveted UIM (Union Internationale Motonautique) world record.

Te challenge is one of the toughest world records and has only been tried three times. Te first 113ft Cable & Wireless Adventurer set the world record in 1998. It took 74 days and 21 hours. Te second, Spirit of Cardif ended in failure in 2002 and finally Kiwi the current record holder in 60 days, 23 hours and 49 minutes.

“Tis is the pinnacle of endurance motorsport.” Excalibur ______

A REVOLUTIONARY ECO-BOAT

Excalibur is a completely new design, from Professor Bob Cripps, former Technical Director of VT Halmatic. It has been designed in the UK and is being constructed on the south out of marine grade aluminium by Paul Johnson and the Aluminium Boatbuilding Company.

It encompasses an exceptionally efcient hull, which will allow it to slice through the waves under the constant propulsion of her twin engines. Tis design will cut fuel consumption by up to 30 per cent, with no loss in performance, cutting down on pollution and time-consuming refuelling stops.

Massive fuel tanks will enable the team to complete the seven 3,800 mile legs of the voyage and break the existing record by up to 10 days.

“Excalibur will showcase the best of the World’s Marine sector .”

Photos by Johnny Black alan priddy ______

TEAM BRITANNIA IS SKIPPERED BY ALAN PRIDDY

Te boat will be crewed by a team of 12, skippered by Alan Priddy. He is an racing legend. He learnt to sail when he was just seven and had his first speedboat at the age of 11. He has held 37 world records and 12 British records.

In 2002 he attempted to circumnavigate the world in a rigid hulled inflatable (RIB), but had to abort after a medical emergency on board forced a detour. In 2003 he set the World RIB Record for a transatlantic crossing at just 103 hours – a record that still stands. In 2008 he completed a circumnavigation in the Lively Lady, Sir Alec Rose’s iconic yacht crewed by young adults from deprived areas of Portsmouth.

“Alan is a legend in the boating community. Whether sailing Lively Lady or speeding across the Atlantic in a RIB, he is one of this country’s leading maritime adventurers.”

Photo by Johnny Black meet the crew ______

ALL ABOARD EXCALIBUR

Alan has hand picked a crew, who have more than 100 world and national records, including Doctor Jan Falkowski, current holder of 10 records, award-winning journalist Clive Tully, holder of 35 records (33 uim, 2 unofcial - Suez , 2003 transatlantic) and Alan Goodwin, our Land Director, who pioneered endurance powerboating and was a member of the 1998 Cable and Wireless Team.

Supporting the onboard crew are a team of logistic and communication experts, including award winning photographer Johnny Black, top action photographer Chris Davies and Alistair Tompson, our director of communications.

Tis amazing project is all about our crew – the designers, builders, those resupplying her, those who have supported her and of course those who will drive her.”

Dr Alan Priddy JOHN MOLLISON ALAN SAVAGE JOHNNY BLACK ALAN GOODWIN DR JAN FALKOWSKI PETER GIOVANNOLI

RICHARD HUNT JEZ SCARRATT JOHN SANDFORD-HART ROBERT MACKENZIE LEE SPENCER WAYNE PRIDDY

STEVE MASON DAISY COLEMAN ANDY REID CLIVE TULLY ALISTAIR THOMPSON ALAN PRIDDY construction ______

A WORLD CLASS SUPERBOAT

Te boat is being built by the Aluminium Boatbuilding Company based in Hampshire, out of marine-grade aluminium. Te metal was produced by using recycled metals and router cut by specialist firm Aalco in Southampton.

Te whole process has taken more than two years and thousands of hours of highly skilled fabrication and welding. In December 2016 the basic hull, (which was being built upside down,) was completed and turned to allow work to start on the superstructure and installation of the engines.

In September 2018, the external work was completed, allowing the final fitting out to commence. Te boat will be in the water before the year is out.

It will showcase more than a dozen leading marine companies, which are supporting the project with their expertise and equipment.

“Te vessel’s superstructure is largely complete. We are now finishing of the welding, fitting the special windows and getting Excalibur ready for the water.”

wounded & injured ______

UNDERPINNING OUR DEDICATION

In 2014 while walking past the Tower of London’s magnificent poppy display, Alan, Team Britannia’s chief engineer Steve Mason and medic, Dr Jan Falkowski, (formerly British Army) were so moved by the tribute, that they made a commitment to work with wounded and injured servicemen and women.

