Race Schedule

	Event	Date	Distance
Alecante	In-Port Race	04 October 2008
Alicante	Leg 1 START	11 October 2008	6,500 Nm
Cape Town	Leg 2 START	15 November 2008	4,450 Nm
Kochi (India)	Leg 3 START	13 December 2008	1,950 Nm
Singapore	Leg 4 START	18 January 2009	2,500 Nm
Qingdao	Leg 5 START	14 February 2009	12,300 Nm
Rio De Janeiro	Leg 6 START	11 April 2009	4,900 Nm
Boston	Leg 7 START	16 May 2009	2,550 Nm
Galway	Leg 8 START	6 June 2009	950 Nm
Göteborg	Leg 9 START	14 June 2009	525 Nm
Stockholm	LEG 10 START	25 June 2009	370 Nm
St Petersburg	RACE FINISH	27 June 2009

Route Map

The Race starts on 04 October 2008 from Alecante and ends at St Petersburg 27 June 2009.

Welcome to Cochin

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.

Preparations have already been started at Cochin Port to host the stopover of the ultimate in ocean racing competition which is coming for the first time to India. The world’s fastest racing yachts will call at Kochi on 3rd December 2008 and will stay for 10 days to witness a visual extravaganza before starting leg three of the race to Sentosa Island in Singapore.