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Velux 5 Oceans Race (w2746)

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  • Description: In 1982, the English company BOC Gases organized the BOC Challenge, a single-handed race around the world, an endurance event "One person, One boat, Around the world". Renamed AroundAlone and later VELUX 5 Oceans, it is the longest individual race in any sport: it spans a distance of 43'000 km
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Boat, ship, Barca, nave, Bateau
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velux_5_Oceans_Race
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q257717
1982-1983 Route (Wikipedia)
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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