13 July - 20 July 2003
NON-STOP CALAIS ROUND BRITAIN

CREW of 5

Mike Golding
Graham Tourell
Bruno Dubois
Brian Thompson
Miranda Merron

SUMMARY
The event is sponsored by Calais town and will start and finish from Calais. The event is expected to attract many famous sailing names from round the world.

* Based on distance covered between 0600 GMT and 1800 GMT reports, not during the night time.

DAY 1 - Sunday 13th July - 117 miles

DAY 2 - Monday 14th July - 101 miles

DAY 3 - Tuesday 15th July - 51 miles

DAY 4 - Wednesday 16th July - 117 miles

DAY 5 - Thursday 17th July - 95.8 miles

DAY 6 – Friday 18th July - 88.9 miles

DAY 7 - Saturday 19th July - 68.7 miles – Passed Muckle Flugga just after 1400 GMT

DAY 8 – Sunday 20th July - 48.2 miles

DAY 9 – Monday 21st July - 86 miles

DAY 10 – Tuesday 22nd July - 89.2 miles

Total distance of race, including non-positioned night-time sailing, 1,850 miles.

CREW CVs – See under team for Mike Golding and Graham Tourell

BRUNO DUBOIS
Age: 44
Nationality: Belgian
Career highlights:

2003 Jules Verne trophy onboard Kingfisher 2
Mondial assistance race onboard 60’ trimaran Sopra group.
1998 –2002 Corel 45 world champion,
50’ IMS, 60 multis, 60 open etc...
1997 Key west race week
Miami-Montego Bay race
Heineken cup
1st in the Round Europe race on “Bil” (OMYA 80 Grand Mistral)
Maxi Worlds in Puerto Cervo on Sagamore
1996 Multihull speed record between Newport to Bermuda
Quebec-St Malo race
1995 Chicago Mackinac Race.
1994 1st in North American Mystere beach cat Championship
1st in the doublehanded Lake Ontario 300
1991 1st at CORK (Canada)
Fastnet Race
1989-90 Whitbread around the world
1989 1st in Miami - Montego Bay race
Fastnet race
1988 1st in class. Quebec-St malo race
2nd in the Race of Discovery
1987 Skipper of Rucanor Sport Lorient-St Pierre et Miquelon-Lorient
1985 3rd in the “Tour de France a la voile” ( Skipper of Europe)
Round Europe race (60’ trimaran)
1984 Quebec-St Malo race (45’ trimaran)
1983 1st in class. Mini transat (singlehanded transatlantic)
1982 4 deliveries across the Atlantic
1980-81 Belgium national military sailing team


BRIAN THOMPSON
Age: 41
Nationality: British
Career Highlights:

2003 Helmsman aboard 60ft trimaran Sergio Tacchini for the Challenge Mondial Assistance
2003 Co-skipper Team McLube mini transat for Course De Lions
2003 Navigator aboard PlaySation for the Route of Discovery record
2002 Co-skipper, Yacht Manager, Sailing Coach Maxi-cat Maiden II
2002 Co-skipper for Cowes to St Malo record Maiden II
2002 Skipper for Round Britain and Ireland record aboard Maiden II
2002 Co-skipper for 24-hour record aboard Maiden II
2002 Co-skipper for Antigua-Newport record, Maiden II
2002 Co-skipper for Route of Discovery record, Maiden II
2001 Principle Helmsman & Watch Captain Cowes to St Malo record aboard Maxi-cat PlayStation
2001 Skipper in Mini Transat aboard Lighthouse Life Foundation
2001 Helmsman for EDS Atlantic Challenge aboard Open 60 Kingfisher placed 1st
2001 Watchcaptain for The Race, aboard PlayStation
1999 Watchcaptain for Newport to Bermuda Record PlayStation
1999 Watchcaptain for 24 hour Record aboard PlayStation
1996 Watchcaptain for San Francisco to Tokyo Record, 60’ tri Lakota
1995 & 1991 Co-Skipper for Azores and Back, Race Record for each leg, 40ft multihull class
1995 Watchcaptain Transpac Record, LA to Honolulu Record, Lakota
1995 Watchcaptain for Tokyo to San Francisco Record, Lakota
1994 Watchcaptain for Around Isle of Wight Record, Lakota
1994 Watchcaptain for Around Britain and Ireland Record, Lakota
1993 Watchcaptain for Around Ireland Record, Lakota
1993 Skipper Around Britain & Ireland, Race Record, Class 5 multihull
1993 Watchcaptain for Fastnet Race Record, Lakota
1992 Skipper for Estar Singlehanded Transatlantic Race Record, Class 5 multihull


Summary
A vastly experienced sailor with more multihull sailing miles than any other Briton today, Brian Thompson has been racing the two and three-hulled speed machines for more than twelve years as either skipper or watch captain and has notched up twenty-five world records to date.

