Josh Hall (born 18 May 1962) is a former
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yachtsman.
Career
Hall competed in the multiple solo round the World Races
* 1990
BOC Challenge The Velux 5 Oceans Race was a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed in stages, managed by Clipper Ventures since 2000. Its most recent name comes from its main sponsor Velux. Originally known as the BOC Challenge, for the title sponsor ...
* 1994
BOC Challenge The Velux 5 Oceans Race was a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed in stages, managed by Clipper Ventures since 2000. Its most recent name comes from its main sponsor Velux. Originally known as the BOC Challenge, for the title sponsor ...
* 1998
BOC Challenge The Velux 5 Oceans Race was a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed in stages, managed by Clipper Ventures since 2000. Its most recent name comes from its main sponsor Velux. Originally known as the BOC Challenge, for the title sponsor ...
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2000-2001 Vendée Globe
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During the 1994 BOC Challenge, Hall's yacht sunk during the first leg from Charleston to Cape Town and he was rescued by competitor
Alan Nebauer
Alan Nebauer is an Australian yachtsman who competed in the single-handed round-the-world 1994–95 BOC Challenge race aboard the yacht ''Newcastle Australia''. Nebauer won two awards for his seamanship during the race, one of them for rescuin ...
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References
External links
BBC Sport, Sailing, In Depth, Gartmore
British male sailors (sport)
Living people
1962 births
British Vendee Globe sailors
2000 Vendee Globe sailors
Vendée Globe finishers
Place of birth missing (living people)
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