As Brian Caldwell was finishing his youngest solo circumnavigation record in 1996, he thought- "how to keep his promise to friends met in ports along the way to return one day? But as Joshua Slocum said a hundred years before- "How to make it pay?
He thought- pherhaps the mini... His Contessa 26 was 6.5 meters on the waterline as well... the mini would be the 21st century extrapolation of the traditional folkboat design.
Ten years after the idea's debut- Brian announced the challenge. It would be a race for sailors by sailors without limits.
Brian's delivery sails aboard Bruno Peyron's "Commodore Explorer" and "Orange 2" played no small part inspiration-wise.
1. Hawaii: Brian Caldwell
2. New Zealand: Craig Cuff
2005 Proto Bakewell-White # 501
3. South Africa: Matthew Thomas
2004 Proto Dix #447
4. South Africa: Mike O'Neill
2004 Proto Dix #448
5. Poland: Natasza Caban
Design: (TBA)
6. France: Louis Duc
Series Pogo 1 #306
7. USA: Katie Ambach
2004 Rolland
8. USA Drew Wood
2004 Rolland
9. Argentina: Nico Goldenberg
Design: GyDesign
10. Holland: Sander Van Hattem
Design: Tip Top #666
11. South Africa: Piers Dudin
Proto # 598
12. France: Donatien Carme
2006 Proto Pierre Delion # 606
13. UK: Alex Bainbridge
Series Zero #583
14. USA: Jesse Rowse
Proto # 176
15. Spain Jorge A. Cal
2007 Proto Dix 'Skp 650'