Thompson started his professional career by winning the 1992 Estar singlehanded transatlantic race in which he sailed his own 35’ trimaran Transient and set a record of eighteen days in class 5, which has to date remained unbroken.

Over the next seven years Thompson sailed hundreds of thousands of nautical miles with Steve Fossett aboard his 60ft trimaran Lakota as well as the 60ft catamaran Stars and stripes, being a key player in achieving the string of world records and race wins accumulated by Fossett in the 1990s.

In 1999 Fossett’s maxi catamaran PlayStation was launched with Brian having been closely involved in the design and build from the maxi-cat’s conception. Shortly after its launch PlayStation smashed the existing 24-hour speed sailing record achieving 584 nautical miles in a single day.

After PlayStation retired from The Race with critical sail and daggerboard problems in January 2001 Brian decided to go back to his single-handed roots and fulfilled a long-time dream of doing the Mini Transat race from France to Brazil. After equipment failure dogged the first leg to the Canaries, Brian led the transatlantic second leg for more than three quarters of the way, finally finishing second out of 58 Minis that started.

With the Mini Transat accomplished Brian went back into big teams and giant multihulls, and throughout 2002 was the skipper, and shore manager of Tracy Edwards Maiden II maxi-cat (the ex-Club Med). With Brian’s direction and knowledge of giant multihulls the team broke four world records in four months, despite a serious lack of money and new equipment. Since the same money problems prevented the team from tackling the Jules Verne trophy over the winter of 2002-3, Brian has been busy sailing on various projects including the French 60 ft trimaran scene as well as being back on the minis racing in the Med and crossing the Atlantic twice, one a record, the other a race.

Brian’s extensive knowledge and skill of preparing and driving race boats to the maximum, is an invaluable contribution to any offshore racing project.


MIRANDA MERRON
Career Highlights:

2003 500 Gold - double-handed 500 mile race in Adriatic – 1st
2003 Giraglia inshore races (crewed) on IMX 40 – 1st in class, 2nd overall
2002 Route du Rhum on Open 60 UUDS – 8th
Round Isle of Wight race (crewed) on the maxi-catamaran Maiden 2 – 1st
2002 Volvo Ocean Race – legs 4-5-6-7-8-9 (Auckland – Kiel) as navigator on Amer Sports Too
2001 EDS Atlantic Challenge – 2 legs on the Open 60 ECOVER (Skippered by Mike Golding)
2001 Roma per Due – double-handed 535 miles with Sam Davies – 2nd Mini class.
2000 RORC Round Britain & Ireland Race (double-handed) with Emma Richards on the Open 50 PINDAR
-1st in class
-Female record for non-stop Round Britain & Ireland (recognised by WSSRC)
2000 Transat AG2R – retired following terminal rig damage
2000 Figaro training (two months) at Centre Finistère Course au Large
1999 Transat Jacques Vabre (double-handed) with Emma Richards on the Open 50 PINDAR – 1st in class II monohulls
1999 Key West Race Week
1999 Tour de France (Mumm 30)
1999 Antigua Race Week – 3rd
1999 Rolex Regatta, St Thomas
1998 Jules Verne Trophy on the catamaran ROYAL SUNALLIANCE – attempt to beat the non-stop crewed round-the-world record – retired after 15,000 miles due to dismasting.
1998 Australia – New Zealand Record (31 heures) ROYAL SUNALLIANCE
1998 ACI Match Race Croatia - 5th
1998 Italy National match-racing championship – 8th
1998 J22 - World Championship
1998 Round Italy race on SANTA MARGHERITA – 8th
1997 Cross-Channel Record (6 hours 49 minutes) on ROYAL SUNALLIANCE
1997 Key West Race Week on SHEERNESS – 1st in class
1997 SORC on SHEERNESS – 3rd in class
1997 Antigua race Week on SHEERNESS – 5th in class
1997 Two months sailing on INTRUM JUSTITIA, one of EF’s training WOR 60’s before the Whitbread