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Kiwi sailor Colman poised to take on the ‘Vendee Globe’ with Zero Emissions - he needs your help!
Go to http://www.conradcolman.com/ to see his IMOCA yacht ‘100% Natural Energy’ and donate towards his Zero Emissions race around the World!
Colman says “ Why go green? Because we should! Sailing is the only clean mechanical sport, and from Tesla to the COP21 the world is going electric and zero emissions. I will race around the world without burning diesel, with only the solar panels in my mainsail and the hydrogenerator providing clean limitless energy.”
Conrad Colman's dream of becoming the first New Zealand yachtsman to race the legendary Vendée Globe, a solo lap of the planet trumpeted as the "Everest of sailing", is ever closer to becoming reality.
…certainly one of the country's most unrecognisable international sports achievers, Colman has quietly gone about becoming a proud yachting nation's most experienced solo offshore racer over the past decade.
"Solo offshore sailing fits our kind of psyche in New Zealand, the tough guy doing everything himself, and our pioneering spirit," Colman said.
"For the moment, the Vendée Globe is known in the world of sailors, but not really by the general public. But if a New Zealander is there at the start, things could change." Kent Gray
For more please see http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/76563521/kiwi-sailor-conrad-colman-signs-up-for-2016-edition-of-vende-globe
