Klitschko at Kiel Week onboard Hugo Boss

by Alex Thomson Racing on 17 Jun 2005 Hugo Boss sponsored heavyweight champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko will be lending his ballast to British skipper, Alex Thomson and the crew of the Open 60 Hugo Boss on Monday 20th June when he will join the crew for a day of sailing around the Kiel Week Regatta, Germany.

At 6ft 5in and weighing in at 238 lbs he is guaranteed to help keep the boat flat in the water.

Alex and the Hugo Boss crew, Clarkee, the boat captain and the crew Ross and Jess have a fun packed week ahead of them combining offshore racing to Eckernförde and back to three days of corporate hospitality and then the last race of the week for the crew has a dusk start as they head off to Fehrmann, Germany.

‘This is a first for me at Kiel and I am really looking forward to it. It’s great to show another crowd of people what these unusual racing yachts are like and especially because Germany is the home of Hugo Boss.’ said Alex.

Alex and the Open 60 Hugo Boss are now en-route to ‘Kieler Wocher’ aka Kiel Week, Germany’s most prestigious regatta, to take part in what the organisers have dubbed ‘the greatest sailing event in the world’ and the biggest summer festival in Northern Europe.

From June 18th the German port of Kiel welcomes guests and top class sailors from 50 countries all over the world to enjoy exhilarating racing on the Kiel Fiord.

More than 5,000 sailors in international and Olympic dinghies are expected to attend and about 250 offshore yachts sail on the offshore area Alpha.

From Kiel Alex and the crew will be taking part in a feeder race from Kiel to Sandhamn, Sweden a race that will link them directly into their next adventure the Gotland Runt Race.