Sponsors
of the 2-nd circumnavigation.

The yacht was built in 1996 at the
branch department of the Tver carriage-building plant.

The repair works and the reconstruction was carried
out in 2000–2001 at the Kronshtadt Naval Shipyard.

The project is organized under support of the Russian Navy.

General sponsor – International Yacht Club "Spartak"

Russian Sponsors:

• GlobalTel, Joint-stock Co., – mobile satellite Globalstar communication of Globalstar system;
• State Enterprise Morsviazsputnik – mobile satellite communication of Inmarsat system;
• Aeroflot – Russian airlines, Joint-stock Co. – air tickets;
• Krasnoyarsky Airlines, Co. – air tickets;
• Transas Marine, St. Petersburg – electronic navigation charts;
• Trial Co., – navigation computer;
• Bask, scientific producer's Co. – clothes;
• Novoship – Novorosiysk Maritime Steamship Line – foodstuffs;
• Kanat, Joint-stock Co., Kolomna, – ropes and cables;
• Podolsky battery plant – batteries;
• Korsar, Joint-stock Co., – an inflatable boat;
• Opyt, Ltd., – individual life saving equipment;
• PF KMT, Joint-stock Co., St. Petersburg – financial support;
• "Tsaritsyno", meat processing factory – foodstuffs;
• Restaurant "The Fifth Ocean" – organization of press conferences.

Foreign Companies:

• Motorola – radio equipment and means of mobile communications;
• 3M – clothes, insulating materials;
• NTCL (Northern Transportation Company Ltd.) – logistic support on the territory of Canada.

Information Sponsors:

• Newspaper "Moscovskaia Pravda";
• Magazine "Capitan-club";
• Publishing House "Sozvezdiye", Tver.

Also reach:

• The 3-nd Circumnavigation of the yacht "Apostol Andrey"
• The 1-nd Circumnavigation of the yacht "Apostol Andrey"