Enright, Towill plan to sail around world for 3rd time
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Round-the-world sailing veterans Charlie Enright and Mark Towill have renewed their sponsorship with 11th Hour Racing with the intention of entering The Ocean Race, formerly the Volvo Ocean Race, in 2021-22.
The Ivy Leaguers are training in France on an IMOCA 60 similar to what will be used in The Ocean Race. They’ll compete in the Transat Jacques Vabre from France to Brazil this fall and select a crew before formally entering.
The team will be called 11th Hour Racing.
Towill and Enright previously teamed up to lead Team Alvimedica (2014-15) and Vestas 11th Hour Racing (2017-18) in the Volvo Ocean Race.
They said it’s a luxury to have funding two years before the start of the race. In their previous two efforts, they didn’t secure funding until six months prior to the start.
