Joe Harris, 47, is by day a Boston businessman but during his time off he is a solo sailor in the Open 50 class who is making waves. Joe is on the extreme end of this sport, racing aboard his Open 50 "Gryphon Solo" in races that at times are 3500 miles long from start to finish. This past June, Joe crossed the finish line off St. Georges, Bermuda, setting a new solo record for the famed Bermuda 1-2 race arriving in 62 hours and 37 minutes. A resident of Hamilton, MA, Joe is in full pursuit of his round-the-world campaign as he trains for the Portimao Global Ocean Race ("PGOR") now scheduled to start from Portimao, Portugal in September 2008. He most recently competed in the classic blue water race from Marblehead, MA to Halifax, Nova Scotia on July 8. Joe is married and is the father of two young sons. "It is said that in ocean racing the hardest thing to do is get to the starting line," Harris said. "In these long distance races, I have found that getting to the finish line is equally hard. I have found that missing my wife and sons is the biggest hardship in all of this. I have always dreamed of sailing alone around the world, arriving in foreign ports and my ultimate goal is to complete the single-handed race in 2008," Joe said.