Since that day, the Team made a commitment to take up to five veterans on each leg of the voyage, while others will join our shore-based support group. Te veterans will be drawn from all three branches of the armed forces. Tey will be put through a rigorous selection process, including sea survival and powerboat qualifications.

All the servicemen/women are wounded, injured or sick (WIS).

“Tis is not a pleasure cruise and there are no passengers on board the boat. All of our crew will play a full part in smashing this world record.” supportive partners ______

WORKING WITH TRUE HEROS

According to a recent study from King’s College London, there are around 83,000 former servicemen and women who are still sufering from their physical or mental injuries from the wars of the last 25 years.

Team Britannia is honoured that in this endeavour we are working with British Limbless Ex-Serviceman’s Association (BLESMA) to provide a number of wounded and injured servicemen/women an opportunity to join our crew.

We will harness their incredible can-do attitude, their passion and tenacity. It is this spirit that not only makes our armed forces the best in the world but will help us take back the round the world powerboat record for Great Britain.

BLESMA is providing funding for the training and support of the WIS crew- members, including medical support, transport and accommodation.

BLESMA supports limbless veterans, it was set up after the First World War to support the more than 40,000 men who returned from that conflict having lost limbs or eyes. Nearly 100 years on it is still supporting veterans for the duration of their lives.

“We are humbled by the incredible work of these organisations and are delighted to play a small part in supporting some of their incredible members.”

Photo by Andy Bates ______puerto rico the route ______GLOBAL EXPOSURE Manzanillo Te World Record Authorities (UIM) dictate that for a recognised circumnavigation, ______the craft has to pass through the Suez and Panama , cross the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator and must start and finish the journey in the same place, completing a voyage of around 23,000 miles. honolulu Te record attempt route has been set as Gibraltar, , Manzanillo, ______Honolulu, Guam, Singapore, Oman, Malta returning to Gibraltar.

On each of the stops, the boat will take on around 35,000 litres of fuel, food and other provisions. Tis will be loaded by Team Britannia’s Formula 1 style pit crew guam who will arrive in advance of the boat in each country to minimise delays. ______Te pit crew is being provided by global logistics firm GAC, who employ over 9,000 people at more than 300 ofces around the globe. singapore ______“Te key to the success of every record attempt is having a great team, which is why we are using GAC to provide all our logistics support. Every second we are in port oman with the engines idle is a second we are not ______taking of the record.” malta ______gibraltar gibraltar Bay of Fajardo ______

OUR START & FINISH POINT & HOME PORT PUERTO RICO

Fun Fact - John Lennon and Yoko Ono got married in Gibraltar, as did Sean Fun Fact - Te Arecibo telescope makes an appearance at the end of the 1995 Connery. movie GoldenEye, when , played by Pierce Brosnan, slides down the satellite dish to escape gunfire. Fun Fact 2 – Aware of the legend, Prime Minister had Barbary macaques brought from North Africa to Gibraltar during WWII to help with the Fun Fact 2 - Actor Joaquín Phoenix and musicians José Feliciano and Ricky Martin declining monkey population. were born in Puerto Rico.

Status: British Overseas Territory. Status: Unincorporated Territory of the of America. Population, Gibraltar: 32,217 Population, Puerto Rico: 3,683,238 (2015 UN est.) Ofcial language: English. Ofcial language: Spanish (predominant) and English. Currency: (£) (GIP). Currency: US Dollar ($). Longitude/latitude: 36°6’ 33” N 5°20’ 44” W Longitude/latitude: 18°20’ 4” N 65°37’ 47” W. Distance to Puerto Rico: 3358 nautical miles. Distance to Manzanillo, : 2756 nautical miles via . Manzanillo honolulu ______

MEXICO HAWAII

Fun Fact - Manzanillo is nicknamed the ‘Sailfish Capital of the World’ due to its Fun Facts - Iolani Palace, the former home of Hawaii’s ruling family is the only impressive population of sailfish. royal palace on US soil and had electricity before the White House.

