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  1. Alex Thomson

    Your Site Title. Alex Thomson Racing was founded by British offshore sailor Alex Thomson in 2003 following his success in winning the Clipper Round the World Race and in doing so, becoming the youngest skipper to win a round-the-world yacht race. Alex has gone on to break multiple world records, as well as becoming the fastest Briton to sail ...

  2. Alex Thomson's abandoned Hugo Boss yacht found after 10 years

    The yacht was discovered in Patagonia, several thousand kilometres from where the sailor abandoned it in 2006. The yacht that skipper Alex Thomson abandoned in the Southern Ocean in the 2006-2007 Velux 5 Oceans Race has been discovered on a remote South American beach. Cristian Donoso, a Rolex Enterprise Award winner, found the IMOCA 60 Hugo ...

  3. Alex Thomson (sailor)

    Alex Thomson (born 18 April 1974, Bangor, Wales) is a British yachtsman.. Alex Thomson was helped early in his sailing career by Sir Keith Mills, the British businessman who ran London's victorious bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and set up with British America's Cup campaign TEAMORIGIN.With Mills' backing, Thomson broke into the professional solo sailing circuit at a ...

  4. The Mast Walk by Alex Thomson

    Solo round the world yachtsman Alex Thomson performs a daring feat on board his high-speed yacht, HUGO BOSS. Thomson climbs up the 30-metre high mast of the ...

  5. Dramatic account of how Mike Golding rescued Alex Thomson in the

    Alex Thomson's transfer from the critically damaged Hugo Boss was streamed live to Sky News from his yacht. It took place in highly confused seas in the eye of a storm.

  6. Video: Alex Thomson rescued after Hugo Boss capsizes

    British round-the-world sailor Alex Thomson and his co-skipper, Spanish sailor Guillermo Altadill, were airlifted off their 60ft racing yacht Hugo Boss after it capsized in heavy seas while taking part in the Transat Jacques Vabre race.. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon about 100 miles off the north coast of Spain when Hugo Boss, an IMOCA 60 yacht, was reportedly hit by a rogue wave ...

  7. The Hugo Boss yacht abandoned by Alex Thomson 10 years ago is ...

    The IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss yacht, which skipper Alex Thomson abandoned during the 2006-2007 Velux 5 Oceans Race, has been found in Patagonia. The boat washed up on the coast of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in Chile. She was discovered by Cristian Donoso during a kayaking expedition. Donoso is the winner of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise. Alex Thomson's yacht, which he left a thousand ...

  8. Hugo Boss: Sailing on board Alex Thomson's £6million foiling machine

    The 'science project' is a £6 million gamble. The latest Hugo Boss is designed to win the 2020 Vendée Globe, that's it. All of Thomson's yachts have been built, or optimised, to win the ...

  9. Alex Thomson retires

    At least the Vendée Globe 2024/25 will take place without its charismatic British top athlete Alex Thomson. The "boss" wants to devote more time to his family and is retiring from active racing as a skipper for the time being, but wants to promote new talent with his team. The British rider has been denied the Vendée Globe victory he longed ...

  10. Video: Sailor Alex Thomson rescued after Hugo Boss yacht capsized

    Yachtsman Alex Thomson and his racing partner Guillermo Altadill required an airlift from the Spanish coast guard on Saturday when their 60ft Hugo Boss yacht was capsized by a rogue wave. The pair was competing in the two-handed Transat Jaques Vabre Race when the wave inverted and dismasted the yacht, forcing the team to set off their emergency ...

  11. Alex Thomson steps down from racing

    Alex Thomson has announced he will not be racing in the 2024 Vendee Race. Credit: Lloyd images. Alex Thomson has announced that he won't be competing in the 2024 Vendee Globe. Instead, HUGO BOSS will be raced with a different skipper, yet to be announced. But, Alex Thomson hasn't ruled out returning to the race in 2028.

