Last Training with New VolvoOceanRaceGame Player

The Volvo Ocean Race is coming closer to its start on 29th October with the In-Port race in Allicante.

Alongside the Real Sailing Race, there will also be a Virtual Sailing Player to sail the legs of the VOR alongside the real Boats.
Registration for this player has started here : Registration VORG 2011-2012

A Training with the new VORG will start TODAY with a Sailing Race from Auckland to Muscet Cove, NewZealand.
Start: 14 October 13:00 GMT

The Official Start is coming closer

At the moment 6 Teams have confirmed for Participation in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012.

These teams are:

• Team TELEFONICA
• Team SANYA
• GROUPAMA sailing team
• CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand
• ABU DHABI Ocean Racing
• PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG Propulsion.

The Official Start of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 will be on 29th October with an In-Port Race in Allicante.

All Boats have reached Alicante by now and making the last preparations.

A Short Qualification Race will start from Alicante on 7th October with a length of about 600 Nm. So All Teams can see their Competition and start comparing their Chances.

FASTNET ROCK Race with 3 VOR boats.

The Rolex Fastnet Rock Sailing event has Started Yesterday with 314 participating boats in different categories. 

Special on this Race is the VolvoOceanRace inside of this, with 3 VOR boats participating: Groupama4, Abu Dhabi and Sanya.


see the link above for a tracker to follow the progress. 



This is seen as a nice opportunity for the 3 teams so make a kind of race among themselves and learn to sail the boat in the future competitive field. 


Now , about 22  hrs into the race, the 3 boats are still close together, some Nm apart only just South of Lands End. 
Sanya Lan is now indicated as firts, she just has made a tack to NW and is closer to the Rhumline, with Groupama4 on a 2nd and Azzam (AbuDhabi) on a 3rd place.