Local Sailors Third After Leg 2 of Volvo Ocean Race: Vestas 11th Hour Racing receiving third place for leg 2. (Photo credit Pedro Martinez-Volvo Ocean Race) The second leg of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, encompassing 7,000 nautical miles from Lisbon, Portugal to Cape Town, South Africa, is in the books and local sailors Charlie Enright and Nick …: Google Alert – “volvo ocean race”
Four round-the-world campaigns make joint appearance on Liffey: It's a discipline mooted as a possibility for Olympic silver medallist Annalise Murphy, who completed the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race into Capetown this week. But – as if to remind us that offshore is far from plain sailing – the dangers associated with it surfaced this week in Co Kerry when the …: 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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