June 27, 2016
MEDIA ALERT - Round table with Mark Turner June 29, 2016
Mark Turner, Volvo Ocean Race CEO, discusses the new race route for 2017-18 edition
Ainhoa Sánchez / Volvo Ocean Race Download
ALICANTE, Spain, June 27, 2016 - Mark Turner will be discussing the new race course for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 at the Volvo Ocean Race Museum, Alicante on June 29 from 1100 CEST. If you are unable to attend the event personally, Mark will also host a call-in round table discussion in the afternoon, where he will answer questions from the media.
Slots for the round table are limited and interested media need to register here. Please note that only questions taken in advance will be discussed and call-in details will be forwarded to all media who register, subject to space limitation.
Who: Mark Turner, CEO Volvo Ocean Race
What: The new race course for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18
Where: Volvo Ocean Race Museum, Alicante
When: Wednesday 29 June, 1100 CEST (UTC + 2h) media event / 1600 CEST (UTC + 2h) call-in round table Q&A
For more on the Volvo Ocean Race, visit our website: www.volvooceanrace.com
The Volvo Ocean Race
The next edition of the race will be held in 2017-18, starting from Alicante, Spain and, for the first time, finishing in The Hague at the end of June, 2018.
It will be contested in the Volvo Ocean 65 one-design, designed by Farr Yacht Design in the United States.
It will be the second time the one-design boat is the class of choice for the event.
The 65-foot (19.8 metre) monohull race boat is strictly one-design and delivered ready to sail. The boats incorporate the latest video, satellite and content production facilities to enhance the Onboard Reporter programme that has been in place since 2008-09.
The 2014-15 edition was won by Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, skippered by Briton Ian Walker. Team Brunel (NED) finished second and Dongfeng Race Team (CHN) third. Abu Dhabi Ocean racing also won the In-Port Race Series.
This was the 12th running of the 40-year-old event, which started in 1973 as the Whitbread Round the World Race.
The race started on October 4, 2014, with the first In-Port Race in Alicante, Spain, and finished with one last In-Port Race on June 27, 2015 in Gothenburg, the Swedish home of Volvo.
The 38,739-nautical mile route included stopovers in Cape Town (South Africa), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Sanya (China), Auckland (New Zealand), Itajaí (Brazil), Newport (Rhode Island, US), Lisbon (Portugal) and Lorient (France). A 24-hour pit-stop in The Hague was staged between France and Sweden.
Seven teams contested the 12th edition. The all-female Team SCA were the first all-women's team to compete in the race since 2001-02.
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