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Volvo Ocean Race is the most prestigious and spectacular round the world marathon ocean yacht racing competition, seen as the ultimate in extreme adventure sporting. It is for the first time in its 35 year history that the Race is stopping over in India.
The toughest of extreme adventure sporting: The Race will commence its round-the-world marathon sailing in October 2008 and cover more than 39,000 nautical miles, visiting 11 ports across the world. Starting from Alicante in Spain, it would stopover at Cape Town, Cochin, , Qingdao, Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Galway, Goteborg and Stockholm, before reaching the finishing line at St.Petersburg. (click for RACE SCHEDULE).
The teams consist of professional sports men and sports women drawn from different countries. The participants require physical endurance and sheer grit of the highest order to deal with life at the extreme, as they race day and night for more than 20 days at a stretch in some of the legs, facing potential dangers such as gales and storms, ice bergs, ocean debris and the whales! The Race is thus, the ultimate in world class water-sporting competition on the extreme edge of adventure, drama and endurance.
Seven teams drawn from different countries of the world like USA, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Holland, Sweden and Spain have already confirmed their participation in the Race this year. The Race represents the ultimate in world class extreme adventure sporting competition - a unique mix of onshore glamour and offshore drama and endurance. |
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