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Team Groupama
Since 15 February, Groupama Sailing Team has really been getting down to business Business #Business at their base in Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. , France. From the four corners of the globe and France, the crew of the future Groupama 4 are back on Breton soil to get back down to (...)
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Team Camper Emirates TNZL
Chris Nicholson, skipper of the CAMPER campaign for the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race has today confirmed the line up of the sailing team and key shore team members.
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Team Groupama
A year ago, just days before Groupama 3 was to set sail on her second attempt to conquer the Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne Trophy #TropheeJulesVerne , Groupama announced its participation in the next two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race with Franck Cammas.
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Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012
The spectacular new Volvo Ocean Race Trophy was unveiled in Race Headquarters, Alicante this evening, in front of representatives from all 10 host ports, the racing teams, local authorities and race sponsors. This event crowns the first night of the Volvo Ocean Race Conference for the 2011 – 12 edition. The Vice President of the (...)
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Round Britain and Ireland Race
It was at 1126 hours BST on Sunday that Franck Cammas and his ten crew took victory in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland off the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. By covering the 1,802 miles in 5 days 21 hours and 26 minutes at an average speed Speed #speedsailing of 12.74 knots, the French crew considerably improved (...)
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Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012
Two-time Olympic medallist, Ian Walker of Great Britain, has taken the helm as skipper for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race title pursuit, as the emirate’s newest sporting outfit readies for the ’Everest of Sailing’. Appointed by the team’s backer, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), Walker will (...)
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‘Westabout’ Solo Circumnavigation
Professional sailor Steve White has announced his intention to break the current world record Record #sailingrecord for circumnavigating single-handed, non-stop the “wrong way”, against the prevailing winds and currents. Steve will be sailing a Volvo Open 70, which would usually be crewed by ten people. Taking place this winter, (...)
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Volvo Ocean Race
The course and dates for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 have been officially announced today. This edition of the race will see a new format for the racing programme in the host cities, including the start city of Alicante, Spain and finish city of Galway, Ireland. For the first time, the Volvo Ocean Race will finish with an In-Port race in (...)
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Volvo Ocean Race 2010-2012
Puma® announced today it will participate in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 after finishing second overall in the 2008-09 race, which ended in June 2009. The Puma Ocean Racing team will once again be under the leadership of skipper Ken Read.
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Volvo Ocean Race
Auckland, New Zealand, is back in the Volvo Ocean Race after a gap of 10 years. The city, which has fielded some of the world’s best sailors in the Volvo Ocean Race, last hosted the event in 2001-02. It will stage the leg four finish from Sanya in China and the start of leg five, which will take the fleet into the Southern Ocean once (...)