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november 13, 2014 - Volvo Ocean Race
Fleet gets all-clear from piracy threat
Volvo Ocean Race’s seven-strong fleet are to sail all the way from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi for Leg 2 after the event’s security experts gave the all-clear this week following a big decrease in piracy.
In the 2011-12 edition, the boats were shipped from the Maldives to Sharjah during the same stage because of the threat of attack from pirates in the Indian Ocean. They were also transported over the same stretch by the ship for Leg 3.
Since then the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean has decreased dramatically following pan-national intervention and the only activity that has been recorded recently has been in the far west, well outside the route of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet.
Race CEO Knut Frostad emphasised that he and Race Director Jack Lloyd would continue to work with the event’s maritime security experts, monitoring the situation on a daily basis.
“If anything changes regarding the risks on this leg – and the next – then we can change the plans at any time,” he said. “The safety of the sailors is, of course, paramount. “We are not experts in this area of maritime security but we work closely with those who are and their advice has been that we’re good to take this course of action.”
He added that there would be exclusion zones that would keep the fleet well clear of any possible problems but these were much less restrictive than the sailors were advised prior to Leg 1 in early October.
“The boats will now have more and better options to choose their strategy, with better angles than was anticipated before the start in Alicante,” he said. “We will be following the boats as normal on the official Race Tracker, showing their correct position,” Frostad continued. “This leg is going to be just as exciting as Leg 1.”
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