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The Volvo High Traffic Density Report

The Volvo High Traffic Density Report

Following the collision between Vestas 11th Hour Racing and a non-racing vessel in the final stages of the leg into Hong Kong, the organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) commissioned an independent report into ocean racing at night in areas of high vessel traffic density – the Volvo High Traffic Density Report. The report […]

Bästa drönarbilderna från Volvo Ocean Race

Bästa drönarbilderna från Volvo Ocean Race

Bästa 7 minuterna på hela veckan? The 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race changed the game in terms of how sailing is captured – and with drones on every boat, the Onboard Reporters grabbed some of the most epic and stunning footage ever seen from the most remote corners of the planet.

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  1. Oscar
    Jan 17, 2013 @ 20:02

    Fett med målgång i gbg!

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  2. Peter Gustafsson
    Jan 17, 2013 @ 20:37

    Brazilian boat and Recife stopover as Volvo
    Ocean Race visits ‘world capital of sport’

    RECIFE, Brazil, 17 January 2013 – The Brazilian state of Pernambuco will enter a team in the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race and its capital city of Recife will provide the first stopover along the route of the race, which starts in Alicante in the second half of 2014.

    The Recife team becomes the second publicly announced team for the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, sailing’s greatest offshore challenge, following the SCA all-women’s team announced in last year.

    Details about the team, including the identity of the skipper, will be announced in the coming weeks.

    “Today’s announcement of the Pernambuco team and Recife stopover are fantastic news for the Race,” said Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad. “I’m delighted to see the Race strengthen our ties with Brazil, Recife and Pernambuco in this way.

    “Coming to Recife at the end of Leg 1 means there will be a lot of attention on this great city and having a Brazilian team in the Race will be fantastic for fans across the country.”

    The decision to make Leg 1 of the route from Alicante to Recife, capital of the Pernambuco state on the north east coast of Brazil, means sailing’s great round-the-world challenge will be visiting Brazil in one of the biggest sporting years in the nation’s history – just a few months after the country hosts the 2014 soccer World Cup.

    Recife is one of the Host Cities for the World Cup, staging five matches. The Volvo Ocean Race will be in Recife in mid to late October, with dates to be confirmed next month.

    “The arrival of the Volvo Ocean Race will help make the ‘year of Recife’ even more of a celebration,” said Volvo Ocean Race COO Tom Touber, who announced the stopover in Recife on Thursday.

    “Brazil is the capital of world sport with the World Cup coming up in 2014 and the Rio Olympics to follow in 2016 and it’s a real thrill to be bringing the Race to a country with such passion for sport.”

    Recife, a city with more than five million inhabitants, boasts palm trees and year-round sunshine and is famous for the sandy, wide Boa Viagem beach. It was one of over 80 ports to express an interest in hosting the race when the bid process was launched in 2012. The deal announced on Thursday will see Recife host the race for the next two editions.

    The last Brazilian team to enter the Volvo Ocean Race was Brasil 1 in 2005-06. Torben Grael was the skipper and Knut Frostad, now the Volvo Ocean Race’s CEO, featured as a crew member on some of the legs. The Brazilian campaign proved to be a big success and generated great interest worldwide and in the media. Grael went on to win the Volvo Ocean Race as skipper of Ericsson 4 in 2008-09.

    The Volvo Ocean Race´s links with Brazil date back to 1973, when the first edition of what was then known as the Whitbread Round the World Race stopped at Rio de Janeiro.

    The Race also visited Rio in the second edition in 1977-78 and again in 2001-02, 2005-06 and 2008-09. In 1997-98 the Race stopped at São Sebastião and in the last edition in 2011-12, Itajaí was a Host Port.

    The remainder of the route will be announced over the next few weeks, with final details, including dates of stopovers and distances to be sailed, coming by mid-February.

    The Volvo Ocean Race is renowned as one of sailing’s Big Three events along with the Olympics and The America’s Cup. No sailor has to date won an Olympic gold medal, the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race.

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    • Pelle Pedersen
      Jan 17, 2013 @ 22:49

      Robert Scheidt?

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    • Sam V
      Jan 18, 2013 @ 02:12

      Jaha, där var man lite sen och trigger happy. Oavsett är det lovande.

