Team Childhood I left for stage 1 in Prologue to Gdynia, Poland.

Sunday at the end of the morning the Swedish - Dutch Team Childhood I started the Prologue together with the three other Volvo 65s: Team Poland, AmberSail 2 (Lithuania), The Austrian Ocean Race Project. The first leg of the Prologue brings the fleet from Klaipeda in Lithuania to Gdynia in Poland. The Prologue will be used by the participating teams in preparation for The Ocean Race Europe, starting at the end of this month in Lorient, France.

Short but tough stage expected

Postma: “It will be a short but tough stage. We are expected to be on the road for approximately 24 hours. The conditions are cold, wet, and especially in the beginning enough wind with more than 20 knots. ”

For Team Childhood I, the learning process is key during this prologue. The prologue will be used by Pieter-Jan Postma to select sailors under the age of thirty for The Ocean Race Europe.

Crewlist proloog

1.     Jelmer van Beek (NED) – co-skipper

2.     Rutger Vos (NED)

3.     Max Deckers (NED)

4.     Laura van Veen (NED)

5.     Arianne van Loosdrecht (NED)

6.     Lars van Stekelenborg (NED)

7.     Robin Jacobs (NED)

8.     Julius Hallström (SWE)

9.     Matt Whitehead (SA)

10.  Pieter Jan Postma (NED)

11.  E.J. van Housselt (NED) - skipper