THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2005-2006

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The event will start on November 5, 2005, with an inport race in Sanxenxo, Galicia, Spain followed by the start of leg one from the neighbouring port of Vigo, on November 12, 2005.

 

The race track will continue to follow the traditional route of the old clipper ships, sailing around the world with the prevailing winds.

An exciting new feature introduced for this event is a number of scoring gates and pit stops around the world, where the fleet will be able to score points, which will count towards the final score.

 


COMPETING TEAMS :

 

 

 

  ABN AMRO BOAT 1
(Netherlands)
Skipper Mike Sanderson (NZ)
Designer Juan Kouyoumdjian

ABN AMRO BOAT 2
(Youth Team)
Skipper TBA
Designer Juan Kouyoumdjian

www.abnamro.com
  ABN AMRO : (The Netherlands) has entered two boats into the Volvo Ocean Race. Both boats are designed by Argentinean, Juan Kouyoumdjian. Irishman, Killian Bushe, builder of illbruck, the winner in 2001-02, is constructing both boats. It is a three year project, with a budget of approx. EUR 20 million.

The crew of the first boat are professionals, but the second boat will have an international crew of promising young men and women aged between 21 and 30. Applications are exclusively being accepted via a dedicated website: www.abnamro.com/team

 

 

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  ATLANT OCEAN RACING
Skipper TBA
Designer Farr Yacht Design

 
  Race veterans, Richard Brisius and Johan Salén from Sweden, who have achieved three podium finishes in the last three races, will manage this project. Sweden’s Magnus Olsson will also be involved, bringing his experience of five round the world races to the campaign. Construction will begin immediately at Green Marine in Lymington UK, overseen by Britain’s Jason Carrington who carried out a similar role with the Assa Abloy team for the last race.

 

 

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16 Dec 2004
2 Nov 2004

  Under Construction
Boat Six Underway

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

ATLANT OCEAN RACING (USA)
Skipper TBA
Designer Farr Yacht Design

 

  The 'Pirates of the Caribbean II' campaign will be headed by Atlant Ocean Racing, the syndicate company of Richard Brisius and Johan Salen. The boat will be built in Green Marine, Lymington, Hampshire.
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21 Mar 2005
  A Pirate's Life

 

 

 


 

 

 

ERICSSON RACING TEAM (SWE)
Skipper Neal McDonald (GBR)
Designer Farr Yacht Design
www.ericssonracingteam.com

  Race veterans, Richard Brisius and Johan Salén from Sweden, who have achieved three podium finishes in the last three races, will manage this project. Sweden's Magnus Olsson will also be involved, bringing his experience of five round the world races to the campaign. Construction will begin immediately at Green Marine in Lymington UK, overseen by Britain's Jason Carrington who carried out a similar role with the Assa Abloy team for the last race.

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  BRAZIL 1 (Brazil) www.brasil1.com.br

  BRAZIL 1 : (Brazil) Brazilian Star Class World Champion Alan Adler will lead Brasil 1 with Torben Grael as helmsman. The team has secured the majority of its funding and plans to announce its designers and builders once discussions with sponsors are concluded in due course.  Designers under consideration are Farr Yacht Design and Mani Frers.

 

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  PREMIER CHALLENGE (Australia) www.wildthingyachting.com.au

  PREMIER CHALLENGE : (Australia) The Australian team, Premier Challenge, headed by Grant Wharington, has been joined by ING Real Estate as Construction Sponsor. This sponsorship alleviated any financial concerns during design and construction phase. Don Jones, has been appointed as Chief Designer and construction of the boat began in October 2004, with a planned launch date of early June 2005.

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  TELEFÓNICA MOVISTAR (Spain) www.movistar.com/vela

  TELEFÓNICA MOVISTAR: (Spain) will take part in the race by entering a team from Galicia. Telefónica MoviStar, the leading Spanish telecoms company, is the major sponsor of the syndicate, with additional funding coming from other companies.  Telefónica MoviStar has been supporting former America's Cup skipper Pedro Campos with his IMS race boat campaigns for several seasons.

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RACE TRACK


SANXENXO In-port race 05-Nov-05  
       
VIGO Leg 1 START 12-Nov-05 Distance 6,400 nm
       
CAPE TOWN Leg 1 FINISH 04-Dec-05  
  In-port race 26-Dec-05  
  Leg 2 START 02-Jan-06 Distance 6,100 nm
       
MELBOURNE Leg 2 FINISH 19-Jan-06  
  In-port race 04-Feb-06  
  Leg 3 START 12-Feb-06 Distance 1,450 nm
       
WELLINGTON (Pitstop) Leg 3 FINISH 17-Feb-06  
  Leg 4 START 19-Feb-06 Distance 6,700 nm
       
