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january 16, 2012 - Volvo Ocean Race

January 15, 2012 - 0230 CET LEG 3 GETS UNDERWAY AS ABU DHABI OCEAN RACING WINS FIRST DAY SPRINT Abu Dhabi, UAE – Resurgent Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing made it two victories in two days on home waters on Sa...




december 28, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

28-Dec-2011 Alicante, Spain – The latest stage of the Volvo Ocean Race's anti-piracy plans kicked into action on Wednesday, as five racing yachts were carefully lifted onto a commercial ship over the ...



december 27, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

Team Telefónica will charge into 2012 as leaders of the Volvo Ocean Race after snatching victory over CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand in a thrilling finish to the first stage of Leg 2 from Cape ...



december 22, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

December 22, 2011 - 1900 UTC Leg 2 Day 12 As Groupama 4 entered stealth mode, the team was tending to the west, with second-placed PUMA’s Mar Mostro (Ken Read/USA) now also in stealth and heading east...



december 22, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

December 20, 2011 - 1900 UTC Leg 2 Day 11 there is no threat tonight from the four boats behind, which all lost miles on the French team between the 1600 and 1900 UTC position reports. Their nearest r...



december 21, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

December 20, 2011 - 1900 UTC Leg 2 Day 10 After spending most of Leg 1 alone and with no opportunity to change the situation Franck Cammas and his men racing Groupama 4 are enjoying every moment of th...



december 20, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

At 1900 UTC tonight Telefónica (Iker Martínez/ESP) and PUMA’S Mar Mostro (Ken Read/USA) were engaged in a proper fight for first place as the fleet racing in Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race heads north ...



december 20, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

Team Sanya suffered damage to part of their rigging early on Monday and are heading to a port in southern Madagascar in order to assess the damage and make a repair plan. No one has been injured and t...



december 19, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

December 18, 2011 Leg 2 Day 8. The first ever sole Chinese entry in the Volvo Ocean Race has taken the lead on the second leg to Abu Dhabi after making a bold tactical decision which could see them ta...



december 16, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

Tonight, as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet pushes on through the Indian Ocean on Leg 2 from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi, leg and overall leader Telefónica (Iker Martínez/ESP) is under threat from the backmarke...



december 16, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

15-Dec-2011 It has been a case of go, stop, go, stop for the frustrated fleet since leaving Cape Town, South Africa as all six teams race to chase down the same high speed front, but on varied courses...



december 15, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

After a hideous night bashing across the Agulhas Current, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet has now reached a road block. It is the windless trough between the two low-pressure systems, which have threatened...



december 14, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

December 13, 2011 -1900 UTC Leg 2 Day 3 As night falls on the Volvo Ocean Race fleet, the notorious Agulhas current will come into play. Thirty-knot winds will whip six-metre waves into a hurling mass...



december 13, 2011 - Volvo Ocean Race

Tonight at 1900 UTC, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet remains tightly bunched, with no clear strategy at this stage of the 5,430 nautical mile (nm) leg from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi. The decision to split fro...