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Corporate Speaking

Brad Van Liew is a professional ocean yacht racer and renowned corporate motivational speaker.  He has a gift of relating his often terrifying, always inspiring stories about facing the most extreme conditions on the planet to the high-intensity, high-risk corporate world.  You and your staff will be riveted by…

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Sail With The Best

How would you like to have Michael Jordan help you brush up on your jump shot?  Maybe you’d prefer to have Tiger Woods critique your swing?  You may find it hard to line that up, but now you can have the nautical equivalent: Sail with America’s pre-eminent ocean racer,…

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Consulting

From the 50,000+ attendee HarborFest to the 250-boat Charleston Race Week to the international stopover for the Around Alone race, members of Van Liew Adventures have the track record, contacts, and know-how to transform your next maritime event into something truly special.

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Latest News

North Atlantic Record Fades Away for Giovanni Soldini and his Maserati Team

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For Immediate Release – The North Atlantic Record Fades Away for Giovanni Soldini and his Maserati Team – Following Three Days of Extreme Conditions and Intense Speed the Weather Fails  New York (May 14, 2012) – “We didn’t make it; the barometer has started to rise.” With these words Giovanni Soldini, on board Maserati, said that the New York-Lizard Point record attempt has definitely faded away. After blasting through the first 1,500 miles of the course, at speeds which averaged…
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Maserati Takes an Advantage of Almost 200 Miles on the Atlantic World Record

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For Immediate Release – Maserati Takes an Advantage of Almost 200 Miles on the Atlantic World Record Set by Mari Cha IV – Giovanni Soldini and his team are facing intense conditions, sailing through the floating icebergs of Newfoundland - New York (May 11, 2012) – At 12.36 GMT (08.36 EDT) Maserati is flying at a speed of 23 knots, taking an advantage of 190 miles on Mari Cha IV, the 140 foot maxi yacht that set the New York-Lizard…
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Forbes: Maserati’s Nautical Speedster Prepares for Atlantic Record

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Article from Forbes: Maserati’s Nautical Speedster Prepares for Atlantic Record By Daniel Fisher, Forbes Staff With his sunburned, deeply creased face and callus-encrusted hands, Giovanni Soldini looks distinctly out of place in downtown Manhattan as he waits in the shadows of the Battery Park skyscrapers for the weather patterns that will allow him to shove off in the 70-foot racing sailboat Maserati on a trans-Atlantic record attempt. Soldini, 46, is leading the effort to put Maserati in the record books, not on…
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About VLA

Van Liew Adventures, LLC is comprised of individuals of the highest caliber of knowledge, experience, and expertise that exists in the competitive world of international ocean racing today. The company offers a diverse portfolio of services to both the general public and the high profile professional yachting industry.

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