RIO DE JANEIRO Leg 4 FINISH 13-Mar-06  
  In-port race 25-Mar-06  
  Leg 5 START 02-Apr-06 Distance 5,000 nm
       
BALTIMORE/ANNAPOLIS Leg 5 FINISH 20-Apr-06  
  In-port race 29-Apr-06  
  Leg 6 START 07-May-06 Distance 400 nm
       
NEW YORK (Pitstop) Leg 6 FINISH 09-May-06  
  Leg 7 START 11-May-06 Distance 3,200 nm
       
PORTSMOUTH Leg 7 FINISH 23-May-06  
  In-port race 29-May-06  
  Leg 8 START 03-Jun-06 Distance 1,500 nm
       
ROTTERDAM Leg 8 FINISH 09-Jun-06  
  In-port race 11-Jun-06  
  Leg 9 START 15-Jun-06 Distance 500 nm
       
GOTHENBURG Leg 9 FINISH 17-Jun-06  



PORT AND LEGS

Traditionally the race has always begun in the UK, and the first change comes with the inclusion of Vigo as the start port, details of which will be published nearer to the start of the event.

After an inshore race in Sanxenxo, Galicia,
the first leg will start from the neighbouring port of Vigo and take the fleet south, via a scoring gate at Fernando da Noronha, on the Brazilian coast, to Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town has been a natural part of previous races given its geographical location where two of the world's great oceans meet, and thereby a logical destination for leg one.

Leg two will be the first test of the Southern Ocean. Historically, the event has always been known and respected for its long ocean legs, taking the event far south into the Southern Ocean. It is racing across this lonely ocean that allows the sailors to use their experience and push their boats to the limit and it is generally considered to provide the most exciting ocean racing in the world. To make it even more exciting, we have introduced a scoring gate at the Kerguelen Islands and another at Eclipse Island, off Albany on the west coast of Australia. The leg finish will be in Melbourne, Australia.

 

 

Route Graphics

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Leg three will take the fleet to Wellington for a pit-stop. Instead of the rolling start as seen in the Hobart pit-stop in the last edition of the race, the boats will start from Wellington as a fleet, beginning leg four, which takes them back into the Southern Ocean and around the infamous Cape Horn, which will also be a scoring gate, before the hot slog up to the leg finish in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. South America has been a part of the race since its conception in 1973, and we are pleased to continue the tradition of stopping in this important world market place.

Leg five will go direct to Baltimore, missing out a stopover in Florida, but with the inclusion of a scoring gate at Fernando da Noronha. Leg six will start from Annapolis as in previous years and take the fleet on a short leg to New York, which is another new port for the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006. Leg seven will start from New York and will set the fleet up for a crack at the Blue Riband transatlantic record from the Ambrose Light to the Lizard off the south western coast of England (which will also be a scoring gate), before finishing the leg in Portsmouth.

Leg eight will send the fleet westwards through the English Channel and around Irland and the north of the UK to finish in Rotterdam, Holland.

And finally the fleet will sail
the ninth leg from Rotterdam to Gothenburg in Sweden , the home of Volvo and the scene of huge support during the last event.

 

Leg one Vigo, Galicia to Cape Town

Leg two Cape Town to Melbourne

Leg three Melbourne to Wellington

Leg four Wellington to Rio de Janeiro

Leg five Rio to Baltimore/Annapolis

Leg six Baltimore/Annapolis to New York

Leg seven New York to Portsmouth

Leg eight Portsmouth to Rotterdam

Leg nine Rotterdam to Gothenburg FINISH


PIT STOPS

Following the huge success of the very first ocean racing pit stop, in Hobart, Tasmania, during the previous event, we have decided to include two pit stops for this edition of the race. The first will be in Wellington and the second will be in New York. Pit stops not only provide a marvellous media opportunity, but also a grandstand for the public, enabling them to get up close and personal with the crews when they are in full-on racing mode and find out what really goes on when the pressure is high. Teams will also collect full points for their finishing positions at pit stops, which will be between 24 hours and 48 hours in duration. After each pit stop, the race will restart as a fleet.


In Port Races
DATE
   
SANXENXO (GALICIA) 5-Nov-05
CAPE TOWN (SOUTH AFRICA) 26-Dec-05
MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) 4-Feb-06
RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) 25-Mar-06
BALITMORE/ANNAPOLIS (USA) 29-Apr-06
PORTSMOUTH (UK) 29-May-06
ROTTERDAM (NED) 11-Jun-06
   
Scoring Gates  
 
Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha
LEG 1
Kerguelen and Eclipse Islands
LEG 2
Cape Horn
LEG 4
Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha
LEG 5
Lizard Point
LEG 7

 

 

 

 


 

7 BOATS SEPTEMBER 2005 START ............... HOW MANY WILL COMPLETE

 

 

 

 

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