Artemis Challenge

at
IMOCA 60s, Volvo Ocean 65s and trimarans race
around the Isle of Wight for a £10,000 charity
prize. The race starts from the Royal Yacht
Squadron Line at 10:00AM on
Thursday 7th August 2014
www.artemischallenge.com
Artemis Investment
Management LLP
- backing British sailing since 2006
Independent and owner-managed, Artemis opened for business in 1997. Its aim was, and still is,
exemplary investment performance and client service. All Artemis’ staff share these two precepts
– and the same flair and enthusiasm for fund management. The firm now manages some £18.6
billion* across a range of funds, two investment trusts, a hedge fund, a venture capital trust and
both pooled and segregated institutional portfolios.
Artemis’ fund managers invest in the funds that they and their colleagues manage. This has been
a key tenet of Artemis’ approach to investment since the firm started. It means that we ‘eat our
own cooking’. It means that our fund managers’ interests are directly aligned with those of our
investors. As part of Artemis’ distinctive culture, the Artemis Charitable Foundation receives each
year a fixed percentage of the firm’s revenues. That income is passed on to charities chosen by our
staff. And by underwriting such events as the Artemis Kindrochit Quadrathlon, the Foundation
enables further charitable giving. All this encourages our staff to contribute to the world beyond
fund management.
For more information, visit artemis.co.uk.
* Source: Artemis as at 30/05/2014
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of market and currency fluctuations and you may not get back the amount originally invested.
Please remember that past performance is not a guide to the future.
The Artemis Challenge
at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014
“For the eighth straight year, the
Artemis Challenge at Aberdeen
Asset Management Cowes Week
continues to attract some of
the biggest names in offshore
racing. The event creates a
fantastic spectacle of big boat
racing in British waters, as well
as supporting a number of great
causes. This year we are pleased to
welcome the new Volvo Ocean 65
fleet as they gear up to race around
the world from October, as well as
welcoming back IMOCA 60s and
the powerful trimarans who I’m
sure will have an eye on the record
for going around the Isle of Wight.”
– Mark Tyndall, Artemis CEO
“A fantastic
of Aberdeen Asset Management
Week and is a magnificent
spectacle of big Cowes
spectacle, showcasing some of the
offshore racing within easy
boat racing in best
reach of spectators. The race, an
event for IMOCA 60s,
British Waters” invitational
Volvo Ocean 65s and trimarans,
The Artemis Challenge,
sponsored by Artemis investment
Management, one of the UK’s
leading investment companies, is
recognised as one of the key events
follows the classic America’s Cup
route around the Isle of Wight,
starting at 10:00AM on Thursday
7th August from the Royal Yacht
Squadron Line.
The Artemis Challenge Course
*Course is weather dependent and subject to change.
Time to beat
The round the Isle of Wight
Multihull World Record
Record holder: Michel Desjoyeaux / Foncia
Time: 2 hours 21 minutes 25 seconds
Average speed: 21.3 knots
Distance: 50 miles (westabout)
Date set: 16th August 2012 (Artemis Challenge)
Previous Record: Steve Fossett / Playstation / 2h 33m 55s
The Competitors
For 2014, the Artemis Challenge welcomes a mixed fleet of IMOCA 60s,
Volvo Ocean 65s and trimarans to the 50 mile charity race, skippered by
some of the biggest names in ocean racing from Britain and Europe.
The Monohulls
Artemis Ocean Racing II – IMOCA 60
Skipper: Brian Thompson
Artemis Ocean Racing has been participating in the Artemis Challenge
since its inception in 2007, helmed by line up of world-renowned offshore
skippers and British Olympic medallists. For 2014, British world record
breaking sailor Brian Thompson will again take to the driving seat for the
50-mile charity sprint. Thompson has now skippered more IMOCA 60s
than any other Briton to date and already boasts an Artemis Challenge
win in 2008 on his Vendée Globe boat Team Pindar.
Team SCA – Volvo Ocean 65
Skipper: Sam Davies
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comes to people and nature targets. Team SCA Women Ocean Racing is
participating in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015 with an all-female crew.
SCA is entering the race with the world’s best women offshore-racing
sailors, who have the ability to work together as a high-performing team.
For more information, visit www.sca.com/teamsca.
Dongfeng Race Team – Volvo Ocean 65
Skipper: : Charles Caudrelier
Dongfeng Race Team will race for China in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15.
