America's Cup: Claiming venue victory: Event costs extended “right down to Portaloos”. The Volvo Ocean Race attracted an estimated 20,000 visitors a day to the waterfront base but the America's Cup was expected to draw 50,000 a day in the summer of 2020/21. Symmans said the World Masters Games in Auckland had cost the Government …: Google Alert – “volvo ocean race”
Nautical News: For the week of April 1, 2018: Volvo Ocean Race officials ordered the crew aboard Scallywag to sail to the nearst port in Chile. In a previous leg of the race, you might recall another team's boat struck a Chinese fishing boat, killing one of the Chinese fishermen on board. Also in this leg of the race to Brazil, two other boats, Vestas 11th …: Google Alert – “volvo ocean race”
The Volvo Ocean Race returns to Cape Town in 2017 and will be in the City from 24 November to 10 December. The first of Leg 2 yachts are expected to arrive on 27 November with the start of Leg 3 to Melbourne on 10 December 2017:
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