Archive for the 'Boston - USA - 2008-09' Category

Across the Atlantic

Friday, May 15th, 2009

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is ready to face the North Atlantic for leg seven as the teams make their final preparations ahead of Saturday’s start. The transatlantic crossing is weighing heavily on the minds of the skippers. As Ian Walker said, “these could be the hardest miles we sail.”

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New Stopover Format The Latest Evolution For 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

On Sunday morning at Fan Pier in Boston, Knut Frostad, the CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race, presided over the second ‘Round Table’ presentation where details of the next edition of the race are announced.

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Telefónica Blue Dominates In Boston

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Telefónica Blue Dominates In Boston

Telefónica Blue ruled the day on Saturday afternoon earning two wins from two starts on in-port race day at the Volvo Ocean Race stopover at Fan Pier, in Boston.

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Ready to race in Boston

Friday, May 8th, 2009

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is ready to race in Boston with seven boats set to compete on Saturday afternoon in the Boston In-Port Race. In preparation, on Friday, under bright, sunny skies, the teams took to the water for the practice race. 

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Tide high for Volvo Ocean Race

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Riding high on record media and spectator numbers in the current event, Volvo Event Management UK (VEMUK), event organiser of the Volvo Ocean Race, announced today that it has received 71 formal Expressions of Interest from 37 different countries to host one of a maximum of 8 “Stopovers” in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. 

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Furious Fight For Fifth

Monday, April 27th, 2009

The fight for fifth place in leg six of the Volvo Ocean Race went down to the wire today between two Spaniards, Fernando Echávarri on Telefónica Black versus Roberto Bérmudez at the helm of the generation one boat, Delta Lloyd. 

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Puma Fourth Into Home Port Of Boston

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Having been the bridesmaid so often, leg six was one that PUMA’s skipper, Kenny Read would particularly have liked to win, but, once again, it wasn’t to be, and the team finished in Boston today at 2312 GMT (1812 local) in fourth place.

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Ericsson Boats Top The Volvo Ocean Race Podium in Boston

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Ericsson Racing Team continued its dominance of the Volvo Ocean Race today when Torben Grael/BRA/Ericsson 4 and Magnus Olsson/SWE/Ericsson 3 finished first and second on leg six from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Boston, USA.

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Terrific Performance For Telefónica Black At Volvo Ocean Race Leg Six Start

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

After a short stopover of just two weeks in Rio de Janeiro, less for some teams, it was back out on the race track again today at the start of the 4,900 nautical mile leg six to Boston, USA, another new port introduced for this, the 10th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.

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Extreme 40s to feature at Volvo Ocean Race stopovers

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Portsmouth (England) 15 July, 2008 – The Extreme 40 Series will be part of the on-the-water entertainment package at selected stopovers during the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09.

The Extreme 40s will feature in Alicante, Singapore, Qingdao, Boston and Stockholm with fleets of up to 10 boats.

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