Felix Oehme
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Sportive successes
End of 2006, Felix Oehme sailed with a five man crew over the Atlantic and received the second prize of the Stiftung Hochseesegeln (Foundation for High Seas Sailing) for this performance. In September 2006 and 2008 he successfully represented Germany at the World University Match race. Furthermore, he ranked among the top five in several international races for class 49 boats, including the national German championship.On November 16, 2008 Felix Oehme and his co-skipper Boris Herrmann
Boris Herrmann
- Sailing career :In 2001 Boris Herrmann was the youngest participant in the Mini Transat race, a single-handed yacht race across the Atlantic. He came to finish eleventh which earned him his first larger appearance in the yachting press. In 2006 Herrmann finished second in the European...
forming the Beluga Offshore Sailing Team won the Portimão Global Ocean Race
Portimão Global Ocean Race
The Portimão Global Ocean Race is a yachting race which was held in 2008/2009 for the first time.The race was created for single- and doublehanded yachts and small budgets. The two former professional yachtsmen Josh Hall and Brian Hancock were the initiators of the race...
, a five leg regatta around the world for class 40 boats. This makes them the first German professional team on a German yacht to win a leg of an international trans-ocean race and the whole race itself.
Quellen
- Article at Manager Magazin "Man liegt immer auf der Lauer" 15. November 2008
- Article at Spiegel Online Deutsche Segler mit historischem Erfolg 16. November 2008
- Article at Spiegel Online Herrmann und Oehme gewinnen Portimão Global Race