Southern Ocean Conditions Take Toll On Volvo Ocean Race Fleet: #VOR – The Southern Ocean is beginning to exact a toll on the Volvo Ocean Race fleet as conditions intensified today, Saturday 24 March. The wind is consistently above 30 knots now, with gusts approaching 40 knots and the sea state is rising above five metres. MAPFRE had been leading at 7am Irish …: Google Alert – “volvo ocean race”
Getting what they signed up for: (March 24, 2018; Day 7) – Positions on the leaderboard are in flux as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet gybes along the course boundary set by the Ice Exclusion Zone. Positions can be expected to change throughout the weekend depending on how far north or south they are positioned at the time of 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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