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| Rolex Middle Sea Race, Valletta, Malta, Oct 22-29. Photos by Kurt Arrigo for Rolex. |
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| Monaco Classic Week, Montecarlo Sept 14-18, 2011. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Extreme Sailing Series 2011, Trapani, Italy September 14-18. Photos by Stefano Gattini for Studio Borlenghi. |
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| America's Cup World Series, Plymouth, UK, Sept 10-18. Photos by Morris Adant. |
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| Rolex Big Boat Series 2011, San Francisco, California USA, Sept 8-11. Photos by Daniel Forster for Rolex. |
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| Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2011, Porto Cervo, Italy. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi for Rolex. |
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| The Perini Navi Cup 2011, Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi and Stefano Gattini. |
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| Steiner X-Yachts Mediterranean Cup, Marina di Scarlino, Italy, 2011. Photos by Francesco Ferri and Guido Trombetta for Studio Borlenghi. |
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| Audi MedCup Circuit 2011, Cartagena, Spain. Photos by Stefano Gattini and Guido Trombetta for Studio Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Fastnet Race 2011, Cowes - Plymouth, UK. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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Rolex Fastnet Race 2011, Cowes - Plymouth, UK.
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| America's Cup World Series, Cascais, Portugal 2011. Photos by Morris Adant. |
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| Extreme Sailing Series Act 5 Cowes, UK, August 6-12, 2011. Edited by Peter Andrews. |
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| The 30th Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre 2011, Palma Majorca, Spain. Photos by Kurt Arrigo. |
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| Audi MedCup Circuit 2011, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Photos by Stefano Gattini and Guido Trombetta for Studio Borlenghi. |
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| Audi Sydney Gold Coast 2011. Photos by Peter Andrews. |
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| Extreme Sailing Series Act 4, Boston, USA, June 29 - July 4, 2011. Edited by Peter Andrews. |
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Rolex Baltic Week 2011, Flensburg, Germany
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| Giraglia Rolex Cup 2011, Saint-Tropez, France, June 18-25. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, Porto Cervo 2011. By Carlo Borlenghi and Guido Trombetta. |
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| Extreme Sailing Series Istanbul, Turkey, May 25-29, 2011. Photos by Stefano Gattini for Studio Borlenghi. |
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Extreme Sailing Series Act
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Rolex Capri Sailing Week
Rolex Volcano Race
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The Australian 18 Footer
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| The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's
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| Portofino Rolex Trophy 2011,
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| The Melges 20 Sailing Series
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Les Volies de St Barth, Saint
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| Team Telefónica seal
Leg 1 triumph. |
| By Volvo Ocean Race Media. |
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| Photos by Paul Todd, Ian Roman,
Amory Ross, Hamish Hooper and Yann Riou for Volvo Ocean Race. Edited
By Peter Andrews. |
| 19:00 UTC, November 26, 2011. |
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| After putting in a faultless
performance on Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race, which started from Alicante,
Spain on November 5, Team Telefónica crossed the finish
in Cape Town at 18:14 UTC (20:14 local time) Saturday. For the 6,500
nautical miles of this first leg, it took Telefónica 21
days five hours, 14 minutes and 25 seconds (21:5:14:25) from start to
finish. |
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Team Telefónica, skippered by Iker Martínez
from Spain are the first to finish Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race
2011-12 from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo © Paul Todd / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| Telefónica’s skipper
Iker Martínez and his crew stepped ashore to a summer’s
evening in Cape Town and a rapturous welcome from a crowd of sailing
fans, shore crew and loved ones. |
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Cape Town South Africa looking good for Team Telefónica's arrival
to finish first in Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Alicante,
Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo © Paul Todd / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| “The feeling is fantastic.
It’s something that you only dream of. We’ve seen what can
happen and we have achieved much more than we thought we could,” said
Martínez, an Olympic gold and silver medallist for Spain. |
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Team Telefónica, skippered by Iker Martínez
from Spain approaches Cape Town on leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race
2011-12 from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo © Ian Roman / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| The team now lead the Volvo
Ocean Race with a total of 31 points; 30 for victory in the first offshore
leg and one point for coming last in the Iberdrola In-Port Race back
in Alicante. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand were around
200 nautical miles behind the winners, with an ETA of Sunday morning;
while Groupama Sailing Team were around 825 nautical miles behind
and expected in on Tuesday. |
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Team Telefónica, skippered by Iker Martínez
from Spain approaches Cape Town on leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race
2011-12 from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo © Ian Roman / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, Team
Sanya and PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG were all
forced to retire from Leg 1 and are now facing a race against time
to be ready for the Cape Town In-Port Race on December 10, and the
start of Leg 2 to Abu Dhabi the following day.
“It’s hard to put your finger on one thing, but it comes down
to solid decision-making,” said Telefónica’s navigator,
Australian Andrew Cape about of the team’s success. |
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Telefónica’s navigator, Australian Andrew
Cape after Telefónica, skippered by Iker Martínez
from Spain finished first were the first to finish Leg 1 of the
Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South
Africa.
