This race is quite simply the 'Everest of Sailing' with the eight competing teams and boats sailing across 37,000 nautical miles of the globe's most treacherous seas. The event will visit 11 ports around the world, including Galway which the boats will reach in May.
Saturdays @ 13:00 & Sundays @ 18:10
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After nine months and nearly 40,000 nautical miles of racing, the 2008/09 Volvo Ocean Race has come to a close. We've seen great racing, close finishes, crews hired and fired, friendships forged, acts of bravery and sportsmanship, all in the cauldron of one of the toughest endeavours left on the planet.
On Sunday night, June 28th, in St. Petersburg, the final prizegiving was an opportunity to remember and celebrate all that has happened on this magnificent adventure and to hail the winners of the overall race, Skipper Torben Grael and the entire Ericsson 4 crew.