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Mark Towill gives firsthand account of fatal Volvo Ocean Race collision aboard Vestas

2 March 2018 by Alan

Mark Towill gives firsthand account of fatal Volvo Ocean Race collision aboard Vestas: Vestas 11th Hour Racing co-founder, Mark Towill, spent time at home with family and friends after departing the Volvo Ocean Race Hong Kong stopover where the team's VO65 was involved in a tragic accident with a fishing vessel. Towill has now regrouped with the team and their VO65 yacht in …: Google Alert – “volvo ocean race”

Vestas is ready to rejoin Volvo Ocean Race: When Vestas 11th Hour Racing rejoins the Volvo Ocean Race for the grueling Leg 7—from New Zealand, across the Southern Ocean, past Cape Horn and … Erkelens put together Enright and Towill's program in the 2014-'15 Volvo Ocean Race and he was the first person they hired for the current team.: 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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