Volvo Ocean Race
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Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a yacht race around the world, held every four years - until upcoming edition which will start after just 3-year break. It's named after its sponsor, Volvo. Though the route is changed to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs Europe in September. The general route runs south through the Atlantic Ocean, around the tip of Africa, and then around the Southern Ocean. The worst weather conditions are usually encountered in this leg, where waves sometimes top 100 feet (30 m) and winds can reach 60 knots (110 km/h). Competitors eventually round Cape Horn and turn back into the Atlantic for the trip back to England. The route generally covers in excess of 28,000 statute miles (45,000 km) over open ocean.
In 1972 England's Whitbread company and the British Royal Naval Sailing Association agreed to sponsor a globe-circling regatta, which would be called the "Whitbread Round the World Race". The race has been greatly modified in the ensuing thirty odd years, but remains true to its original goal: A test of will, courage and skill against the best (or more accurately, worst) nature has to offer. Along with the Vendée Globe , VELUX 5 Oceans Race and Global Challenge, the Whitbread (now Volvo Ocean Race) is the ultimate sailing adventure.
[edit] 2008 to 2009 Volvo Ocean Race
The first offshore leg of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race will start in Alicante, Spain, on October 11, 2008, with in-port race seven days earlier.
2008-2009 Race Schedule
Event | Start | Date | Nautical Miles |
---|---|---|---|
In-Port Race | Alicante, Spain | October 04, 2008 | |
Leg 1 | Alicante, Spain | October 11, 2008 | 6,500 |
Leg 2 | Cape Town, South Africa | November 15, 2008 | 4,450 |
Leg 3 | Kochi, India | December 13, 2008 | 1,950 |
Leg 4 | Singapore | January 18, 2009 | 2,500 |
Leg 5 | Qingdao, China | February 14, 2009 | 12,300 |
Leg 6 | Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | April 11, 2009 | 4,900 |
Leg 7 | Boston, USA | May 16, 2009 | 2,550 |
Leg 8 | Galway, Republic of Ireland | June 6, 2009 | 950 |
Leg 9 | Göteborg, Sweden | June 14, 2009 | 525 |
Leg 10 | Stockholm, Sweden | June 25, 2009 | 370 |
Finish | St Petersburg, Russia | June 27, 2009 |
2008-2009 Teams
Boat | Sponsor | Nat | Designer | Builder | Skipper | Website |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ERICSSON RACING TEAM 1 (Ericsson 3) |
Ericsson | Sweden | Juan Kouyoumdjian | Killian Bushe(Kista, Stockholm) | Torben Grael | [1] |
ERICSSON RACING TEAM 2 (Ericsson 4) |
Ericsson | Sweden | Juan Kouyoumdjian | Killian Bushe (Kista, Stockholm) | Anders Lewander | [2] |
IL MONSTRO (The Monster) | Puma Ocean Racing | - | Botin Carkeek | Goetz Custom Boats (Bristol, Rhode Island) & Customline Yachts |
Ken Read | [3] |
TELEFONICA BLUE | Telefonica | Spain | Farr Yacht Design | King Marine (Alginet, Valencia) | TBA | [4] |
TELEFONICA BLACK | Telefonica | Spain | Farr Yacht Design | Southern Ocean Marine (Tauranga, New Zealand) | TBA | [5] |
TEAM RUSSIA | WDCS | Russia | Humphreys Yacht Design (UK) | Green Marine (UK) | Andreas Hanakamp | [6] |
GREEN TEAM | - | Ireland | Reichel Pugh | McConaghy Boats (China) | Ian Walker | - |
Russian Ocean Racing Club and Carbon Challenge have made provisional entries.
The 2008-2009 race will be tracked using a Race Management System developed by UK company Cybit's maritime division [7].
[edit] The boats
The Volvo Open 70 is the current class of racing yachts designed for the Volvo Ocean Race.
