NEW --- !!! VOLVOOCEANRACE--20142015 ---

The NEXT NEW VOLVO-OCEAN-RACE 2014-2015 has published the SAILING ROUTE to follow.

VOLVOOCEANRACE 2014-2015 ROUTE 

Route Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15

Alicante

• In-Port Race: October 4, 2014
• Leg Start: October 11, 2014
• Leg Distance to Recife: 3,421 nm

Recife

• In-Port Race: November 8, 2014
• Leg Start: November 9, 2014
• Leg Distance to Abu Dhabi: 9,707 nm

Abu Dhabi

• In-Port Race: January 2, 2015
• Leg Start: January 3, 2015
• Leg Distance to Sanya: 4,670 nm

Sanya

• In-Port Race: February 7, 2015
• Leg Start: February 8, 2015
• Leg Distance to Auckland: 5,264 nm

Auckland

• In-Port Race: March 14, 2015
• Leg Start: March 15, 2015
• Leg Distance to Itajaí: 6,776 nm

Itajaí

• In-Port Race: April 18, 2015
• Leg Start: April 19, 2015
• Leg Distance to Newport: 5,010 nm

Newport

• In-Port Race: May 16, 2015
• Leg Start: May 17, 2015
• Leg Distance to Lisbon: 2,800 nm

Lisbon

• In-Port Race: June 6, 2015
• Leg Start: June 7, 2015
• Leg Distance to Lorient: 647 nm

Lorient

• In-Port Race: to be decided
• Leg Start: to be decided
• Leg Distance to Gothenburg: 1,600 nm

Gothenburg

• In-Port Race: June 27, 2015
• Total Race Distance: 39,895 nautical miles

<> Starting times to follow. 

No doubt there will be a VIRTUAL VOLVOOCEANRACE (VORG) like in the previous years and I will update this blog till the start on 4th October and most important during the VORG. 

Hope to see as many as possible Boats from the VORG2011-2012 return to sail and compete with. 

Final Film VolvoOceanRace 2011-12

Complete film VolvoOceanRace 2011-12

The 2011-2012 edition of the VolvoOceanRace was the most closely fought Sailing Race so far. Upto the final leg, there were still 4 of the 6 Boats with a chance to win the Overall. 


Ultimately, Groupama was the Overall Winner with Camper in a nice 2nd place gained in the last Leg. Puma finished in 3rd position and Telefonica, who held the lead for the first part of the race in 4th place. 
Azzam of AbuDhabi finished in a 5th place , while Sanya with the only former generation boat finished in the 6th place. This proofs that the newer generation boats for sure had a higher speed. 


What NOW???
If you have sailed virtually in the VORG alongside, you will be missing the daily excitement; not the nightly wake-up though. 


LiveSkipper (www.liveskipper.com)   is a virtual sailing simulator on the Web that will for sure surprise you with its better quality of screen views, better navigation tools and most of all a good scheduler to sail optimal and have a long healthy night sleep. On top of this, LiveSkipper is FREE. Try it out.   

VORG is Finished , LIVESKIPPER continues !

VORG 2011-2012 Certificate of Completion of World Tour

A certificate was received for the completion of the Tour around the Globe in the Volvo Ocean Race Game 2011-2012. Thanks a lot. It was a long tour, about 9 months, but luckily with some nice rests at the intermediate cities. 

So apart from sailing, the tour brought also some cultural "interesting" events!

Now the VORG is finished for next 2 odd years so NEXT is.......

LiveSkipper  , the BEST virtual sailing simulator on the  Internet. It is FREE , contrary to the VORG and it has regular  sailing race through the years. Most important however is: LiveSkipper has a good scheduler, so you can sail   proper during the night and  still have apart from a good sailing progress a Healthy SLEEP. 

Try it out , you will be surprised on the  easy of sailing, however, to win a race you will have to bring in some experience in Sailing, sail selection and interpretation of the real weather systems. 

The Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 is over!

This video shows (Lost the video)  how the boats sailing virtually in the VORG choose their routes from Start to Finish in the sequential legs.

PUMA's victory in In-Port Race Galway, VolvoOceanRace.

PUMA , winner in In-Port Race in Galway.

The scoreboard for the Overall Podium was already settled, but the win in the In-Port series was still up  for  grabs. There were still 4 boats that could become winner in this serie.

In an exciting Sailing Race, where Camper and AbuDhabi has a fast start, it was Puma on the 1st leg that advanced to take the first Mark. They did not look back, well actually they did to assure themselves that their advantage was growing with every leg. Puma sailed a flawless In-Port Race and won.
Camper made a clever move on the one but last legs and passed Groupama , who on the last 100 meters also was passed by Telefonica.