Welcome to the Around in Ten Challenge . . . 

“We challenge you to design/build a 10 foot (3mtr) microyacht and sail around the world. Take any route and as long as you like but you could end up having sailed the smallest boat around the world thus breaking the current record held by Serge Testa since 1987! Sail alongside a friend or with others. Why not set up a race between you? Sail nonstop? Develop the knowledge how to do it. It WILL be done. The first person to break the record will also pick up the AiT Trophy!

Alternatively, create your own challenge. This could be from San Francisco to Hawaii and back in a 10 footer. UK to Iceland in an inflatable 12ft sailboat. Across the Pacific in an 18ft Polynesian catamaran! The choice is yours. We would like to welcome new applicants, details of their craft, start/finish point, details of  YOUR challenge,  Remember, the AiT Challenge is open to ALL small sailboats of any hull configuration and sail type also. Monohull, Catamaran, Trimaran, Proa constructed from wood, GRP, CF, Inflatable, or? Chinese Junk, Bermudan, Lug, Batwing etc.

Of the Vendée Globe. the handyman escaping to his workshop or shed in the garden can only dream.  With Around in Ten he can build and make his dreams become a reality!”

Please read the huge amount of information contained in the forum postings. Please fully understand what AiT is all about before taking the plunge! Register YOUR challenge HERE ”

NEWS FLASH . . . .

Sven Yrvind has announced that he will sail around the world in a ten foot boat! You can read about it here (dated 26th December 2011)

http://www.yrvind.com/present_project/

NEWS . . . .

Well, sadly the original race due to start on January 10th 2009 never happened, all entrants having pulled out for various reasons. What’s the chances in getting another group together?

However, Nick Dwyer, and the support boat “VAL”, have sailed at a leisurely rate to the other side of the world. He spent some time in New Zealand before virtually taking up residence in Fiji. Lucky for some! I kept in radio contact with him from the Pacific side of the Panama Canal to Marquesas, onto Galapagos, Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand. 

Nick’s website: http://www.nickdwyer.com/