Fun Fact 2 – Te region around the port, Colima, is an important state for Fun Fact 2 - Te Humuhumunukunukuāpuaa, also known as the reef triggerfish, production of coconut and lime and exports them all over the world. is the state fish of Hawaii.

Urban Population: 161,420 (2010, UN). Relative size: Most populous city in Hawaii. Population, Mexico: 127,017,224 (2015 UN est.) Population, City and county of Honolulu: 998,714 (2015 Hawaii gov. est.) Ofcial language: Spanish. Population Hawaii: 1,431,603 (2015 Hawaii gov. est.) Currency: Mexican Peso (MXN). Ofcial language: English and Hawaiian. Longitude/latitude: 19°4’ 5” N 104°18’ 19” W Currency: US Dollar ($). Distance to Honolulu, Hawaii: 3011 nautical miles. Longitude/latitude: 21°17’ 24” N 157°52’ 1”W Distance to Apra, Guam: 3333 nautical miles. Apra Jurong ______

GUAM SINGAPORE

Fun Fact - Although Mount Lamlam measures in at just over 400 metres above sea Fun Fact - A ship arrives or leaves the port of Singapore every 2-3 minutes. More level, measured from the bottom of the Mariana Trench, it is actually the highest than 130,000 ships stop by Singapore every year. mountain in the world. Fun Fact 2 – Singaporeans hold several world records including the largest game Fun Fact 2 - Te commercial port of Apra Harbour has a live reef within its of musical chairs (1989), largest jello mosaic (2004), largest ant farm (2008) and boundary, which is rich in sea life. largest curry (2015).

Status: Unincorporated and Organised Territory of the United States of America. Population, Singapore: 5,603,740 (2015 UN est.) Population, Guam: 169,885 (2015 UN est.) Ofcial language: English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil. Ofcial language: English, Chamorro. Currency: Singapore Dollar (SGD). Currency: US Dollar ($). Longitude/latitude: 1°18’ 12” N 103°43’ 28” E Longitude/latitude: 13°27’ 32” N 144°39’ 40”E Distance to Oman: 3138 nautical miles. Distance to Jurong, Singapore: 2589 nautical miles. Salalah valletta ______

OMAN MALTA

Fun Fact - Around 20,000 sea turtles migrate annually from the Red Sea, Somalia Fun Fact - Malta is a popular filming location for blockbuster movies. Scenes from and the Arabian Gulf to lay eggs on Omani shores. Te best time for turtle watching Gladiator, Te Da Vinci Code, Te Spy Who Loved Me, Captain Phillips and Troy is July through October. were shot in Malta.

Fun Fact 2 - Oman is one of the only places in the world where frankincense trees Fun Fact 2 - According to the Bible, Christianity came to Malta around 60 AD; a are still grown and harvested. ship carrying the Apostle Paul was wrecked on the Maltese coast, and those aboard had to swim to the shores. Population, Oman: 4,490,541 (2015 UN est.) Ofcial language: Arabic. Population, Malta: 41,867 (2015 UN est.) Currency: Rial (OMR). Ofcial language: Maltese, English. Longitude/latitude: 16°56’45” N54°1’18”E Currency: Euro (€) Distance to Malta: 3529 nautical miles via Suez Canal. Longitude/latitude: 35°53’52”N 14°30’45”E Distance to Gibraltar: 4505 nautical miles via Suez Canal. Distance to Gibraltar: 984 nautical miles. the record CIRCUMNAVIGATION ROUTE ______

START: A transit line due south of , Gibraltar.

FINISH: A transit line due south of Europa Point Lighthouse, Gibraltar. the recordS DISTANCE: Te accredited distance is around 23497 Nm. ______WHO: Pete Bethune (seems to be more commonly known as Pete PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES rather than Peter) started and finished his circumnavigation in Sagunto, Spain. While the round-the-world title is very much the focus of our attention, there are more than a dozen additional port-to-port and other records that are up for grabs. TIME: 1463 hours, or 60 days, 23 hours and 49 minutes. Tese are a mix of existing world records and new ones. Tey reflect the technical and logistical challenges of international endurance powerboating and why this SPEED: 16.061 knots 24.2 mph. will be just the third round the world record attempt.

