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Global Outreach off a Global Event for
education, asthma, seniors
The Vendee Globe is a race that is almost
beyond belief. Gary Jobson, ESPN-TV
Commentator
Vendee Globe2008-2009
Rich Wilson Skipper
Solo, non-stop, around-the-world race26,000
miles, 100 days
Great American III
Dreams are only foolish to those who dare not
go. Bob Dotson, NBC-TV Nightly News
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Vendee Globe
In the military, we would call what you are
doing sustained operations.Dr. Stephen Muza,
US Army Research Institute of Environmental
Medicine
Wow, The Vendee, that is a big project. Yes,
youre the obvious person to do it. Merfyn
Owen, Owen-Clarke Design
It is a wonderful event the most challenging
sailing event there is you should do it.
Russell Bowler, President, Farr Yacht Design
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Media Coverage(from Vendee Globe 2004-5)
Our boat sponsorship returned 50 million Euros
in media value. President of Bonduelle, a boat
sponsor for Vendee Globe 2004-5
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Rich WilsonSailing

• 2004 The Transat (Plymouth - Boston) Great
  American II - Class 2 Multihulls 2nd
• 2003 World Record Hong Kong - New York
  Great American II vs. clipper Sea Witch, 72 days
  21 hours
• 2001 World Record New York - Melbourne
  Great American II vs. clipper Mandarin, 68 days
  10 hours
• 1993 World Record San Francisco - Boston
  Great American II vs. clipper Northern Light, 69
  days 20 hours
• 1990 San Francisco - Boston Great American
  capsizes off Cape Horn
• 1988 C-STAR Curtana Class V Multihulls
  Winner
• 1980 Newport Bermuda Holger Danske
  Overall Winner Skipper/Navigator

Awards
Clubs

• 2004 Cruising Club of America Blue Water
  Medal
• 2004 Storm Trysail Club Hugh Kilmer Trophy
• 2003 National Maritime Historical Society
  Outstanding Achievement

• New York Yacht Club
• Cruising Club of America
• Storm Trysail Club
• Eastern Yacht Club
• U.S. Sailing

Felicitations pour ton fantastique et courageux
record. Francis Joyon (solo, non-stop,
round-the-world recordholder, 2008)
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Rich WilsonSailor, Teacher, Author, Businessman

• Educated at Harvard (72), M.I.T. (76),
  Harvard Business School (82)
• sitesALIVE! Founder CEO 1990-present
• Creator/producer of 75 live, interactive,
  global, learning adventures online
• Award - 2001 Newspaper Innovators in Education
• Award - 1999 Ziff-Davis Internet (Children
  Education)
• Racing A Ghost Ship Walker Co., 1996
• 1997 Scientific American Young Readers Book
  Award

Rich has a gift for relating to children, and
they respond to him for what he is a genuinely
unselfish hero of a kind we seldom see anymore.
Bob Niehaus, Morgan Stanley
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Education ProgramNewspaper in EducationSkippers
essays published in newspapersand delivered to
K-12 schools families nationwide worldwide

• Newspaper Partners
• Los Angeles Times
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Seattle Times
• Miami Herald
• Philadelphia Inquirer
• Newsday (NY)
• Hartford Courant
• Boston Globe, etc.

Europe EnglandFrance Germany Italy Austria
Spain Portugal Holland Denmark Sweden NorwayFin
land Estonia Russia Hungary Belgium
Asia China Japan Indonesia Australia South
Korea Singapore Pakistan Lebanon U.A.E.
N S America USA Canada Honduras Argentina Venezu
ela Colombia

• sitesALIVE Program
• Teachers Guide
• 15 Weekly Features
• Written by Wilson at sea
• 10 million readers weekly
• 250,000 students
• 150 million sponsor exposures

Africa South Africa Nigeria Ghana Uganda Sudan
Cameroon
sitesALIVE produces some of the most innovative
NIE projects you can imaginethey are always
top-notch. Jim Abbott, VP, NAA Foundation
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Education Programwww.sitesalive.com
Team of Expertsinteractive ashore online
Skipper Rich Wilsoninteractive at sea online
K-12 Science, Geography, Math, HistoryLive
Interactive
Its the only thing were doing in school that
is really happeninginstead of just pretending.
6th grader, Merion, Pennsylvania
The trick to teaching is to not let them know
theyre learning anythinguntil its too late!
Prof. Harold Doc Edgerton, MIT
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Asthma Asthma Allergy Foundation of America
(AAFA) American Lung Association (ALA)

• Skipper Rich Wilson
• Severe asthma, 5 medications daily
• Inspirational role model for young and old
• Awards
• 1990 - Honored by ALA-National as
  SuperAchiever
• 1993 - Honored by ALA-Massachusetts with
  Christmas Seals Hero Award
• 2005 - Honored by Partners Asthma Center
• AAFA
• 15 Chapters
• 120 Education Support Groups
• ALA
• 50 State Chapters nationwide

If he can do that, I can do anything. 16
year old girl with asthma
You are truly a source of pride and inspiration
to those of us at the ALA. John Garrison,
President, ALA
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SeniorsAmerican Association of Retired Persons
(AARP)

• Skipper Rich Wilson, AARP Member
• At 58 years old during the 2008/9 race,
  Rich will be the oldest competitor
• AARP Rationales
• Role model for 39M members (50 years old)
• Intergenerational
• Grandparents, parents, and grandchildren on a
  family voyage of discovery
• Science, Geography, Math, History, Oceans,
  Climate
• Asthma 3 million AARP members
• Interaction with Team of Health Experts on
• Nutrition, Fitness, Sleep, Emergency Medicine,
  Asthma

Also, worth noting is that the Rich Wilsons
adventure is being accessed by adult members
almost as much as our under 18 members. Paul
Stapleton, Prodigy
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Past Media Coverage 3 world record voyages of
Rich Wilson Great American II

• TV Radio
• NBC-TV Nightly News
• NBC-TV - Today Show
• CNN
• National Public Radio
• Newspapers
• USA Today
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Los Angeles Times
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Boston Globe
• Philadelphia Inquirer
• Seattle Times
• Denver Post
• Detroit News

• Magazines
• Readers Digest
• Sports Illustrated
• Sail Sailing World Cruising World
• Internet
• CNN.com
• NYTimes.com
• WashingtonPost.com

Press surrounds Wilson at finishof San
Francisco-BostonWorld Record
An extra measure of rum for those boys tonight.
Tom Brokaw, NBC-TV Nightly News
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• SponsorshipOpportunities
• Title/Naming
• Education
• Asthma
• Seniors

Great American III
In my NEXT life, I want to be you.  What great
adventures you have!  And what a wonderful thing
you are doing for education.  Aren't modern
computer technology and Rich Wilson something?!
Bob Dotson (NBC-TV) email to Rich Wilson
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Global Outreach off a Global Eventfor education,
asthma, seniors
Contact Rich Wilson, President sitesALIVE
Foundation, Inc. 25 Skinners Path Marblehead,
Massachusetts 01945, USA rich.wilson_at_sitesalive.c
om 1.781.631.4007 tel Skype richwilson