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Museum, to be built in Annapolis in the near future. The UK-based Sports Marketing Surveys will monitor a full range of broadcast and print media, including new media, as well as carrying out a number of international race and brand awareness studies. During the race three sailors were swept over board and died: Paul Waterhouse, Dominique Guillet and Bernie Hosking. Friday, May 5.This page has not been found. This meant that Pirates won the last leg of the race. Though the route is changed to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs Europe in September. Norway’s Knut Frostad has joined us as CEO and is now at the helm of the Volvo Ocean Race, instead of a Volvo Open 70. The first race left England in September 1973 and it has run every four years since. Portsmouth (England) – 10 March, 2008 – FleetBroadband has been chosen to provide essential voice and data connectivity for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 as well as sending high-definition television (HDTV) and rich multimedia content from the Volvo Open 70s while they race across the world’s oceans. Competitors eventually round Cape Horn and turn back into the Atlantic for the trip back to England. We have two pieces of major news for you this month. In June 2006 Göteborg hosted the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race. Its named after its sponsor, Volvo . Please select another area of the site from the navigation options opposite. Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race ) is a yacht race around the world, held every four years - until upcoming edition which will start after just 3-year break. The general route runs south through the Atlantic Ocean , around the tip of Africa, and then around the Southern Ocean . Get our news delivered directly to your desktop—free. See you at the party. Seventeen yachts of various sizes and shapes took part. But the total winner was someone completely different. Pirates of the Caribbean was the first boat to cross the finish line in Göteborg at 15:44. The route generally covers in excess of 28,000 statute miles (45,000 km) over open ocean. Waterhouse and Guillet were never to be seen again. We would like to thank everyone for great collaboration and for making it such a wonderful event! We hope to see you all again! Experience the feeling again by viewing pictures from 2006.com et Pipof. The worst weather conditions are usually encountered in this leg, where waves sometimes top 100 feet (30 m) and winds can reach 60 knots (110 km/h). Read more about Volvo Ocean Race 2008/2009. Along with the Vendée Globe , VELUX 5 Oceans Race and Global Challenge , the Whitbread (now Volvo Ocean Race) is the ultimate sailing adventure. Listen to the free weekly National Geographic News podcast , featuring top science and nature headlines, entertaining interviews, and more! New to podcasts? Sign up for our free Inside National Geographic newsletter . The next Volvo Ocean Race will be the tenth edition of the event and for the first time will be held three years after the previous event. We now have a new CEO, and Ericsson Racing Team has launched their brand new Volvo Open 70 in Barcelona. The race has been greatly modified in the ensuing thirty odd years, but remains true to its original goal: A test of will, courage and skill against the best (or more accurately, worst) nature has to offer. Thereby we congratulate ABN AMRO ONE as the overall winner of Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006 Read more about the event! . SeaSail. Jeanne Brown innatspacreek@msn. In 1972 Englands Whitbread company and the British Royal Naval Sailing Association agreed to sponsor a globe-circling regatta , which would be called the Whitbread Round the World Race.Surf. Welcome to the March edition of the Volvo Ocean Race newsletter. The first race started off from Portsmouth , England on September 8 , 1973 . After 31 000 nautical miles around the world ABN AMRO ONE has by far collected the most points. Annapolis Salutes VOR party on May 5. Portsmouth (England) – 26 March, 2008 – Sports Marketing Surveys has been appointed to provide a comprehensive media monitoring service..