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Jaume Mumbrú and Cali Sanmartí will be taking part in the Barcelona World Race on board We Are Water. Two more skippers in addition to the many Spanish skippers already registered for this second edition of the double-handed race around the world. With this new team in place, the We Are Water Foundation and the Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona confirm their support for solidarity projects on an international scale.

Two new skippers join the Spanish ranks in this second edition of the regatta. Barcelona's Jaume Mumbrú and Cali Sanmartí will race in the Barcelona World Race as the team We Are Water. The two skippers made their début in the Sailing Tour of Spain 2010, which they completed in a show of sporting spirit and strength in the face of adversity, having overcome various obstacles to finish.

Jaume Mumbrú is a lawyer with a long career as a solo sailor and is one of the most active Spanish sailors in the Mini 650 Class, without having renounced racing on larger yachts, such as in the Round Europe 1999 onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Optral. Cali Sanmartí is an engineer and since 2003 he has been a professional yachtsman, specialising in large racing yachts. He has combined his entries in the Mini 650 regattas with races on larger yachts such as in the Voiles de St. Tropez and the Sydney-Hobart, as well as a double-handed ARC regatta with the 63 footer, Grand Filou.

The yacht chosen for the project is We Are Water, which will be unveiled for the Barcelona World Race at the end of the month, as the ambassador for solidarity projects from different organisations. The We Are Water Foundation is supported and driven by the Roca company. The foundation works towards raising awareness of a new attitude towards water and to carry out activities designed to ease the negative impact of a lack of water resources. That is why joint support projects have been set up the boat with NGOs such as Vicente Ferrer Foundation, Intermon Oxfam and Unicef. The We are Water team will take advantage of the Barcelona World Race to promote the name and present its goals around the world.  The boat will also display the colours of other organisations and institutions with which the We Are Water Foundation and the FNOB, the organiser of the Barcelona World Race, collaborate, such as Educación Sin Fronteras and Zero Limits.

For Andor Serra, Director General of the FNOB, the participation of the We Are Water team widens the field of activity for the Barcelona World Race: “Having new teams join this competition is crucial for the Barcelona World Race. For the future of an event like ours it's as important to have the world's experts onboard, as well as sailors starting off in the elite ranks of sailing competition. Also the presence of solidarity projects in the Barcelona World Race framework means that this regatta transcends the realms of sport”

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