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  3. Peter Gustafsson
    Jan 22, 2013 @ 17:32

    Itajaí confirmed on 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race route, becoming second Brazilian stop

    Itajaí, Brazil, Jan 22 – Itajaí will once again be a Host Port for the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15 following the huge success of the stopover there in the last edition. Tuesday’s announcement means Brazil will have two stops along the route for the 12th edition of sailing’s most prestigious round-the-world race after Recife was named as a Host Port last week.

    Itajaí, in the state of Santa Catarina, staged a memorable stopover in the 2011-12 edition with huge crowds packing the Race Village throughout and the port’s return to the route means the south of Brazil is joining the north east in the Race.

    A boat backed by the state of Pernambuco was also confirmed at last week’s announcement which will ensure a distinct Brazilian flavour for the Race’s 12th edition in 2014-15 at a time when the focus of world sport will be on the country.

    “Making two stops in Brazil makes perfect sense at a time when the country will be the beating heart of sport between soccer’s World Cup in 2014 and the Rio Olympic Games in 2016,” said Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad.

    “We are thrilled to be going back to Itajaí which proved to be one of the most successful stopovers of the last edition with a rhythm all of its own.

    ‘We had huge numbers of fans in attendance on all the key dates and with the support of the city and the region we’re looking forward to breaking those records next time.”

    Once again, Itajaí will provide the long-awaited finish line for the teams following their rounding of the iconic Cape Horn in the Southern Ocean.

    “The leg through the Southern Ocean, around Cape Horn and on to Brazil was an instant classic in the last edition,” said Tom Touber, the Volvo Ocean Race COO who made the announcement at the Castelo Montemar in Itajaí on Tuesday.

    “Going twice now to the vast, diverse and sports-mad country of Brazil is a privilege for us.”

    Itajaí Mayor Jandir Bellini joined Paulo Roberto Bornhausen, State Secretary for Sustainable Economic Development, and other dignitaries at the announcement.

    “Hosting the Volvo Ocean Race once again is proof that Itajaí is capable of staging the biggest events in the world,” said Mayor Bellini. “It is our goal to confirm Itajaí as a national capital of sailing.”

    Exact dates of the stopover will be announced in February.

    The remainder of the route for the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean race will be revealed over the coming weeks.

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  4. Sam V
    Jan 28, 2013 @ 23:51

    Nu även Auckland klart
    http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/6965_Auckland-returns-for-double-dose-of-Volvo-Ocean-Race.html

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  5. Peter Gustafsson
    Jan 29, 2013 @ 21:22

    Volvo Ocean Race återvänder till Auckland 2014-15

    Auckland är en av världens stora seglingsstäder men när Volvo Ocean Race besökte staden 2012 var det för första gången på tio år. Då fyllde ivriga åskådarna evenemangsområdet och gjorde stoppet i Nya Zeeland till en stor succé. Nu står det klart att tävlingen återvänder till Auckland 2014-15.

    Enligt siffror från Google var Volvo Ocean Race den fras med näst mest sökningar i Nya Zeeland under 2012, vilket visar hur många fans som fastnade för tävlingen. Under nästa upplaga av tävlingen, som seglas 2014-15 kommer Auckland återigen vara den sista utposten för tävlingsbåtarna innan de ger sig ut på Södra Oceanen, runt Kap Horn och vidare till etappmålet i Itajaí.
    – När vi seglade in till Auckland efter att ha varit borta från staden i 10 år kändes det som att tävlingen kom hem. Tiotusentals passionerade fans fyllde Race Village varje dag och åskådarna under målgången, starten och In-Port Racet var bland de bästa vi någonsin haft, säger VOR:s VD Knut Frostad.

    2012 var den franska båten Grouapama med Martin Strömberg och Martin Krite ombord först till Auckland. Det var lagets första vinst i en lång etapp och segern la grunden till att de till slut stod som slutsegrare av Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12.

    Datum för hamnstopet i Auckland tillkännages om en månad och fler stora nyheter om rutten för VOR 2014-15 kommer på fredag.

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  6. Pelle Pedersen
    Jan 30, 2013 @ 07:33

    Och så bubblas det om två båtar från Alinghi + svenska Berg Propulsion!

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  7. Raketen
    Jan 30, 2013 @ 20:26

    Fan vad kul! (Hoppas på en Berg Propulsion båt)
    Satt senast idag och kollade på ett antal VOR dokumentärer. Etapp 6 och7.
    Kvalite produktion. Skönt att kolla på youtuben via apple tv..

    Finns för lite kvalitéts rullar segling på nätet..

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