Check out this website. Very interesting:
www.tommy.com/freedomamerica
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WHAT: Watch American frontrunner, Brad Van Liew as he starts the fourth leg of the Around Alone solo sailing mission. After conquering raging storms and fierce tides, Brad is heading to Salvador, Brazil, a journey of 7,850 miles from Tauranga, New Zealand.
Sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger, Brad is taking on the seven seas of the world solo in the Around Alone extreme sailing race. Racing for 8 months and 28,000 treacherous miles, in his 50-foot Tommy Hilfiger Freedom America yacht, Brad will circumnavigate the globe by way of the five great capes, battling eight-story waves, braving hurricane force winds and dodging icebergs, alone.