Global Challenge 2004/5
The same fleet of 72 ft (22 m) yachts sailed again in the 2004 race, and the winner was the Australian skipper Andy Forbes and his crew on BG SPIRIT, who won three of the seven legs. Once again, although the overall safety record of the race was very good, medical emergencies did unfold, most notably onboard yachts 'Imagine It. Done.', 'Team Stelmar' (with TWO separate medical evacuations), and 'Save The Children'. In the case of 'Imagine It. Done.', only an extraordinary combined effort of several yachts within the fleet, the doctor onboard (Dr Roche), and the efforts of the Westpac Rescue team saved the life of John Masters. 'Team Stelmar' suffered both their medical evacuations in the Southern Oceans on the BA - Wellington leg, costing them a 2,500-nautical-mile (4,600 km) detour and 17 more days at sea, making the leg 9,700 nautical miles (18,000 km) instead of 6,100 nmi (11,300 km) and 52 days at sea. They carried on with 3 crew down crossing the Southern Ocean alone, set the 24 hour record for that leg and finished 11th due to the retirement of 'Imagine It. Done.'
| Overall place | Yacht name | Skipper | Points | Combined elapsed time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BG Spirit | Andy Forbes | 90 | 166d 00h 50m 36s |
| 2 | Barclays Adventurer | Stuart Jackson | 76 | 168d 09h 39m 09s |
| 3 | BP Explorer | David Melville | 74 | 167d 13h 16m 25s |
| 4 | Spirit of Sark | Duggie Gillespie | 73 | 166d 19h 15m 25s |
| 5 | SAIC La Jolla | Eero Lehtinen | 71 | 168d 20h 09m 51s |
| 6 | Team Stelmar | Clive Cosby | 66 | 184d 15h 04m 11s |
| 7= | Me To You | James Allen | 63 | 170d 16h 07m 02s |
| 7= | VAIO | Amedeo Sorrentino | 63 | 170d 11h 31m 10s |
| 9 | Samsung | Matt Riddell | 58** | 170d 06h 13m 10s |
| 10 | Imagine it. Done | Dee Caffari | 56* | 168d 23h 31m 26s |
| 11 | Pindar | Loz Marriott | 54 | 174d 01h 11m 59s |
| 12 | Save the Children | Paul Kelly | 41** | 176d 03h 37m 23s |
* Retired from leg 2 from Buenos Aires to Wellington (NZ) after a medical emergency on board.
** Stopped racing during leg 2 from Buenos Aires to Wellington (NZ) to render aid after a medical emergency on board to Imagine It. Done.
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