Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2009 | Page 55
ON THE WATER
“It’s great to have won the race.
Definitely a dream come true,” says
partially submerged atolls.
No problem for Jules (41), the elder
life
had a professional racing background,
then it definitely would not have
Guy, confirming that, in spite of their
of the pair, who, as navigator onboard
worked,” he reasons. “I’d rather sail with
no-nonsense approach, none of the
Ericsson 4, likes seeing new oceans,
Guy in his usual role,” responds brother
romance and ambition attached to this
islands and headlands. In fact, he says
Jules. “I would sail with him again, but I
race has diminished over the years. “I
this was part of the allure of the race,
think he still has some racing in him as a
doubt there are any professionals out
although he says that nothing is as
sailor.”
there who would consider a round the
satisfying as winning.
world victory as just another day at the
office.”
Guy (37), an accomplished sailor in his
“Embedded reporters like Guy help
paint a better picture of what we do and
own right, has completed this race before
have to go through,” says Jules. “Guy
– on Tyco in 2001-02. This time he had
tried to explain some of the tactical
thing to win the race and something that
the newly appointed position of onboard
and performance intricacies and issues
is probably as good as it gets in offshore
media crew, and recorded Ericsson 4’s
onboard a bit more. It is a full-blown
sailing, especially as a navigator.”
race around the world through audio,
sporting competition involving some
stills, film and words. Although it was a
of the best sailors in the world and it
far-flung corners of the globe, way off
different race for him this time around, it
is played out in some of the harshest
the beaten track of previous editions of
was a role that he didn’t shy away from.
environments on the planet. There is
His brother adds, “It is a very special
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