All of the records will be sanctioned by the sport’s global governing body - Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), based in Monaco. Te UIM is fully recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). uim rules 616.03 - GENERAL Te UIM has 62 afliated National Federations, around the world including in the ______UK, USA, China, U.A.E, Germany, Qatar, Russia, and Switzerland. Te purpose of the rules is to enable attempts to be made on a variety of ofshore records. Tey do not form the conditions of any prize or trophy, nor are they motorboat instructions.

“Tis is a once in a life opportunity to break the current Te record for each passage shall stand until the elapsed time of that record has world record and set a dozen more. It really doesn’t get been reduced by at least one minute. Every request to ratify a record shall be bigger than that!” considered in time and date order.

Dr Alan Priddy 606 – MARGIN REQUIRED ______

A record will be valid only if its previous speed at least equals the previous sped of the record multiplied by 1.003

Around the World (616.04 - second paragraph applies) To make motorised passage around the World, eastbound or westbound, a vessel must start from and return to the same point, must cross all meridians of longitude, and must pass through the Suez and Panama Canals. sea trials sea trials ROUND GB (UN-ASSISTED) ______LONDON TO GIBRALTAR ______WHO: Understood to be Nigel Irens in ‘Ilan Voyager’. WHO: Chris Strickland 2006 Sea Hound V. START: A line from Southsea Castle (50° 46.700’N 01° 05.340’ W) START: Royal Pier, Gravesend and Tilbury Fort, London. FINISH: To Spitbank Fort (50° 46.235’N 01° 05.935’ W) FINISH: A transit line due south of Europa Point Lighthouse. TIME: Around 63 ½ hours – actual time unknown. TIME: 40 hours, 3 minutes and 11 seconds. YEAR: 1988. YEAR: DISTANCE: Recorded is 1362.8 Nm. DISTANCE: 1310 Nm. SPEED: 21.5 Knots according to www.nigelirens.com SPEED: 32.717 Knots (37.65 MPH) NOTE: It may well be that there is no ofcial RYA or UIM record but in which case it will be possible to establish a record. NOTE: Tis would be a good sea trial as the boat has to go to Gibraltar for the start. Te only extra is a run to London, where it would get a lot of publicity and a good send of. ROUND GB AND IRELAND

(UN-ASSISTED) SHAKE DOWN RUNS GIBRALTAR TO MONACO / SUPERYACHT SHOW ______

WHO: TBA (Un-assisted) Chris Strickland was assisted. WHO: To be decided.

START: To be decided. START: A line due East of the Yacht Club de Monte Carlo.

FINISH: To be decided. FINISH: A transit line due south of Europa Point Lighthouse.

TIME: 72 hours and 23 minutes. TIME: To be decided.

YEAR: 2005. YEAR:

DISTANCE: 1787 Nm. DISTANCE: 773.60 Nm.

SPEED: 24.67 Knots (28.38 mph). SPEED: To be decided.

NOTE: Tis has not been attempted, but could easily be done as NOTE: Given the reasonably high, achieved by a boat designed alternative to Round GB or as well as or even after world tour. I for speed this would be the most difcult record to achieve and suspect that it would be possible to break the assisted record as consideration should be given to a diferent route or record. Our well as establish an un-assisted record. A clarification is required message has been we are building Mo Farah not Usain Bolt and as to could you do both this and the Round GB unassisted at the attempting this record might muddy the waters. same time? port to port LEG 1 / GIBRALTAR – BAHIA DE FAJARDO port to port & PUERTO RICO LEG 3 / MANZANILLO, MEXICO – HONOLULU ______HARBOUR & HAWAII ______START: A transit line due south of Europa Point Lighthouse, Gibraltar. START: To be decided. FINISH: To be decided. FINISH: To be decided. DISTANCE: To be decided. DISTANCE: 3250 Nm. RECORD: To be established. RECORD: To be established. TIME: To be established. TIME: To be established. SPEED: To be established. SPEED: To be established. NOTE: None of the 2002 records fit here. NOTE: Tere needs to be established a ‘Pacific’ record which will be record 3A. None of the 2002 records fit here. LEG 2 / BAHIA DE FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO - PORT OF MANZANILLO & MEXICO ______LEG 4 / HONOLULU HARBOUR, HAWAII - JOSE D LEON GUERRERO & GUAM START: To be decided. ______

FINISH: To be decided. START: To be decided.

