Sailers will race 39,000 miles through four oceans in an eight month round the world marathon. They will be pushed to the limits of endurance and sometimes beyond.
The teams are made up off 11 professional yachtsman and will spend up to four weeks at a time living on a state-of-the-art 70ft boats as they take on the Ocean Race.
The global race attracts some of today’s greatest sailors and covers the world’s most treacherous seas via South Africa, Abu Dhabi, China, New Zealand, Brazil, North America and Europe before concluding in Galway, Ireland early July 2012. Team Volvo sailors Paul and Nick will join the crowds in Alicante this weekend to send the Volvo Open 70’s on their way to their first leg, Cape Town.
Volvo have introduced Volvo Ocean Race Edition Cars. They have been specially appointed to fullfil your most ambitious travels and built to be prized year after year.