Racing to Save Our Seas

SOS Ocean Racing was formed in 2010 to raise awareness of the damage to our environment through the use of plastics and plastic bags.

In 2010, founder Ian Thomson, set a new world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of Australia when he took in excess of 26 days off the standing record.

In July 2011, solo multihull sailor Bruce Arms attempted the same record on his cataraman Big Wave Rider, completing the course in 39 days and setting a new world record for the first solo multihull circumnavigation of Australia.

Now for the biggest campaign we have undertaken so far. Over the next 3 years, founder Ian Thomson will compete in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (2012-2014), attempt to take line honors, break the race record and claim outright victory in the Melbourne to Osaka two handed race (2013) as well as the solo trans Tasman (NZ to Oz 2014) and then challenge three world records in one by attempting to break the solo Around Australia world record for monohulls, the outright solo world record as well as the fastest monohull Around Australia.