- For more information, see article: Volvo Open 70
[edit] Previous Volvo Ocean Races/ Whitbread Round the World Races
Edition | Winner | Starters | Start | Finish | No. of legs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008- 09 | TBD | 7 confirmed | Alicante, Spain | St.Petersburg, Russia | 10 |
2005- 06 | ABN AMRO One | 7 | Vigo, Spain | Gothenburg, Sweden | 9 |
2001- 02 | Illbruck Challenge | 8 | Southampton, England | Kiel, Germany | 10 |
1997- 98 | EF Language | 10 | Southampton, England | Southampton, England | 9 |
1993- 94 | NZ Endeavour | 14 | Southampton, England | Southampton, England | 6 |
1989- 90 | Steinlager 2 | Southampton, England | Southampton, England | 6 | |
1985- 86 | L'Esprit d'Equipe | 15 | Southampton, England | Portsmouth, England | 4 |
1981- 82 | Flyer | 29 | Southampton, England | Portsmouth, England | 4 |
1977- 78 | Flyer | 15 | Southampton, England | Southampton, England | 4 |
1973- 74 | Sayula II | 17 | Portsmouth, England | Portsmouth, England | 4 |
[edit] Whitbread 1973 to 1974
The first race started off from Portsmouth, England on September 8, 1973. Seventeen yachts of various sizes and shapes took part. During the race three sailors were swept over board and died: Paul Waterhouse, Dominique Guillet and Bernie Hosking. Waterhouse and Guillet were never to be seen again.
Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner | Skipper |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Portsmouth, England | Cape Town, South Africa | Great Britain II | Chay Blyth |
2 | Cape Town, South Africa | Sydney, Australia | Pen Duick VI | Éric Tabarly |
3 | Sydney, Australia | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Great Britain II | Chay Blyth |
4 | Rio de Janeiro | Portsmouth, England | Great Britain II | Chay Blyth |
The smaller Mexican yacht Sayula II, skippered by Ramon Carlin, won the overall race in a handicapped time of 133 days 13 hours; actual time was 152 days[8]. Taking handicapping into account, the Sayula would have won the second leg.
[edit] Whitbread 1977 to 1978
On August 27, 1977, 15 boats started out from Southampton under gale force winds and driving rain.
Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner elapsed time |
Leg winner corrected time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Southampton, England | Cape Town, South Africa | Flyer | Flyer |
2 | Cape Town, South Africa | Auckland, New Zealand | Heath's Condor | 33 Export |
3 | Auckland, New Zealand | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Great Britain II | Gauloise II |
4 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Southampton, England | Heath's Condor | Gauloise II |
Flyer a Sparkman & Stephens designed yacht skippered by Cornelius van Rietschoten won the race. All 15 boats finished the 26,780 nautical mile (50,000 km) race.
[edit] Whitbread 1981 to 1982
On August 8, 1981, 29 boats started out from Southampton.
Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner elapsed time |
Leg winner corrected time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Southampton, England | Cape Town, South Africa | Flyer | Kriter IX |
2 | Cape Town, South Africa | Auckland, New Zealand | Flyer | Ceramco NZ |
3 | Auckland, New Zealand | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Flyer | Mor Bihan |
4 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Portsmouth, England | Flyer | Ceramco NZ |
Flyer, a German Frers designed maxi skippered by Cornelius van Rietschoten (a.k.a Conny van Rietschoten), winner of the 1977 to 1978 race, won the race. Unusually, Flyer won both on line honours AND on handicap. Only 20 finished the race out of the 29 that started it.
[edit] Whitbread 1985 to 1986
On September 28, 1985, 15 boats started out from Southampton.
Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner elapsed time |
Leg winner corrected time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Southampton, England | Cape Town, South Africa | UBS Switzerland | L'Esprit d'Equipe |
2 | Cape Town, South Africa | Auckland, New Zealand | Atlantic Privateer | Philips Innovator |
3 | Auckland, New Zealand | Punte del Este, Uruguay | UBS Switzerland | L'Esprit d'Equipe |
4 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Portsmouth, England | UBS Switzerland | L'Esprit d'Equipe |
L'Esprit d'Equipe skippered by Lionel Péan won the race in a corrected time of 111 days 23 hours. Phillips Innovator was second, and Fazer Finland third. (UBS Switzerland was named first on elapsed time, with Lion New Zealand as runner-up. Drum (carrying owner/pop star Simon Le Bon) finished just a breath behind.)