Photo © Paul Todd / Volvo Ocean Race.
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“We were always pretty
sure of where we wanted to go, that’s just my aspect of it. The
guys kept the boat moving fast and everything in working order, which
is massive because you don’t go anywhere with stuff breaking or
if you’re not trimming fast. The whole crew worked really hard
to keep this show on the road and it has worked out really well.”
It was day four on November 8, when Telefónica first
took over the lead from PUMA’s Mar Mostro (Ken Read/USA).
The pair had covered each other’s move in what has turned out
to be an unusual opening leg for the world’s premier ocean race. |
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Dawn approaches on "Mar Mostro." PUMA Ocean
Racing powered by BERG during Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race
2011-12, from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo © Amory Ross / PUMA Ocean Racing / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Boat-breaking conditions
early on, forced out Ian Walker and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s
Azzam; while Mike Sanderson’s Sanya gave way to endless
upwind sailing in light airs.
As Chris Nicholson/AUS (CAMPER), Martínez and Read
all decided west was definitely best in terms of position, the drag
race between Telefónica and Mar Mostro began
and looked set to continue throughout this, the second longest leg
of course. Groupama then became a lonely warrior, splitting
from the pack in an unorthodox move and hugging the African coast;
a tactic that put her briefly into first place. |
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The crew look on at Fernando de Noronha Island onboard CAMPER
with Emirates Team New Zealand during, leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean
Race 2011-12, from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo © Hamish Hooper / CAMPER ETNZ / Volvo Ocean Race.
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By day seven, PUMA’s
Mar Mostro and Telefónica had traded places and
the following day, the fleet finally found the weather system they
had been looking for and hoisted their downwind sails.
On day 11 and after 2,000 nautical miles of racing, Mar Mostro was
only 7.2 nautical miles ahead of the blue boat and as the leading pair
tackled the windless Doldrums, the lead swapped regularly. |
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Groupama Sailing Team during leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean
Race 2011-12, from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo © Yann Riou / Groupama Sailing Team / Volvo Ocean Race.
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At the Equator, PUMA’s
Mar Mostro and Telefónica crossed within an hour
of each other and the trend continued when on day 13, November 17, Mar
Mostro led Telefónica round the Brazilian island
of Fernando de Noronha by 55 minutes. But by day 14, fortunes had changed
and Telefónica had taken charge as the two yachts raced
hard to reach a cold front which would catapult them into Cape Town.
Martínez said at the time, “We’re pretty close to PUMA,
almost nothing between us. It’s great to be so close, it makes
it a great race.” |
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PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG exits the Doldrums
and returns to the fast pace south, during leg 1 of the Volvo
Ocean Race 2011-12, from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South
Africa.
Photo © Amory Ross / PUMA Ocean Racing / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Finally the crew of Telefónica had
freed themselves from PUMA’s vice-like grip and stormed
away, heading south to skirt the Saint Helena high-pressure system that
blocked their path to the sought-after westerlies and the inevitable
sleigh-ride to the finish.
On day 17, November 21 and only 31 nautical miles behind Telefónica, Mar
Mostro was dismasted and the match race was over. PUMA limped
away towards the most remote settlement on earth at Tristan da Cunha,
where they now await a ship to take them back to Cape Town, and the
crew of Telefónica sailed their own foot perfect race
to the finish. |
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Team Telefónica, skippered by Iker Martínez
from Spain approaches Cape Town on leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race
2011-12 from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo © Ian Roman / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Leg 1 Report: 26/11/2011
19:02:12 UTC
Pos - Boat - DTL - DTLC - BS - DTF
1. - Telefónica - Finished: 021 days 05 hours 14 minutes
25 seconds.
2. - CAMPER - 0.00 - 203.0 - 18.8 - 188.0
3. - Groupama - 622.50 - 203.0 - 20.3 - 810.4
#. - PUMA - Retired from Leg 1.
#. - Abu Dhabi - Retired from Leg 1.
#. - Sanya - Retired from Leg 1.