DISTANCE: To be decided. FINISH: To be decided.

RECORD: To be established. DISTANCE: 3350 Nm.

TIME: To be established. RECORD: To be established.

SPEED: To be established. TIME: To be established.

NOTE: Tis record could include these 3 records: SPEED: To be established. 2A) Bahia de Fajard, Puerto Rico to Entrance of Panama Canal at Colon, Panama 2B) Entrance of Panama Canal to Exit of Panama Canal to NOTE: None of the 2002 records fit here. 2C) Exit of Panama Canal to Port of Manzanillo, Mexico port to port LEG 5 / JOSE D LEON GUERRERO, GUAM - PORT OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE ______START: To be decided. port to port FINISH: Te entrance to Marina Bay harbour. LEG 7 / SALALAH, OMAN – GIBRALTAR DISTANCE: 2750 Nm. (INCLUDING TRANSITING THE SUEZ CANAL) ______RECORD: To be established. START: 1 Nm line due north of Safe water mark. TIME: To be established. FINISH: A transit line due south of Europa Point Lighthouse, Gibraltar. SPEED: To be established. DISTANCE: 3920 Nm. NOTE: None of the 2002 records fit here. RECORD: To be established.

LEG 6 / PORT OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - SALALAH OMAN TIME: To be established. ______SPEED: To be established. START: Te entrance to Marina Bay harbour. NOTE: Tis leg needs to be split up so: FINISH: 1 Nm line due north of Safe water mark. 7A) Salalah, Oman to southern entrance to the Suez Canal. 7B) Salalah, Oman to Aden. DISTANCE: 3200 nm. 7C) Aden to Jeddah. 7D) Jeddah to Port Said. RECORD: To be established. 7E) Southern end of Suez to Northern exit (Port Said). 7F) Port Said to Gibraltar. TIME: To be established. 7G) Port Said to Malta. 7H) Malta to Gibraltar. SPEED: To be established.

NOTE: Tis record could include these four records: 6A) Singapore to Sabang, Indonesia. 6B) Sabang to Galle, Sri Lanka. 6C) Galle to Mangalore, India. 6D) Mangalore to Salalah, Oman. records of note LEG 2B / TRANSIT THROUGH PANAMA CANAL ______records of note LEG 7E / SOUTHERN END OF SUEZ TO NORTHERN EXIT START: To be decided. ______

FINISH: To be decided. START: To be decided. Need local info on where we can run at speed to.

DISTANCE: Approx 50 Nm and three sets of locks. FINISH: To be decided. Need local info on where we can run at speed to.

RECORD: *2 hours and 41 minutes. DISTANCE: Approx 100 nm and no locks.

TIME: UIM record TBE unless they accept USS Pegasus record. RECORD: Spirit of Cardif’s unofcial record southbound from Port Said to Port Suez in April 2002 was 8 hours 15 minutes. SPEED: To be established. TIME: To be established. NOTE: * Anecdotally 2 hours and 41 minutes by USS Pegasus – needs to be clarified as it will not be a UIM record. SPEED: To be established.

Need to establish start and finish co-ordinates for the ‘record’ NOTE: Te typical time are shown as 11 hours, but the 100 Nm canal and use these for finish of leg 2A and the start and finish could be done much faster is permissions were sought to ignore of leg 2B as well as the start of leg 2C. the normal speed limits.

Tis will only be possible with the support of the Canal owners As with Panama will need ‘buy in’ from operators to see if and a lot of planning as I am sure that the typical 8 to 10 normal speeds can be ignored for this attempt. hours transit is based on hours of waiting. If possible to get the elements to work together then could easily be broken. Length 80FT OF MARINE GRADE ALUMINIUM ______statistics Material ______12.5KM OF FRAMING & 15 MILES OF METAL ______JUST THE FACTS