  12. Alex Thomson profile: Understanding the man behind the suit

    It has made Alex Thomson and his succession of Hugo Boss IMOCA 60s (six at last count) one of the most recognisable, consistent and high profile brands in sports sponsorship. Up to a certain point ...

  13. Discover the Alex Thomson racing's new Hugo Boss yacht

    The new HUGO BOSS boat, set to be raced by British sailor Alex Thomson, has been launched in Sept 19 at an official christening ceremony on The River Thames ...

  14. Vendee Globe: British sailor Alex Thomson out of yacht race due to

    Alex Thomson retired on the 19th day of racing; he was aiming to become the first non-French winner of the Vendee Globe; his withdrawal came after suffering irreparable damage to his £5.5m yacht

  15. A Three Hour Tour with Alex Thomson and His Sailing Yacht ...

    On Friday Esquire took an unscheduled morning off to sail from New York City's Liberty Harbor on Boss 99, the latest in a line of Hugo Boss-sponsored ocean racing yachts, skippered by Englishman ...

  16. The Keel Walk by Alex Thomson / Hugo Boss

    A video of racing skipper Alex Thomson performing the "keel walk" on his racing yacht on a windy day in the Solent on the south coast of the UK

  17. Alex Thomson's greatest stunts

    Watch: Alex Thomson's greatest stunts. As if being the youngest ever skipper to win the Clipper Race, a round-the-world solo sailor and the holder of the world record for 24-hour speed sailing in a solo mono-hull wasn't enough, British sailor Alex Thomson is also something of a daredevil. As with any good sailor, Thomson sees his IMOCA 60 ...

  18. Another Alex Thompson record.

    British skipper Alex Thomson and his crew of four have officially broken the world record for the distance of a day's crossing for 18.3m (60ft) monohull yachts. The achievement is recorded by the International Federation of Sailing's Speed Record Board. Aboard the racing HUGO BOSS IMOCA 60, the team successfully covered 539.7 nautical miles. It happened on July 19-20 during transatlantic ...

  19. Tech kingpin Mike Lynch among missing after yacht sinks

    Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello Santa Flavia, Italy, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. British tech giant Mike Lynch, his lawyer and four other people are among those missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily, Italy's civil protection and authorities said.

  20. Flag of Omsk Oblast

    The main background of the flag of Omsk Oblast is red.It symbolizes bravery, courage, fearlessness. It is the colour of life, charity, and love. The white symbolizes nobility, purity, justice, generosity, and indicates the climatic features of Siberia.. The wavy azure (blue) post symbolizes the Irtysh River, the main waterway of the oblast. . Allegorically, the blue reflects beauty, majesty, an

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    Explore full information about fast food in Omsk and nearby. View ratings, addresses and opening hours of best restaurants.

  22. Alex Thomson attempts the Keel Walk

    Find out more at www.facebook.com/alexthomsonracing8 tonnes of carbon fibre yacht, a 255 horsepower jet ski, 45 combined years of sailing experience, and one...

  23. Bill Pascrell Jr., 14-Term House Democrat From N.J., Dies at 87

    Representative Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey in 2011. He was first elected in 1996 to represent a district that includes Paterson, the once-thriving industrial city where he was raised.

  24. Legislative Assembly of Omsk Oblast

    The Legislative Assembly of Omsk Oblast ( Russian: Законодательное собрание Омской области, romanized : Zakonodatel'noye sobraniye Omskoy oblasti) [ 3] is the regional parliament of Omsk Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 44 deputies are elected for five-year terms. [ 2][ 4]

  25. Omsk Oblast

    Omsk Oblast (Russian: О́мская о́бласть, romanized: Omskaya oblast') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southwestern Siberia.The oblast has an area of 139,700 square kilometers (53,900 sq mi). Its population is 1,977,665 (2010 Census) [9] with the majority, 1.12 million, living in Omsk, the administrative center.One of the Omsk streets