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Glenn Bourke : "nobody knows what’s happening to us out there better than what we know"
Skippers, key crew members and designers were unanimous in their support of the Volvo Open 70 Rule at the conclusion of a landmark forum here yesterday. The forum was convened by the race organisers in light of the issues over durability and safety which arose during the first two legs of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06. The gathering was (...) -
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Leg 2 got underway today in light north westerly winds
Calm before the storm as leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race gets underway January 2, 2006, Cape Town, South Africa - It was the calm before the storm as leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06 got underway today in light north westerly winds. -
Volvo Ocean Race • Leg 1
Drama on the high seas and back on land
With the arrival celebrations now a distant memory, its business Business #Business as usual on the Cape Town dockside as shore crews tend to the battle scars from a gruelling and highly competitive first leg in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06. The victory spoils went to ABN AMRO ONE who sailed into Cape Town 19 days after they set out from (...) -
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First leg win for Mike Sanderson’s team
At 1324 GMT today, an ecstatic Mike Sanderson brought ABN AMRO ONE safely into Cape Town to claim leg one of Volvo Ocean Race. After 6,400 nautical miles, and 19 days, 24 minutes and 2 seconds at sea, this team, which also holds the new monohull 24-hour world record Record #sailingrecord , now leads the Volvo Ocean Race by one point, (...) -
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HM King Juan Carlos I fired the starting gun in Vigo
Up to 1 million people watched the start of the Volvo Ocean Race. With 70,000 people lining the dockside alone and 2,000 spectator boats out on the course area, the race got a magnificent send-off from the Spanish port of Vigo. There was a bustle of excitement on the dock this morning in the Spanish port of Vigo as the crews hurried around (...) -
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First win for British skipper Neal McDonald
It’s a win for British skipper Neal McDonald and his crew onboard the Swedish entry Ericsson Racing Team in the inaugural In-Port race held in Sanxenxo, Galicia, Spain, today. Ericsson Racing Team will now start leg one, the first of the offshore legs, 6,400 nautical miles to Cape Town, South Africa, next Saturday with 3.5 points already (...) -
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Rotterdam, Portsmouth and Gothenburg last ports of the Volvo Ocean Race ’05
Rotterdam (NED), Portsmouth (UK) and Gothenburg (SWE) were today announced as the last two stopover ports and the finish of the 31,250 nm Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06. All three ports are steeped in maritime history and all nations have historic links with the event and its thirty-year (...) -
Volvo Baltic Race
All guns blazing • Blixt wins Volvo Baltic Race
The 2004 Volvo Baltic Race went down to the wire today in an exciting climax to the series. After a mixture of inshore and offshore races comprising eight legs, and some 1200 nautical miles, over three weeks, the winner was not decided until the three windward/leeward races held off Sandhamn in the Stockholm archipelago had been (...) -
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Volvo Ocean Race launches design rule for record-beater
On the day that the world’s premier ocean race celebrates its 30th birthday, design rules Rules #irc #ims reveal that a record Record #sailingrecord -beater is in prospect for the next round the world Volvo Ocean Race. The new 70-foot yacht, the Volvo Open 70, will be a significantly more powerful boat for the 2005-2006 (...) -
Volvo Baltic Race
Emphatic win for TeamRS in Volvo Baltic Race overall
It was down to the wire. The team that finished first in this, the last stage of the Volvo Baltic Race, would be the overall winner of the event. The lead had changed constantly with the two teams at the front of the field swapping places only metres apart.
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