[edit] Whitbread 1989 to 1990
1989 to 1990 Overall final standings
Pos | Boat | Nat | Skipper | LOA/Des | Aggregate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steinlager 2 | New Zealand | Peter Blake (NZ) | 84' Ketch | 128 d 9 h |
2 | Fisher & Paykel NZ | New Zealand | Grant Dalton (NZ) | 82' Ketch | 129 d 21 h |
3 | Merit | Switzerland | Pierre Fehlmann (F) | 80' Sloop | 130 d 10 h |
4 | Rothmans | UK | Lawrie Smith (GB) | 80' Sloop | 131 d 4 h |
5 | The Card | Sweden | Roger Nilson/Ann Lippens (S) | 80' Ketch | 135 d 7 h |
18 | Maiden | UK | Tracy Edwards (GB) | 58' Sloop | 167 d 3 h |
21 | La Poste | France | Daniel Mallé (F) | 51' Sloop | 181 d 22 h |
The race was run with several classes (for size of boat). This race featured the first all-woman crew on Tracy Edwards' Maiden. Although in a much smaller boat than many of their male counterparts the ladies fared well—claiming two leg victories in class. The tradition of the Whitbread including an all-female crew remains to this day.
The boat Creighton's Naturally suffered a serious broach on leg 2, at about 3 in the morning. Crew members Anthony (Tony) Philips and Bart van den Dwey were swept over board. They were both pulled back on deck. Van den Dwey successfully resuscitated, but, after three hours of trying, crewmembers were unable to revive Philips. A few days later, by radio agreement with relatives ashore, Philips was buried at sea[9].
1989 to 1990 Leg winners
Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner | Skipper |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Southampton, England | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Steinlager 2 | Peter Blake (NZ) |
2 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Fremantle, Australia | Steinlager 2 | Peter Blake (NZ) |
3 | Fremantle, Australia | Auckland, New Zealand | Steinlager 2 | Peter Blake (NZ) |
4 | Auckland, New Zealand | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Steinlager 2 | Peter Blake (NZ) |
5 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Steinlager 2 | Peter Blake (NZ) |
6 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Southampton, England | Steinlager 2 | Peter Blake (NZ) |
Steinlager 2 skippered by Peter Blake won the race easily. For the first time since 1981 to 1982 (when the race comprised just four legs), the victor won every leg (albeit closely chased by both Grant Dalton's Fisher & Paykel NZ and Pierre Fehlmann's Merit entries). The vast difference in speed and capability of the many different boats involved in the 1989 to 1990 race lead to the creation of a committee to examine the commission of a Whitbread class boat for use in future races. Many of the Maxi yachts in this years race were nearly twice the size (LOA) of the smallest, and carried well over twice the sail area. The net result of this was that many of the smaller boats finished the longer legs more than ten days after the leg winner. In the overall results, the last finisher was some 52 days behind Blake's Steinlager 2 128 day aggregate time. In addition, the expense of the big yachts was getting to be too much—even for the well funded teams like Steinlager, Rothmans and Merit. Eventually, the new class would be called the W60—but its gestation would not be quick or lack controversy.
[edit] Whitbread 1993 to 1994
The 1993 to 1994 Whitbread was run to "mixed class" rules (as with prior races). New for the 93/4 race was a purpose built Whitbread boat—the W60. As with previous years a handicap was applied to different boats based on their race rating. The competitors were none too keen or running both Maxis and W60's together. The two competing classes battled throughout with protest flags always at the ready. Many entrants wanted the old maxis banned for this year, however owing to concerns over whether enough new boats would be ready (not to mention the large investments the Maxi owners had made in previous years), several Maxis were allowed to compete in the 1993 to 1994 race. The W60 skippers almost unanimously insisted they were in a 'completely different boat race', to the fury of Grant Dalton skippering a maxi. Dalton conceded afterwards however that the race should only have one class in future, to avoid similar squabbles.