There is a strong commitment to a long-term sporting mission that puts
the future interests of Chinese sailing at the core of Dongfeng Race Team
project. For the 2014-15 edition the objective is to deliver a competitive
campaign with, for the first time in the history of the race, multiple
Chinese sailors onboard. This is a key element in setting the conditions for
the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 when the aim is to have a campaign with
the majority of the sailors onboard being Chinese and for the 2020-21
edition of the race, a 100% Chinese project with a Chinese skipper and a
Chinese crew. There is a strong momentum to create a legacy for offshore
sailing so that Chinese sailors can excel in this discipline, in the same way
the Chinese Olympic sailors have done. We hope the Chinese nation will
follow the Dongfeng Race Team story that is only just beginning….
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing– Volvo Ocean 65
Skipper: : Ian Walker
Backed by the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) and led by British
double Olympic silver medallist Ian Walker, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (ADOR) is one of the
six current challengers for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. ADOR’s Volvo Ocean 65, Azzam
(which means ‘determination’ in Arabic) was commissioned in Southampton in February
and since then Walker’s international crew have been clocked up almost 10,000 ocean
miles from their training base in Cascais, Portugal.
ADOR skipper Ian Walker is one of Britain’s most successful sailors. After winning
silver medals at two Olympics, Walker turned coach to mastermind fellow Brit Shirley
Robertson’s gold in 2004. He went on to play leading roles in two America’s Cup
campaigns and win the TP52 World Championship before shifting his focus to the Volvo
Ocean Race. In 2008-09, he led the Green Dragon syndicate and then took charge of Abu
Dhabi Ocean Racing’s for their debut in the race in 2011-12 and now he leads their return
for the 2014-15 edition.
Walker hand picked his crew for his latest attempt to the Volvo Ocean Race and has chosen
an international lineup that blends experienced VOR veterans with some exciting fresh new
talent.
The Multihulls
Oman Air – Musandam - MOD70
Skipper: Damian Foxall
Oman Sail’s trimaran ‘Musandam’ is back for a third shot at the Artemis
Challenge trophy and this year to beat the round the island world speed
record set by fellow MOD70 competitor Foncia in 2012.
Co-skippers Sidney Gavignet (FRA) and Damian Foxall (IRL) have put
together a MOD70 crew selected from Oman Sail’s elite squad of sailors
for the Artemis Challenge, the 50 mile race around the Isle of Wight, and
for the 1,800 nm Seven Star Round Britain and Ireland Race three days
later.
Musandam-Oman Sail will attend Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes
Week from August 2-9 as part of its Ministry of Tourism corporate
hospitality programme and will race in the Artemis Challenge on August
7th where a £10,000 prize fund will be donated to the charity of the
winner’s choice.
Prince de Bretagne – Multihull 80
Skipper: : Lionel Lemonchois
French trimaran Prince de Bretagne will make its debut in the eight
edition of the Artemis Challegne skippered by Lionel Lemonchois.
Celebrity Guests
The Artemis Challenge has long attracted a stellar list of celebrity guests.
Teams competing in the race in the past have included sports stars Will
Greenwood, James Haskell, Amy Williams and Nick Dempsey. Other
notables include Bryan Adams, Lady Gabriella Windsor, James and
Oliver, Phelps, the Weasley twins from the Harry Potter, former Labour
party spin-doctor Alistair Campbell and actor Ewan Macgregor.
For 2014, the Artemis Challenge is pleased to welcome back Olympic
equestrienne Zara Phillips and her husband Mike Tindall. The royal
couple, who have both previously raced together in the Artemis Challenge,
will this time go head-to-head as both Zara and Mike join the crew on
Artemis Ocean Racing II. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing will also be welcoming
Simon and Jasmine Le Bon, The famed singer and his wife are both keen
sailors and will be hoping to propel British skipper Ian Walker to take line
honours and the charity prizefund.
Each guest competes at the heart of the teams, pushing their boats to the
max as they sprint round the island for the chance to win £10,000 for
their chosen charity and to lift the Artemis Challenge trophy.
Follow the Artemis Challenge
Follow some of the world’s fastest yachts, skippered by some of the
biggest names in sport round the island as part of the Artemis Challenge
2014 via:
Twitter - @ArtemisRace #ArtemisChallenge
www.artemischallenge.com
Contact
For more information on The Artemis Challenge at Aberdeen Asset
Management Cowes Week please contact:
Camilla Green
M: 07970 746482
E: camilla@camillagreen.co.uk