Around Alone stops and dates

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston confirms the route of this year's singlehanded round the world race

Entries in Around Alone as of 3 January 2002

The latest entry is Italian competitor Simone Bianchetti, who sailed the first leg of the event eight years ago and took part in the last Vendee Globe. He has since purchased the highly potent Lombard design, formerly Catherine Chabaud's Whirlpool. Also Alex Bennett is unlikely to be racing One Dream, One Mission as it was lost midway between the Canaries and Azores. Another interesting entry is that of South African John Martin, a veteran of these races. His Open 60 Allied Bank had to be abandoned in the 1990 race when it ran headlong into an iceberg.

Class I (Open 60s)
Skipper	Boat Name	Country
Bernard Stamm	Bobst Group Armor Lux	Switzerland
Bruce Schwab	Ocean Planet	USA
John Bankart	TBC	Australia
John Biddlecombe	Liberty	Australia
John Dennis	Bold Statement	Canada
John Martin	TBC	South Africa
George Stricker	Tin Can	US Virgin Islands
Gildas Iauch	Diabato	France
Graham Dalton	TBC	New Zealand
Simone Bianchetti	Tiscali Global Challenge	Italy
Thierry Dubois	Solidaires	France
Class II (Open 50-40s)
Skipper	Boat Name	Country
Andreas Hanakamp	TBC	Austria
Alex Bennett	One Dream, One Mission	England
Brad Van Liew	Mission America	USA
David Ferrall	TBC	Australia
Mark Taylor	Olympian Challenger	England
Tim Kent	Everest Horizontal	USA
Open 40s
Alan Paris	BTC Velocity	Bermuda
Bob Adams	Perserverance	USA
Derek Hatfield	Spirit of Canada	Canada
Simon Handley	TBC	Canada

Other competitors who have registered but have not yet confirmed the class in which they will compete:
Dave Rearick (USA), Duncan Gladman (Canada), Juan Merediz (Spain), Philip Rubright (USA), Philippe Vicariot (France), Victor Mills-Warrington (South Africa).