This is the extraordinary story of Fazisi, a Russian boat of revolutionary design entered in the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
... Fazisi was completed in 1989 and was intended to represent the Soviet Union in the grueling Whitbread Round the World Race (today known as the Volvo Ocean Race). The Fazisi was named after the legendary Phasis River—now known as the ...
... Fazisi , 9 29 05 39 14 Gatorade ' , 10 29 10 01 43 Satquote British Defender , 12 29 10 39 02 NCB Ireland , 14 29 15 57 55 Belmont Finland II , 13 33 03 00 26 Liverpool Enterprise , 15 * Elapsed time modified by international jury 3 ...
... Fazisi project' August 2022 I would be remiss, given the current conflict in the Ukraine, not to re-tell in the nutshell of this column a few anecdotes of my experience skippering Fazisi in the 1989/90 Whitbread Race. When people bring ...
... Fazisi was still a rough sketch, who he wanted: a brilliant sailor/navigator known for his eccentric career choices, Skip Novak. Fazisi turned into a wonderful story of underdog determination and individual effort in the face of ...
... Fazisi . We had lots of Kiwi Lager beer , and they brought Russian vodka , and we shared a lot of toasts . It was ... Fazisi had done well , fin- ishing sixth on the leg from England . An official " Fazisi " statement said , " For all ...
... Fazisi, after the Russian skipper committed suicide. “No one knows why he did it,” Novak says, “but it really shook up our crew.” Novak would later write a book (Fazisi The ]oint Venture, 1990 Sidgwick 86 Jackson), on the experience of ...
... Fazisi quickly coined its nickname of 'The Russian Submarine' as the low freeboard made for a wet and wild ride.” Nonetheless, Hancock concluded, “Fazisi was ahead of her time.” Murnikov's innovative, ultra-modern designs eventually ...
... Fazisi, the original and very wet Russian Whitbread design that the American Skip Novak brought to the line four years ago. Based on early construction pictures of this alloy design under construction in Moscow, her skipper/designer ...