1993 to 1994 Final Standings
Pos | Boat | Nat | Skipper | Class | Aggregate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NZ Endeavour | New Zealand | Grant Dalton (NZ) | Maxi | 120 d 5 h |
2 | Yamaha | Japan/NZL | Ross Field (NZ) | W60 | 120 d 14 h |
3 | Merit Cup | GBR | Pierre Fehlmann (F) | Maxi | 121 d 2 h |
4 | Intrum Justitia | Europe | Roger Nilson (S) / Lawrie Smith (GB) | W60 | 121 d 5 h |
5 | Galicia 93 Pescanova | Spain | Javier de la Gandara (Esp) | W60 | 122 d 6 h |
6 | Winston | USA | Dennis Conner (USA) /Brad Butterworth (NZ) | W60 | 122 d 9 h |
7 | La Poste | France | Éric Tabarly (F) | Maxi | 123 d 22 h |
8 | Tokio | Japan | Chris Dickson (NZ) | W60 | 128 d 16 h |
9 | Brooksfield | Italy | Guido Maisto (I) | W60 | 130 d 4 h |
10 | Hetman Sahaidachny | Ukr | Eugene Platon (Ukr) | W60 | 135 d 23 h |
11 | Reebok/Dolphin Youth | GBR | Mathew Humphries (GB) | W60 | 137 d 21 h |
12 | Heineken | USA | Dawn Riley (USA) | W60 | 138 d 16 h |
13 | Odessa | Ukr | Anatoly Verba (Ukr) | W60 | 158 d 4 h |
NF | Fortuna | Esp | Lawrie Smith (GB) | Maxi | WD |
Intrum Justitia was originally skippered by Roger Nilson, who was injured on the first leg.
- Corrected time takes the boat's handicap into account
Leg Results:
Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner | Skipper |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Southampton, England | Punta del Este, Argentina | NZ Endeavour | Grant Dalton (NZ) |
2 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Fremantle, Australia | Intrum Justitia | Lawrie Smith (GB) |
3 | Fremantle, Australia | Auckland, New Zealand | NZ Endeavour | Grant Dalton (NZ) |
4 | Auckland, New Zealand | Punta del Este, Uruguay | NZ Endeavour | Grant Dalton (NZ) |
5 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Yamaha | Ross Field (NZ) |
6 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Southampton, England | Tokio | Chris Dickson (NZ) |
[edit] Whitbread 1997 to 1998
Race run for the first time with all W60 boats and to a "points vs time" (instead of aggregate leg time) scoring system to enhance the value of the shorter race legs. Also, in an effort to attract additional media coverage, the Whitbread race committee divided the race into no less than 9 legs for the 1997 to 1998 race. Volvo had its first major association with the race in 1997 to 1998 by sponsoring the trophy (thus the race was officially known as the Whitbread 'round the world race for the Volvo Trophy) and some of the media coverage. For the first time running to W60-only specification, this year's Whitbread attracted just 10 entries—the fewest to date.
Overall results:
Pos | Boat | Nat | Skipper | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | EF Language | Sweden | Paul Cayard (USA) | 836 |
2 | Merit Cup | Monaco | Grant Dalton (NZ) | 698 |
3 | Swedish Match | Sweden | Gunnar Krantz (S) | 689 |
4 | Innovation Kvaerner | Norway | Knut Frostad (N) | 633 |
5 | Silk Cut | England | Lawrie Smith (GBR) | 630 |
6 | Chessie Racing | United States | George Collins / John Kostecki (USA) | 613 |
7 | Toshiba | United States | Dennis Conner (USA) / Paul Standbridge (NZ)* | 528 |
8 | Brunel Sunergy | Netherlands | Hans Bouscholte / Roy Heiner (NL) | 415 |
9 | EF Education | Sweden | Christine Guillou (F) | 275 |
dnf | America's Challenge | United States | Ross Field (NZ) | 58 |
- Toshiba was originally skippered by Chris Dickson. Dickson was fired after Leg 1. Hans Bouscholte was also replaced by Roy Heiner after leg 1. America's Challenge syndicate withdrew prior to the start of leg two for financial reasons.
Leg winners:
Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner | Skipper |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Southampton, England | Cape Town, South Africa | EF Language | Paul Cayard (USA) |
2 | Cape Town, South Africa | Fremantle, Australia | Swedish Match | Gunnar Krantz |
3 | Fremantle, Australia | Sydney, Australia | EF Language | Paul Cayard (USA) |
4 | Sydney, Australia | Auckland, New Zealand | Merit Cup | Grant Dalton (NZ) |
5 | Auckland, New Zealand | Sao Sebastiao, Brazil | EF Language | Paul Cayard (USA) |
6 | Sao Sebastiao, Brazil | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Silk Cut | Lawrie Smith (GB) |
7 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Baltimore, Maryland | Brunel Sunergy | Roy Heiner (NL) |
8 | Annapolis, Maryland | La Rochelle, France | Toshiba | Paul Standbridge (NZ) |
9 | La Rochelle, France | Southampton, England | Merit Cup | Grant Dalton (NZ) |
[edit] Volvo Ocean Race 2001 to 2002
For the 2001 to 2002 race the sponsorship of the race was taken over by Volvo and Volvo Cars. The race was renamed the Volvo Ocean Race. Stopovers were added in Germany, France, and Sweden being the Volvo's three biggest car markets in Europe. In addition the points system had been modified significantly in an effort to keep the race competitive until the final leg. The previous "points" race having been effectively won two full legs before the final gun.