Just like every performance sport, Formula 1, the America’s Cup or Tour de this record is all about the numbers. Tis is why Alan and his team have spent range months reviewing every inch of the boat, to save weight. Tey will use special AN AVERAGE OF 4,000 NAUTICAL MILES mattresses that save 270kg compared with standard ones and have removed ______cooking equipment and the “heads” (otherwise know as the toilet). All the food on board has been freeze dried, while water for drinking, food and washing will be made on demand using a desalination machine. fuel 35,000 LITRES OF DIESEL Fuel stops have been cut to just seven, by enlarging the six fuel tanks, giving the ______boat a range of nearly 4,000 nautical miles. Global logistics company GAC will ensure that all the stores and bunkering will be ready at the quayside of each stop, while the specially designed venting system will allow the boat to be refuelled and engines ready to go in just a few hours. TWO CUSTOM FIAT POWER TRAIN C13 500, 6 CYLINDERS All of this will help Team Britannia cut up to 10 days of of the current record of ______60 days, 23 hour and 49 minutes. power 500BHP FROM EACH ENGINE / TOP SPEED CIRCA 50MPH “Tis is the pinnacle of endurance motorsport. It has ______only been tried three time since records began. It is 23,000 miles of grit and determination.” Coverage READERSHIP OF TB / OVER 200 MILLION / SINCE APRIL 2016 ______Over the last ten years we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century.

Enough plastic is thrown away each year to do our world route four times.

Te production of plastic uses around one 12th eight of the world’s oil production

uop / plastics Every year approximately 500 billion plastic bags are used worldwide. Tat is ______more than 1,000,000 every minute.

PLASTIC NOT-FANTASTIC It takes 500-1,000 years for plastic to degrade. Team Britannia are delighted to be working with the University of Portsmouth as part of our plastics programme. Every hour during the 42,000 km voyage the crew Te Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located in the North Pacific of the coast of will take water and air samples, recording the exact location and temperature. and is the largest ocean garbage site in the world. All the samples will be sent back to the University of Portsmouth for full analysis to build up a unique picture of air and water plastic pollution, the first combined Tis floating mass of plastic is between five and six times the size of the UK or map ever attempted. Te data will be published in full on an open source website, twice the size of Texas. so it is accessible to all.

Plastic constitutes approximately 90% of all trash floating on the ocean’s surface, with 46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile. “It is one world. And it’s in our care. For the first time in the history of humanity, for the first time in 500 million Reports suggest a million sea birds and 100K marine mammals are killed years, one species has the future in the palm of its hands. annually from plastic in our . I just hope he realises that is the case.”

Plastic can be absorbed by humans - A major study finding more than nine in 10 Sir David Attenborough Americans aged six or older testing positive for BPA.

Every year, 6.4 million tonnes are dumped into the ocean. Tis is the same as 3,200 kilometres of trucks each loaded with garbage.

12.7 million tons of plastic enter the oceans every year, that’s a rubbish truck every. single minute of every single day. clean fuel ______

GETTING TECHNICAL

Te vessel will be powered by a revolutionary fuel emulsion, a mixture of diesel, water and emulsifier, that when burnt reduces harmful emissions. Initial testing indicates that the new emulsion could cut particulate matter by 90 per cent and NOX by 60 per cent.

Te British company behind the emulsion, Clean Fuel Ltd along with its partners have pioneered new technology that shows it is possible to deliver racing speeds and performance while being green.

Clean Fuel produces a stable emulsion by mixing diesel, water and an emulsifying agent together which burns more efciently and as the water will be drawn from the sea to improve the boat’s range.

Te efects of the emulsified fuel on the engines and the emissions will be monitored for the duration of the voyage and the results published by Clean Fuel online in real time.

“Our goal is very simple, to win the world record and to prove you can do it in an environmentally-friendly way, which is why we are using Clean Fuel.” Notes to editors ______

REACHING MILESTONES

Team Britannia is building a media plan that will maximise interview and story opportunities. It will include a number of “milestone” events ahead of the record attempt. We will be formally announcing the crew, major sponsors and partners, key stages in the building process such as the hull being turned, the boat’s nam- ing along with regular interview opportunities with the crew and technical staf .

All of this will culminate in a week long nautically-themed festival in Gibraltar ahead of the record attempt and a sumptuous Champagne Gala Reception on board the five star Sunborn Hotel for those connected with the project, sponsors, dignitaries and over 100 journalists and broadcasters.

During the record attempt our partners at CobWeb and Iridium will stream real time data on the boats performance, speed, position and even crew welfare to our race headquarters in Fareham. We will also hold a series of “live” interviews during each of the seven stages.

