ADVISORY/Photo Opportunity: Six Students from Courageous Sailing Center Navigate BP Explorer Back to Boston Harbor.Business Editors ADVISORY ... TODAY BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2000 WHAT: Catch the six winning essay writers from Boston's Courageous Sailing Center helping captain and crew navigate the BP Explorer back into the Boston Harbor. The ship will be arriving at Rowes Wharf at 3:30 p.m. Come see the magnificent 72-foot yacht, ease through the Harbor with the six teens on board. What a great opportunity to see these socially disadvantaged teens be delighted, thrilled and satisfied after a day aboard the BP Explorer. WHEN & WHERE: Thursday Thursday: see week. , October October: see month. 12, 2000 3:30 p.m. Rowes Wharf Rowes Wharf is a modern development situated in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is best known for the Boston Harbor Hotel's multi-story arch over the wide public plaza between Atlantic Avenue and the Boston Harbor waterfront. (In front of Boston Harbor Hotel) ABOUT COURAGEOUS & BP: In order to get the Boston area involved in the yacht's visit, BP created a challenge for students of the Courageous Sailing Center, which provides sailing lessons free of charge to underprivileged Boston students, aged eight to 18. Courageous Sailing students, between the ages of 16 and 18, were invited to write an essay explaining what they have learned through their involvement in the Courageous Sailing program. The six winners join the crew for a day sail to learn about what it takes to sail the yachts of the BT Global Challenge. If you are interested in speaking with a BP representative or one of the six winners, please contact Tara Wilson Tara Wilson was a fictional paralegal on the American legal drama The Practice. She was later employed as a lawyer on the spin-off series Boston Legal. She was played by Rhona Mitra. at (212) 880-5263. ABOUT The BT Global The BT Global Challenge, the world's toughest yacht race Noun 1. yacht race - a race between crews of people in yachts sailing-race boat race - a race between people rowing or driving boats , started from Ocean Village Southampton, Challenge: England on September 10, 2000. It is the only, round-the-world yacht race to circumnavigate cir·cum·nav·i·gate tr.v. cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ed, cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ing, cir·cum·nav·i·gates 1. To proceed completely around: circumnavigating the earth. 2. the globe against prevailing winds The prevailing winds are the trends in speed and direction of wind over a particular point on the earth's surface. A region's prevailing winds often show global patterns of movement in the earth's atmosphere. Prevailing winds are the causes of waves as they push the ocean. and currents. Twelve yachts will compete in the 30,000-mile race with more than 300 international crew volunteers. The BT Global Challenge will conclude in approximately July 2001 in Southampton. |
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