Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015

Founded in 1973 as the Whitbread Around the World Race, the Volvo Ocean Race is the world's leading offshore sailing race. By the time the approximately 267 day race is finished, the teams will have sailed over four oceans and visited 11 ports on five continents. 

The race has changed alot since it was first conceived over a pint of Whitbread ale in a Portsmouth pub. What began as a race for predominately amateur sailors in their cruising boats is now exclusively sailed by high level athletes and professional sailors in one-design boats built to exactly the same standards. And the seven teams are sponsored by multi-national corporations and governments. 

 

 

 

 

Meet the teams:

Lucky for us, one of the ports is Cape Town!

the boats docked at the Cape Town Race Village

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-Port Race and Leg Start dates

Leg / In-Port Race	From-To	Start	Distance*
In-Port Race	Alicante	October 4, 2014
Leg Start	Alicante-Cape Town	October 11, 2014	6,487 nm
In-Port Race	Cape Town	November 15, 2014
Leg Start	Cape Town-Abu Dhabi	November 19, 2014	6,125 nm
In-Port Race	Abu Dhabi	January 2, 2015
Leg Start	Abu Dhabi-Sanya	January 3, 2015	4,670 nm
In-Port Race	Sanya	February 7, 2015
Leg Start	Sanya-Auckland	February 8, 2015	5,264 nm
In-Port Race	Auckland	March 14, 2015
Leg Start	Auckland-Itajai	March 15, 2015	6,776 nm
In-Port Race	Itajaí	April 18, 2015
Leg Start	Itajai-Newport	April 19, 2015	5,010 nm
In-Port Race	Newport	May 16, 2015
Leg Start	Newport-Lisbon	May 17, 2015	2,800 nm
In-Port Race	Lisbon	June 6, 2015
Leg Start	Lisbon-Lorient	June 7, 2015	647 nm
In-Port Race	Lorient	June 14, 2015
Leg Start	Lorient-Gothenburg	June 17, 2015	1,600 nm
In-Port Race	Gothenburg	June 27, 2015
		Total Race Distance	39,379 nm

*Distance is calculated using great circle, predicted waypoints and course limitations

You can follow the race on the Volvo Ocean Race website and /or the free app.