This race used to be called the Whitbread race around the world but lately Volvo sponsors it.
This race has started in Alicante on 11 October and will end in Goteborg (Volvo's town) around june 21-24 2015. Leg 1 ended in Cape Town a big week ago , where the teams are still around; they will depart for leg 2 to Abu Dhabi on November 19 .
We saw the arrival of the only female team, Team SCA, 6th out of 7 teams, 3 days after the first one. We are not into sailing but witnessing a live arrival was enjoyable. The 6 other teams are all male.
http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/home.html
For the connaisseurs : The Volvo Open 70 has been replaced by the Volvo Ocean 65,[8] a new class of high performance one-design racing yacht created by Farr Yacht Design and built by a consortium of four European boatyards (wikipedia)
Il s'agit d'une course autour du monde pour yachts organisee tous les 3 ans. Il y a 7 equipes qui passent parfois plus de 3 semaines sans mettre pied a terre. Les yachts sont superbes.
Nous avons pu voir l'arrivee de la seule equipe feminine ici a Cape Town, Team SCA. (SCA hygiene products holdings France) arrivee 6eme sur 7, 3 jours apres les premiers.
Le 19 novembre les 7 yachts quittent Cape Town pour entreprendre la 2e etape qui les emmenent a Abu Dhabi. La boucle sera bouclee a Goeteborg en juin 2015.
Pour les interesses, voici le site web : http://www.volvooceanrace.com/fr/home.html
red/rouge : the race, la course
blanc et bleu / white and blue: double Maersk Route, tout le village fait le trajet en container; vu que les bateaux cargo vont plus lentement, il y a 2 villages, pendant que l'un arrive a bon port, l'autre se dirige vers l'escale suivante.
La voile dans le hangar de reparation
In the "village" you can learn everything about this race, and visit a yacht.
this is how you sleep
Une couchette typique
Elles arrivent ......There are the ladies
6e place sur 7
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