2001 to 2002 overall final standings:
Pos | Boat | Nat | Skipper | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Illbruck Challenge | Germany | John Kostecki (USA) | 61 |
2 | ASSA ABLOY | Sweden | Neal Mcdonald (GB) | 55 |
3 | Amer Sports One | USA | Grant Dalton (NZ) | 44 |
4 | Team Tyco | Bermuda | Kevin Shoebridge (NZ) | 42 |
5 | News Corp | Australia | Jez Fanstone (Aus) | 41 |
6 | Djuice Dragons | Norway | Knut Frostad (N) | 33 |
7 | Team SEB | Sweden | Gunnar Krantz (S) | 32 |
8 | Amer Sports Too | USA | Lisa McDonald (US) | 16 |
Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Southampton, England | Cape Town, South Africa | Illbruck |
2 | Cape Town, South Africa | Sydney, Australia | Illbruck |
3 | Sydney, Australia | Hobart, Australia | Assa Abloy |
4 | Hobart, Australia | Auckland, New Zealand | Assa Abloy |
5 | Auckland, New Zealand | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Illbruck |
6 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Miami, USA | Assa Abloy |
7 | Miami, USA | Baltimore, USA | Team News Corp |
8 | Baltimore, USA | La Rochelle, France | Illbruck |
9 | La Rochelle, France | Gothenburg, Sweden | Assa Abloy |
10 | Goteborg, Sweden | Kiel, Germany | Djuice Dragons |
John Kostecki, who had co-skippered with George Collins on Chessie Racing in the 1997 to 1998 Whitbread to great effect, captained his first Volvo Ocean race winner in 2002. Assa Abloy's new composite mold technique proved very quick, but not quite quick enough, while long time Whitbread skipper Grant Dalton's two boat syndicate suffered badly from a lack of preparation time (the Amer boats were last in the water).
For Leg 3, yachts joined the iconic Australian Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race that begins on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas Day).
[edit] Volvo Ocean Race 2005 to 2006
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Changes in the 2005-2006 race included the first time the race has started outside the United Kingdom, and the use of a new class of boat, the Volvo Open 70. The new boats are about 1,000 kg lighter than the VO 60s used in the previous race, have more sail area and include canting keels.
The 2005-2006 race is the first to not begin in the United Kingdom. The course, 31,000 nautical miles (57,000 km) long, will take eight months to complete, divided into nine legs. The first place finisher of each leg will get 7 points, the second place will get 6 points, etc. At seven of the stops in ports around the world, the competition will include relatively short one-day races in the vicinity of the harbor. The first place finisher of the in-port races will get 3.5 points, the second place finisher will get 3 points, etc. The in-port races will account for twenty percent of the overall points. This modification of the usual format was intended to make the race more visible for spectators and sponsors. Some of the legs are short, and finish in cities that are called "pit stops" designed to break up the longer legs into more manageable sections (and, of course, provide more media exposure). There will be no in-port races at the pit stops. There will also be 6 "gates" which are milestones along the way where boats can score points. Like in the in-port races, the first boat to cross a gate will get 3.5 points, the second 3 points, and so on.
Hans Horrevoets, 32, of The Netherlands was swept overboard from ABN AMRO TWO and died on Leg 7, New York to Portsmouth (18 May 2006).
After the aft end of their keel pivot broke away from their hull in the night of the 20th May 2006, the crew of Movistar abandoned ship, unable to stop the flow of water into the hull. They transferred into ABN Amro Two, which had lost crew member Hans Horrevoets a couple of nights before after he was swept overboard.
