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 Globe
2008-2009
Rich Wilson
Skipper
Solo, non-stop, around-the-world race
26,000 miles, ~100 days
Great
American III
“Dreams are only foolish to those who dare not go.”
…Bob Dotson, NBC-TV Nightly News
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, you’re 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 Wilson
Sailing
• 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
Clubs
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New York Yacht Club
Cruising Club of America
Storm Trysail Club
Eastern Yacht Club
U.S. Sailing
Awards
• 2004 Cruising Club of America
Blue Water Medal
• 2004 Storm Trysail Club
Hugh Kilmer Trophy
• 2003 National Maritime Historical Society
Outstanding Achievement
“Felicitations pour ton fantastique et courageux record.”
…Francis Joyon (solo, non-stop, round-the-world recordholder, 2008)
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Rich Wilson
Sailor, 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 Reader’s 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 Program
Newspaper in Education
Skipper’s essays published in newspapers
and delivered to K-12 schools & families nationwide & worldwide
Newspaper Partners
Europe
• Los Angeles Times
England
• San Francisco Chronicle
France
• Seattle Times
Germany
• Miami Herald
Italy
• Philadelphia Inquirer
Austria
• Newsday (NY)
Spain
• Hartford Courant
Portugal
• Boston Globe, etc.
Asia
Holland
China
Denmark
N & S America
Japan
Sweden
USA
Indonesia
Norway
Canada
Australia
Finland
Honduras
South
Korea
Estonia
Argentina
Singapore
Russia
Venezuela
Pakistan
Hungary
Colombia
Lebanon
Belgium
U.A.E.
Africa
sitesALIVE Program
South Africa
• Teacher’s Guide
Nigeria
• 15 Weekly Features
Ghana
• Written by Wilson at sea
Uganda
• 10 million readers weekly
Sudan
• 250,000 students
• 150 million sponsor exposures Cameroon
”sitesALIVE produces some of the most innovative NIE projects you can
imagine…they are always top-notch.” …Jim Abbott, VP, NAA Foundation
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Education Program
www.sitesalive.com
Skipper Rich Wilson
interactive at sea & online
Team of Experts
interactive ashore & online
K-12 Science, Geography, Math, History
Live & Interactive
“It’s the only thing we’re doing in school that is really happening
instead of just pretending.” …6th grader, Merion, Pennsylvania
“The trick to teaching is to not let them know they’re learning anything…
until it’s 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
“You are truly a source of pride and
inspiration to those of us at the ALA.”
…John Garrison, President, ALA
“If he can do that,
I can do anything.”
…16 year old girl with asthma
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Seniors
American 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 Wilson’s 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
Magazines
• Reader’s Digest
• Sports Illustrated
• Sail; Sailing World;
Cruising World
Newspapers
• USA Today
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Los Angeles Times
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Boston Globe
• Philadelphia Inquirer
• Seattle Times
• Denver Post
• Detroit News
Internet
• CNN.com
• NYTimes.com
• WashingtonPost.com
Press surrounds Wilson at finish
of San Francisco-Boston
World Record
“An extra measure of rum for those boys tonight.”
…Tom Brokaw, NBC-TV Nightly News
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Sponsorship
Opportunities
• 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 Event
for education, asthma, seniors
Contact: Rich Wilson, President
sitesALIVE Foundation, Inc.
25 Skinners Path
Marblehead, Massachusetts 01945, USA
rich.wilson@sitesalive.com
1.781.631.4007 tel
Skype: richwilson