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[1] [2] However the game quickly grew. Following this success 2008-2009 Vendee Globe and 2009-2010 Volvo Ocean Race, the French Sailing Federation granted Virtual Regatta the status of a nautical club, where one can obtain a sailing license, in 2011. In 2010, the site had 600,000 registered players.
It now competes in the 2023 The Ocean Race as 11th Hour Racing. The team finished fifth in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race and in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, when she was known as Team Alvimedica and skippered by Charlie Enright. [3] Between the two races, Vestas 11th Hour Racing was extensively refitted along with the other Volvo Ocean 65's ...
Race participants in Baltimore Inner Harbor, 2006. The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, [1] in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, [1] and in 2019 it was ...
Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Bouwe Bekking: 29 3 CHN 1969 Dongfeng Race Team: China Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Charles Caudrelier: 33 4 ESP 1 MAPFRE: Spain Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Iker Martínez: 34 5 USA 4 Team Alvimedica: United States Turkey Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Charlie Enright: 34 6 SWE 1929 Team SCA: Sweden Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 ...
Volvo Ocean 65 class: WindWhisper Racing Team: 6 not part of the Volvo Ocean 65 route [5] 6 5 2 19: Team JAJO 0 DNF: 5 6 6 17 Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team 0 DNF: 3 4 5 12 Viva México 0 DNF: 4 2 4 10 Austrian Ocean Racing p/b Team Genova 0 DNF: 2 3 3 8 Ambersail 2 0 DNF: 0 DNS: 0 DNS: 0 DNS: 0 IMOCA 60 class: 11th Hour Racing Team: 4 4 5 4 3 ...
The Volvo Ocean 65 is a class of monohull racing yachts. It is the successor to the Volvo Open 70 yacht used in past editions of the Volvo Ocean Race. It was announced at a conference in Lorient, France, during a stopover in the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race. The yacht was used for the 2014–2015, the 2017–2018 and the 2023 editions.
The 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race was the eighth edition of the around-the-world sailing event Volvo Ocean Race, and the first under the name Volvo Ocean Race. For the 2001–02 the sponsorship of the race was taken over by Volvo and Volvo Cars. The race was renamed the Volvo Ocean Race. Stopovers were added in Germany, France, and Sweden being ...
The 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race was the 11th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race, yacht race which started with an in-port race in Alicante, Spain on 29 October 2011 with six Volvo Open 70 yachts at the start line and ended with an in-port race in Galway, Ireland on 7 July 2012.