Extreme conditions await as Volvo crews head south: After two weeks of relative comfort in Auckland, Volvo Ocean Race sailors are headed to one of the most isolated and challenging places on the planet. After over 20 days at sea, Peter Burling arrives in Auckland aboard Team Brunel on 28 February Photo: Photosport. When the seven competing yachts …: Google Alert – “volvo ocean race”
Volvo Ocean Race sailors ready to tackle Southern Ocean: Seven Volvo Ocean Race teams will embark on one of the most classic legs in offshore racing on Sunday afternoon from Auckland, New Zealand. Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race is an iconic Southern Ocean challenge; a 7,600 nautical mile race through "Furious Fifties", the inhospitable, remote waters …: 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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Cape Town Image: Image from page 110 of “The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes” (1911)