At Cochin within 35 Days

the volvo ocean race will reach at cochin port within 35 days. More exciting adventures and FOLLOW THE RACE in the Virtual Spectator raceviewer

Current Position

POS	BOAT	DTLC	PTTL	DTF
1		5	00:00:00	2361
2		-1	00:02:37	+1
3		-2	01:21:31	+33
4		-9	01:48:25	+42
5		-9	02:02:16	+46
6		-10	02:32:40	+58
7		-13	04:48:09	+108
8		-8	07:08:19	+172

POS	BOAT	+1DAY PDTL	+3DAY PDTL	+5DAY PDTL
1		0	0	0
2		4	2	0
3		15	8	0
4		38	31	0
5		51	40	0
6		59	50	0
7		108	91	0
8		159	145	79

POS	TEAM	POINTS
1	Telefonica Blue	4.0
2	Telefonica Black	3.5
3	PUMA Ocean Racing	3.0
4	Ericsson 4	2.5
5	Green Dragon	2.0
6	Delta Lloyd	1.0
7	Ericsson 3	0.5
8	Team Russia	0.5

Latest Events in Volvo Ocean Race

Delta Lloyd Team are back on the race and moving four days after their yacht’s hull was damaged during the in-port race on Saturday.

Team Russia nearly finished repairs to the damage they sustained in the collision.

Team Russia's yacht's suffered a cracked spray rail on the starboard side when they hit the committee boat in the immediate aftermath of their tussle with Delta Lloyd.

Ericsson Racing Team have confirmed Norway’s Eivind Melleby will take the place of injured trimmer Martin Stromberg on Ericsson 3 for the leg one race to Cape Town.

Current Team Position in Volvo Ocean Race

Position	Team	Points
1	Telefonica Blue	4.0
2	Telefonica Black	3.5
3	Puma	3.0
4	Ericsson 4	2.5
5	Green Dragon Team	2.0
6	Delta Lloyd	1.0
7	Ericsson 3	0.5
8	Team Russia	0.5

Volvo Ocean Race - In Port Racing Today [04 October]

The in-port race of volvo ocean race 2008/2009 will begin today [04th october].The talking is almost done for the eight skippers who will lock horns in the in-port race today. All agree that the battle will be intense as the 2008-09 event turns to serious business.

Alicante In-Port Race Starts Tomorrow

The start of the Volvo Ocean Race with the port of Alicante in the region of Valencia taking over from Sanxenxo/Vigo. It is an in-port race on October 4 [Tomorrow] followed by the start of the first leg to Cape Town a week later[11 th october]. The 6,500 nautical mile passage will see the fleet negotiate the Doldrums and pass the scoring gate at Fernando de Noronha then pick up the westerlies for Cape Town.

Volvo Ocean Race 2008 to 2009

The first offshore leg of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race will start in Alicante, Spain, on October 11, 2008, with in-port race seven days earlier.

A total of 10 legs create the route, with seven in-port races held at various cities around the world.

Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 Route Map.

History

History

In 1972 England's 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 Yacht Race”.

17 yachts and 167 crew started the first race of 27,500 nautical miles, which began from Portsmouth, England on September 8, 1973. Approximately 3000 spectator boats set out to witness the historic start.^[5]

From 2001 the sponsorship of the race was taken over by Volvo and Volvo Cars and the race was renamed the ‘Volvo Ocean Race’. Stopover ports were added in Germany, France, and Sweden being Volvo's three biggest car markets in Europe.

The worst weather conditions are usually encountered in the Southern Ocean where waves sometimes top 100 feet (30 m) and winds can reach 60 knots (110 km/h).

Whitbread Round the World Race

The Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a yacht race around the world, held every three years. It is named after its current sponsor, Volvo.

Though the route is changed to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs Europe in September or October, and in recent years has had either 9 or 10 legs, with in-port races at many of the stopover cities. The next race starts in Alicante, Spain, on October 11, 2008. The route for the 2008-2009 race has been altered from previous years to include stopovers in theMiddle East and Asia for the first time. This latest route covers nearly 39,000 nautical miles, will take over nine months to complete, and is expected to reach a cumulative TV audience of 2 billion worldwide.

Teams

		SPONSOR ERICSSON RACING TEAM 1 SKIPPER Torben Grael
		SPONSOR ERICSSON RACING TEAM 2 SKIPPER Anders Lewander
		SPONSOR PUMA OCEAN RACING SKIPPER Ken Read
		SPONSOR TELEFONICA BLUE SKIPPER TBA
		SPONSOR TELEFONICA BLACK SKIPPER TBA
		SPONSOR TEAM RUSSIA SKIPPER Andreas Hanakamp
		SPONSOR GREEN DRAGON TEAM SKIPPER Ian Walker
		SPONSOR DELTA LLOYD SKIPPER Ger O’Rourke