2005 to 2006 Final Standings
Pos | Boat | Nat | Designer | Builder | Skipper | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ABN AMRO ONE | Netherlands | Juan Kouyoumdjian | Killian Bushe | Mike Sanderson | 96.0 |
2 | Pirates of the Caribbean | United States | Bruce Farr | Green Marine | Paul Cayard | 73.0 |
3 | Brasil 1 | Brazil | Bruce Farr | ML Boatworks | Torben Grael | 67.0 |
4 | ABN AMRO TWO | Netherlands | Juan Kouyoumdjian | Killian Bushe | Sebastien Josse | 58.5 |
5 | Ericsson Racing Team | Sweden | Bruce Farr | Green Marine | Neal MacDonald | 55.0 |
6 | movistar | Spain | Bruce Farr | Boatspeed | Bouwe Bekking | 48.0 |
7 | Brunel | Australia | Don Jones | Hart Marine | Grant Wharington | 15.5 |
Leg/In Port Race Winners
Race | Start | Finish | Nautical Miles | Winner |
---|---|---|---|---|
In Port Race: Sanxenxo | Sanxenxo (Galicia) on November 5, 2005 | - | - | Ericsson Racing Team |
Leg 1 | Vigo, Galicia, Spain on November 12, 2005 | Cape Town, South Africa by December 2, 2005 | 6,400 | ABN AMRO ONE |
In Port Race: Cape Town | Cape Town, South Africa on December 26, 2005 | - | - | ABN AMRO ONE |
Leg 2 | Cape Town, South Africa on January 2, 2006 | Melbourne, Australia by January 16, 2006 | 6,100 | ABN AMRO ONE |
In Port Race: Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia on February 4, 2006 | - | - | ABN AMRO ONE |
Leg 3 | Melbourne, Australia on February 12, 2006 | Wellington, New Zealand by February 16, 2006 | 1,450 | movistar |
Leg 4 | Wellington, New Zealand on February 19, 2006 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by March 7, 2006 | 6,700 | ABN AMRO ONE |
In Port Race: Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 25, 2006 | - | - | ABN AMRO ONE |
Leg 5 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 2, 2006 | Baltimore/Annapolis, Maryland, USA by April 17, 2006 | 5,000 | ABN AMRO ONE |
In Port Race: Baltimore | Baltimore, USA on April 29, 2006 | - | - | movistar |
Leg 6 | Baltimore/Annapolis, Maryland, USA on May 2, 2006 | New York, NY, USA by May 8, 2006 | 400 | ABN AMRO ONE |
Leg 7 | New York, NY, USA on May 11, 2006 | Portsmouth, UK by May 19, 2006 | 3,200 | ABN AMRO ONE |
In Port Race: Portsmouth | Portsmouth, UK on May 29, 2006 | - | - | ABN AMRO ONE |
Leg 8 | Portsmouth, UK on June 2, 2006 | Rotterdam, Netherlands by June 7, 2006 | 1,500 | Brasil 1 |
In Port Race: Rotterdam | Rotterdam, Netherlands on June 11, 2006 | - | - | ABN AMRO ONE |
Leg 9 | Rotterdam, Netherlands on June 15, 2006 | Gothenburg, Sweden by June 17, 2006 | 500 | Pirates of the Caribbean |
The 2005/2006 race has tighter restrictions on the number of crewmembers allowed than previous runnings. In the rules, an all-male crew is restricted to ten, while a crew with at least 5 women could have eleven members, and an all-female crew, of which there are none in the race, could have twelve. The only woman who served as crew is Adrienne Cahalan of Brasil 1, who was replaced after the first leg. The skipper may nominate one additional person for the in-port races. Only one boat can be built per team (unless you sail both of them in the race, as ABN AMRO has done).
[edit] External links
- Volvo Ocean Race - Official site
- Volvo Ocean Race TV - Official Web TV site
- Volvo Ocean Race Press Information - Press releases etc
- Volvo Ocean Race Official Image Gallery - For Media Use, but browsing is unrestricted
- The Volvo Open 70 Rule 2003, containing the original specifications for the VO70 boats
- National Geographic's Volvo Ocean Race - National Geographic (2001-2002)
- SailingNetworks - Event details, boats, crew and news
- Special Coverage of the VOR
- VOR Forum - Sailing Anarchy
- Volvo Ocean Race Talk - Talk All about the Volvo Ocean Race
- Ocean Race Chesapeake
- Online race tracker
- Volvo Ocean Race News Green Team announced as seventh entry.
[edit] Photos and videos
- Official web-tv site
- QTVR fullscreen panoramas of VO70 Ericsson Racing Team boat
- Volvo Ocean Race News and Photos