Volvo Ocean Race Newport Race Village & Leg 8 Week 3 Review Video

Newport Race Village is open! | Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race video published May 10, 2018: Here's a look behind-the-scenes of the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Opening Ceremony. If you're in Newport, Rhode Island, don't miss the fun – head down to Fort Adams State Park 8-20 May!

Coming up in Newport:

• Gurney’s Resorts In-Port Race: 19 May 2018, 18:00 UTC (14:00 Newport)
• Leg 9 Start: 20 May 2018, 18:00 UTC (14:00 Newport)

More information can be found on the Newport host city website: www.volvooceanracenewport.com

A look back: Week in Review - Leg 8, week 3 | Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race video above published May 11, 2018: The finish of leg 8, in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race came right down to the wire. After 15 days and 5,600 miles of intense ocean racing the fleet faced thick fog and light wind on the finish line.

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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 Start and In-Port Race Video Highlights

Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 | Leg 9 Start Highlights and In-Port Race Video Highlights below--the VOR fleet has left Lorient, France, headed for Gothenburg, Sweden:  960 nautical miles with a"pit stop" at The Hague, Netherlands (ETA June 18, Restart June 20)


Leg 9 start highlights | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 16, 2015: The fleet said au revoir to Lorient and set off for Gothenburg via The Hague in what is the 9th and last leg of the race!
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Volvo Ocean Race, In-Port Race Highlights - Jun 14, 2015: All the action from the SCA In-Port Race in Lorient, France!


Whitbread Legends | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 16, 2015: 42 years after the first ever Whitbread race, three vintage round the worlders experience the Volvo Ocean Race

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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 Start, Lorient to Gothenburg, Maps, Video

LIVE broadcast (June 16) from the start of Leg 9, the last leg of the race, from Lorient, France to Gothenburg, Sweden, via a short 'pit-stop' in The Hague.

Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 Start map - more info and source: volvooceanrace.com

Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 Start, June 16, 2015: 15:00 UTC (time convert) 11:00 am EDT (US) 
Leg 9 - Lorient, France to Gothenburg, Sweden: 960 nautical miles with a "pit stop" at The Hague, Netherlands (ETA June 18, Restart June 20)

Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9: Lorient (green) to The Hague (yellow) to Gothenberg (red) - source: Google Maps

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Leg 9 weather preview: English Channel, North Sea, tides, currents, and weather systems all a factor--for more information: Mark Chisnell – Leg 9 Preview


Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 | Leg 8 Review: After a light start, the crews found themselves in frustratingly changeable conditions as they left Lisbon behind them. Team SCA led around Cape Finisterre and from then on it was heavy going through the Bay of Biscay and beyond with little sleep as the fleet chased the girls all the way to the finish. Comeback kids Team Vestas Wind followed in second and Abu Dhabi took third to cement their overall lead.


Eight years in the making | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 13, 2015: "I said by the start of the race that I wanted to win the race so my daughters could say "my dad won the Volvo Ocean Race"... and now I've done it so.. it's pretty exciting!" - Ian Walker, Skipper of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing

Other sailing news:
United States Sailing Association | McNay and Hughes (USA) Claim Gold at ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth & Portland: "Portsmouth, R.I. – After winning the medal race in the Men’s 470 class at ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland, US Sailing Team Sperry athletes Stu McNay (Providence, R.I.) and Dave Hughes (San Diego, Calif.) claimed gold against the world’s best in the two-person Olympic dinghy. The five-day event was their second ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta victory of the Rio 2016 Olympic quadrennium, and was a strong demonstration of the skill and determination of these two veteran athletes. For McNay, it was also an dramatic return to the site of the London 2012 Olympic sailing competition...." More info: Regattas | ISAF Sailing World Cup : ISAF Sailing World Cup | Weymouth & Portland

Sailboat sales rebound--New York yacht sales finally set to rebound after Hurricane Sandy | New York Post: "... Keith Cooper, who sells sailboats and sailboat timeshares (which go for $8,000 to $15,000) at his Chelsea Piers SailTime franchise, says he is already two-thirds booked for the season and expects to fill up soon, a feat that he didn’t accomplish last year. Cooper says he has yet to score a definite benefit from the recently enacted tax break, but he expects to be able to sell “another boat or two” before the year is out. “It won’t necessarily turn a ‘no’ into a ‘yes,’ but it will turn a ‘yes, I want a boat’ into a ‘hell, yes, I want a boat,’ ” he says...."

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