Oryx Quest was the name of the first round-the-world yacht race to start and finish in the Middle East[1] and was held in February 2005 in Qatar.
It was hoped that the size of the prize and the potential speed of the participating boats would make it the most-exciting round-the-world race to date.
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; Geronimo was the first elimination on 2 March, as a result of hull damage following a collision with flotsam.
de Kersauson returned to Australia to have the boat repaired, and to break the record for the circumnavigation of the continent in July.
Tracy and her team also put together Qatar's first Sports Education Programme to which over 10,000 Qatari school children signed up.