Following the successful completion of the record attempt, the vessel will become a regular fixture on the global boat show circuit. It will include the high profile European shows such as: London, Southampton, Cowes Week, Dublin, Monaco, Helsinki, Gothenburg, Grand Pavois (La Rochelle) Stockholm, Seatec (Italy) Portugal, Spain, Volga and Genoa.

Te vessel will also visit the large international shows including: CNR Eurasia (Istanbul), China (Shanghai), Kuwait, Korea, Qatar, Sydney, , Miami, Atlantic City, Montreal, Boston and IBEX (Tampa). www.teambritannia.co.uk / Twitter @team_britannia / Facebook @teambritannia media reach ______

A GLOBAL AUDIENCE

Team Britannia is a unique sporting event, which has only been tried three times before. We expect there will be considerable media interest, tapping into the 1.7 billion global sailing and extreme sport audience, who tune into the Volvo Ocean Race.

We have been working for several months with a leading production company to develop a compelling pitch for a two part/two hour documentary. Te basic split on this is part 1: the development of the boat and the new technologies it will use and part 2: the record attempt itself.

Te completed programmes would then be pitched to various global networks, via the production company. Tey have identified key markets, which include the USA, Europe, India and China.

Additionally, we have been speaking to BBC Click, the Corporation’s flagship technology programme and Sky Ocean Rescue, the innovative campaign, which aims to highlight the problems of plastics in the ocean and its impact on people around the world.

Since construction on our superboat started, Team Britannia has reached a global audience of around 200 million.

Photo credit: Te Telegraph: “Afghanistan veteran braves the waves in record round the world bid.” fans & supporters ______

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

Te record attempt has already galvanized the international marine sector, which is supporting the record attempt. International companies like, GAC, Raymarine and Fiat Powertrain will help us on the 42,000 km voyage. Bolstering this important group is the University of Portsmouth, which is helping with training the crew and Team Britannia’s ground breaking environmental programme.

We also have a growing band of individuals supporters including the Global adventurer Bear Grylls, former BBC anchor and royal correspondent Michael Buerk, the legendary political commentator and broadcaster John Sergeant and Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP.

“We are proud that this project is capturing the imagination of millions of people around the world and they are supporting the Team.” ocean village Gibraltar ______

A TRULY WORLD CLASS DESTINATION

Te Team has selected British Gibraltar as their starting and finishing point, not least because it is between two continents and therefore ideally situated for the record and has the iconic Europa Point racing mark.

While in Gibraltar we will be berthed at the stunning Ocean Village Marina, which has become our second home and the base for our Race HQ.

We are proud to be working with the Team at OV to raise awareness of the problems of ocean plastic and to provide an accessible location for our legions of fans to visit our superboat and meet our crew.

“Te warm and generous people of British Gibraltar have welcomed our crew with open arms. Coupled with its geographic location it is the ideal base for the world record attempt.” raymarine flir ______

SPECIALISTS IN MARINE ELECTRONICS

We are delighted to be working with Raymarine FLIR, the world leader in high performance marine electronics for the recreational boating and light commercial marine markets.

Alan partnered with this British based company for more than three decade, because their products are engineered to deliver the very best in visual navigation information, building on a legacy of marine navigation technology spanning over 80 years. Raymarine products are renowned for their ease-of-use, rugged design, and reliability.

“Head-quartered in Fareham UK, we are delighted to be working with a local company that is a world beater.” gac shipping ______

ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE

We are delighted with our long-term relationship with the global logistics and shipping agent GAC, who share our passion for excellence in everything they do.

Since the company was founded in 1956, they have built an impressive reputation for delivering for their customers, which include two of sailings most demanding and time sensitive races, the Volvo Ocean and Golden Globe.

Utilising their network of 300 ofces in 50 countries, their 9,000 employees will deliver our fuel and stores to an exacting timetable that will ensure we secure powerboating’s most challenging World Record.

“In GAC we have a partner that not only gets what we are trying to achieve, but most importantly will deliver. It really is no exaggeration to say that we can lose this on the land, so having a crack team can mean the diference between getting the record and not.”

Proud to be working with Wounded and Injured Veterans supported by BLESMA

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