Turn the Tide on Plastic skipper Dee Caffari praises crew in Volvo Ocean Race

Turn the Tide on Plastic skipper Dee Caffari praises crew in Volvo Ocean Race: Turn the Tide on Plastic skipper Dee Caffari praises crew in Volvo Ocean Race. The yacht, partnered by Sky Ocean Rescue, is testing water for tiny fragments of plastic during its round-the-world journey. 15:46, UK, Monday 01 January 2018. Turn the Tide on Plastic, which Sky Ocean Rescue partners, …: Google Alert – “volvo ocean race”

Celebrating the start to a fresh year of challenges and triumphs: Indeed, from the Transpac Race to the Volvo Ocean Race to other offshore challenges, sailors are consistently reporting difficulties with plastic and other man-made detritus ensnaring their foils, sucking their speed and oftentimes forcing them to perform (time) costly back-down maneuvers.: 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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