ABU DHABI EYE UNEXPECTED CHANCE TO CATCH UP ON FLEET
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing were working to get their stricken boat back in the water and take advantage of an unexpected opportunity to make up ground on the four teams still racing in Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race on Monday.
This is the first time that the port of Itajaí, will be the South American stopover for the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race, which has visited Brazil on six prior occasions
Florida, host's start of transatlantic leg to Lisbon, PortugalFlorida has a long association with the event, as this will be the fifth time the sunshine state has welcomed the world’s premier offshore race in the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race . Miami has successfully fought off tough competition from other North American ports, in its bid to win back the event it previously hosted in the 2001-02 edition of the 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 again, round the infamous Cape Horn and up to a finish in Itajai, Brazil.
PUMA® Enters Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12PUMA® 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
