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August 14, 2011
Race Around the World — Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12
All the participating teams are busy fine-tuning their preparations for a race that will cover 39,000 nautical miles, visit 10 countries and finish in Galway, Ireland in July 2012.
Photo: Cascais, Portugal. 30th July 2011. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing starts its 2000 mile qualifying sail. Photo Credit: Ian Roman/Volvo Ocean Race.
Photo: Groupama 4, skippered by Franck Cammas. Photo Credit: Yvan Zedda.
Photo: Delta Lloyd passes the finishing line.
Photo: Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing unveils its state-of-the-art Volvo Open 70 in Portofino, Italy. Photo Credit: Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.
Photo: Telefonica Blue at the start of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Photo Credit: Rick Tomlinson.
Photo: Solent, UK. 8th August 2011. Team Sanya training for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. Photo Credit: Tim Stonton/Volvo Ocean Race.
Photo: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG Propulsion training onboard Mar Mostro off Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Photo Credit: Dan Armstrong.
• The next Volvo Ocean Race will start in the Spanish port of Alicante in the autumn of 2011 and finish in Galway, Ireland during the summer of 2012.
• The course will include stopovers in Cape Town (South Africa), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Sanya (China), Auckland (New Zealand), Itajai (Brazil), Miami (USA), Lisbon (Portugal) and Lorient (France).
• The first 31,250 nautical-mile race first took place over 37 years ago (as the Whitbread Round the World Race 1973-74), testing the crews against some of the most ferocious elements that man can encounter.
• The 2011-12 race will be the 11th edition of the event.
• The design of the boat is regulated and the boat is built for speed.
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