Tense run-in to Auckland for Volvo yachts: A nail-biting finish is store in the latest leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, with just seven nautical miles separating the top five boats as they approach Auckland. Dutch entry AkzoNobel has the lead, with around 90nm to go to the finish line, as the six-boat fleet sails down the east coast of the North Island.: Google Alert – “volvo ocean race”
URI to host live broadcast with Volvo Ocean Race sailors on March 20th: The University of Rhode Island will bring the Volvo Ocean Race to campus on March 20 through a live video broadcast with sailors as they race across the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and South America. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 pm in Edwards Auditorium …: 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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