Participants
Participants are often undertaking a circumnavigation sailing around the world. A wide range of yachts of all sizes (ranging from 31 to 80 feet in length) and all types including monohulls, catamarans, and trimarans flying flags from many countries take part. For example, in 2006, yachts from Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, South Africa, USA, Finland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Switzerland, and Sweden participated. Skippers and crew are also drawn from diverse sources and range in age from the very young to mature age.
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“A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.”
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)