 Good Work James Burwick is a 52 year old male hailing from Jackson Hole Wyoming. He spent 32 years as a professional mountain guide and doing yacht deliveries, so he is no stranger to adventure or the sea. James has a simple philosophy and in his own words, believes in doing what he loves and not what he was supposed to do. James also had a personal mission in life and that was to give to the needy.
So James set out on his shakedown sail and left Bermuda and set sail to Cape Town. The girl behaved liked a dream and James was ready to set sail for Tauranga New Zealand and attempt to set a new record through the southern ocean on an Open 40. But as fate may have it James's second passion mountaineering got the better and James could not stay away without sampling the 'Rock', unfortunately James tore his bicep in his forearm and delayed his attempt on the record. But this may have been exactly what The Whisper Boat Building Academy had been waiting for, someone like James Burwick to come along. The Whisper Boat Building Academy is a charity based organization which is headed up by a remarkable gentleman by the name of Peter Jacops, who has put together a school to teach the deaf underprivileged children in one of the townships of Cape Town South Africa, the art of boat building. James approached Fred Cole and Boris Webber from "International Yachtpaint" to donate some money to the academy and in turn James would give them coverage on 'Anasazi Girl'. Well the deal got even better, International Yachtpaint have decided to stick with James for the rest of his campaign and the office down in New Zealand will contribute to a charity of their choice and round the Horn and north to Brasil and on to New Port Rhode Island where James will end his journey, till the next campaign. In his recovery time James has been working out and racking together more sponsors wherever he can, he feels he would love to be able to get someone onboard to give some money to the Nelson Mandela Childrens Fund. David Pritchard from Gill North Americahas been a pillar of strength and has stuck together with James since he left Bermuda where James purchased his first set of foul weather gear from Gill North America. Gill will be onboard when James does his speed attempt through the Southern Ocean. James hopes to leave in the next 4 to 6 weeks for Tauranga New Zealand. 10/26/06 |
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has always wanted to sail around the 3 Capes and decided to go about
it the right way. So he went out and bought the old 'Spirit of Yukho'
a Groupe Finot Open 40 Ocean Single handed racing machine, which
he has named "Anasazi Girl". In the typical competitive
spirit which makes up the man, James wants to try and set new records
between ports on an open 40. James will not pay the 1500 pounds sterling
to World Speed Council in order to have his score recorded, but instead
he will donate money to a charity in New Zealand on his arrival.