Volvo Ocean Yacht Race - Galway Leg

by user on May 3rd, 2009

This month will see the Volvo Ocean Race stop over in Galway. This stopover is set to attract the most visitors to one area of Ireland since the Ryder Cup!

About the race….

The Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a yacht race around the world, held every three years.It is named after its current owner, Volvo.

Though the route is changed to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs Europe in September or October, and in recent years has had either 9 or 10 legs, with in-port races at many of the stopover cities. The current race started in Alicante, Spain, on October 11, 2008. The route for the 2008-2009 race has been altered from previous years to include stopovers in the Middle East and Asia for the first time. This latest route covers nearly 39,000 nautical miles, will take over nine months to complete, and is expected to reach a cumulative TV audience of 2 billion worldwide.

Currently the leaderboard looks like this:

1    Ericsson 4        77.5
2    Telefonica Blue        64.5
3    PUMA Ocean Racing    64.0
4    Ericsson 3        53.0
5    Green Dragon        44.0
6    Telefonica Black    29.0
7    Delta Lloyd        21.0
8    Team Russia        10.5

For more info on the race, visit www.volvooceanrace.org