ABN AMRO to recruit promising young sailors for the VOR

ABN AMRO is offering young, high-potential sailors the chance to sail the Volvo Ocean Race 2005/06. The Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) takes off from Spain in November next year and runs its final leg into a Baltic port in the summer of 2006. It is the longest and most challenging round-the-world sailing competition.

A worldwide campaign is being launched in the second week of November to recruit this young talent. ABN AMRO has entered the Volvo Ocean Race with two boats designed by Argentinean Juan Kouyoumdjian and built under the watchful eye of Irishman Killian Bushe – who also built “Illbruck,” the winner of the last VOR. The crew members of the first boat are professionals, personally selected by skipper Mike Sanderson. The second boat will have an international crew of promising young men and women aged between 21 and 30.

Bron: abnamro.com/team, 09-11-2004;