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01/10/2018

Take the leave, make the time, stop with your excuses, enter!
Definitely the adventure of a lifetime! 🙌🇧🇷️
Let's hear from any University Yacht Clubs planning to enter...
UCT Yacht Club Wits Yacht Club Stellenbosch University UKZN students TuksSport Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)

27|09|2018

Two Iconic Cities
The Vast Atlantic in Betweeen
The Adventure of a Lifetime Awaits!

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18/11/2017

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13/11/2017

Extremely stoked and honoured to be awarded the UCT Sport Performance of the Year 2017 Trophy last week Friday at the annual UCT Sports Awards.
A big thank you to UCT Sport for a brilliant evening and De Bruin Photography for the happy pictures!
Alex Lehtinen Peter Marsh Matt Whitehead Murray Willcocks Mikhayla Bader Tim Marsh

21/03/2017

We were honoured to be invited to the ACE Expedition reception last night and are very proud of the small role we could play in this amazing expedition.

We would like to thank Dr Frederick Paulsen for his support and belief in our campaign.

13/03/2017

Tune into METRO FM today at 12:20 to catch Mikhayla's reflection on the race, what it took, what it meant and what's coming up in the future 🙌

http://www.metrofm.co.za/digital/player/1.0/metrofm/index.html?tab=w

06/03/2017

On the 27th of January we celebrated at the glamorously official Cape 2 Rio Yacht Race prize giving hosted by the Iate Club de Rio de Janeiro. The evening was very special as we joined in the festivities of all the teams and their journeys to this point.

On the evening we were awarded the Telescope Trophy Youth Award, Line Honours for IRC Div. 2, 1st to Cross the Meridian in IRC Div. 2 and overall winners of IRC Div. 2 🌟

We were very aware once again than none of this would have been possible without the support of our friends and families and of course our remarkably generous sponsors:
B&G, Seascape Marine Service, Yanmar Global, UCT Sport, University Of Cape Town Department Of Oceanography, Diving & Yachting Services CC, Helly Hansen, South African Weather Service, Fredrick Paulsen and ACE, Atlantic Yachting, Dynamic Elements and the many others who contributed. We are more grateful than we could put into words.

06/03/2017

After the race we were completely engulfed in the sights, sounds, colours and caipirinhas of Rio! Definitely the best place to celebrate 💃

06/03/2017

Crossing the finish line 18 days after leaving Cape Town was in an anti-climatic 0 knots of wind and an extremely frustrating final hours to get in. However we were welcomed by the iconic Sugar Loaf mountain and Christ the Redeemer as well as extremely proud and happy parents. The feeling of having finished the race safely and in a position we could be proud of was overwhelmingly surreal. Solid land appreciation, a few cold beers and a big breakfast followed :)

06/03/2017

18 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes and 3 seconds it took us to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The first few days were typically rough as we made our way up the African coast before turning west into the champagne sailing conditions of the Atlantic. It was physically challenging but magically rewarding as we spent day after day completely immersed in nature and pushing the boat and ourselves to the limit.

27/02/2017

And they're in! Welcome home you legends 🙌🏼 stinky, soaked to the bone and hungry but safe and sound and happy to be here 🇿🇦 keep an eye out for a few of their stories coming soon!

Peter Marsh Alberto Falanga Alex Lehtinen Tim Marsh