For More information about the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 can be found at www.volvooceanrace.com. |
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| Previous articles! |
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Leg
2:
Cape Town to Abu Dhabi. |
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| Tue Dec 20, 2011: |
The race to the front - Volvo Ocean
Race. More... |
| Tue Dec 20, 2011: |
Telefónica leads the fight for the
first breeze - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Tue Dec 20, 2011: |
Relieved crews survive brutal ocean
danger zone - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Tue Dec 20, 2011: |
Exciting times in uncertain weather
conditions - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Mon Dec 19, 2011: |
Serious conditions ahead as Agulhas
Current comes into play. More... |
| Mon Dec 19, 2011: |
Volvo Fleet braces for Agulhas Current. More... |
| Mon Dec 19, 2011: |
Tacking and stacking as Camper leads
the way. More... |
| Mon Dec 19, 2011: |
Dilemma in nav world while Groupama
4 leads the field. More... |
| Wed Dec 14, 2011: |
East or south? Fleet racing with a
fifty-fifty decision. More... |
| Wed Dec 14, 2011: |
Between a rock and a hard place -
Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2. More... |
| Tue Dec 13, 2011: |
Benign Breeze for Leg 2 Volvo fleet.. More... |
| Tue Dec 13, 2011: |
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing lead as fleet
sail out of Cape Town. More... |
| Mon Dec 12, 2011: |
Telefónica's victory in Cape Town
V&A Waterfront In-Port Race. More... |
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Leg
1:
Alicante
to Cape Town. |
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| Wed Nov 30, 2011: |
Third place for Groupama 4 - Volvo
Ocean Race. More... |
| Tue Nov 29, 2011: |
Worst still to come for trailing Groupama. More... |
| Mon Nov 28, 2011: |
CAMPER secure second after a testing
night to finish Leg 1. More... |
| Sun Nov 27, 2011: |
Cape Town - Team Telefónica seal Leg
1 triumph in the Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sat Nov 26, 2011: |
Breakneck speeds and fateful choices
- Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sat Nov 26, 2011: |
Fire hose conditions as fleet rides
cold front towards Cape Town. More... |
| Sat Nov 26, 2011: |
Wet scary days ahead for Telefónica
- Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sat Nov 26, 2011: |
Fuel transfer complete for Puma as
Telefónica keeps the peddle to the metal. More... |
| Wed Nov 23, 2011: |
Pushing the limits - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Wed Nov 23, 2011: |
Telefónica stay cautious Puma assess
options. More... |
| Wed Nov 23, 2011: |
Injury and dismasting give crews a
reality check. More... |
| Wed Nov 23, 2011: |
Telefónica powers south as Puma retires. More... |
| Tue Nov 22, 2011: |
Puma's Mar Mostro suffers broken mast. More... |
| Tue Nov 22, 2011: |
Change in the air for the Volvo Ocean
Race fleet. More... |
| Tue Nov 22, 2011: |
Risk and opportunities for leaders
as the St Helena High comes into play. More... |
| Mon Nov 21, 2011: |
The calm before the storm - Volvo
Ocean Race. More... |
| Mon Nov 21, 2011: |
Drag race south - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sun Nov 20, 2011: |
Telefónica push ahead as Puma rue
tactics, tame weather. More... |
| Sun Nov 20, 2011: |
PUMA'S Mar Mostro works to stop the
bleeding - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sat Nov 19, 2011: |
Telefónica ahead in sprint for cold
front catapult. Magic 3000 milestone. More... |
| Fri Nov 18, 2011: |
Frontrunners neck and neck - Volvo
Ocean Race. More... |
| Fri Nov 18, 2011: |
The dive south - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Fri Nov 18, 2011: |
Opportunities on the horizon after leaders
pass halfway mark (Feature).
More... |
| Fri Nov 18, 2011: |
Puma holds lead as Saint Helena high
comes into play. More... |
| Fri Nov 18, 2011: |
PUMA leads as fleet focuses on Fernando
- Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Thur Nov 17, 2011: |
Leaders breeze through Doldrums, while
chasing pair struggle. More... |
| Wed Nov 16, 2011: |
Tradewind sailing tantalisingly close
- Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Wed Nov 16, 2011: |
Doldrums no match for Volvo Ocean
Race leaders. More... |
| Tue Nov 15, 2011: |
Puma prowl through doldrums - Volvo
Ocean Race. More... |
| Tue Nov 15, 2011: |
Read and Martínez slug it out for
the lead - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Tue Nov 15, 2011: |
Critical doldrums crossing looms as
Telefónica takes lead. More... |
| Mon Nov 14, 2011: |
Fleet to compress as doldrums effect
kicks in - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Mon Nov 14, 2011: |
Puma in control as fleet approaches
doldrums - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Mon Nov 14, 2011: |
Puma's Mar Mostro pounces, but its
a dangerous game in the lead. More... |
| Sun Nov 13, 2011: |
Tables turning as west starts to pay
- Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sun Nov 13, 2011: |
The great gybe south - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sun Nov 13, 2011: |
CAMPER scorches as game begins - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sat Nov 12, 2011: |
Abu Dhabi sacrifice Leg 1 points for
long term gain (Feature). More... |
| Sat Nov 12, 2011: |
Decision time as Groupama faces the triangle of doom - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sat Nov 12, 2011: |
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's Azzam retires from Leg 1 - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Fri Nov 11, 2011: |
Groupama's gamble to play out in next 24 hours - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Fri Nov 11, 2011: |
Nerves of steel - Leg 1 Day 6 Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Thur Nov 10, 2011: |
D-Day for Abu Dhabi as they prepare to sail - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Wed Nov 9, 2011: |
Still smiling in uncertain times - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Wed Nov 9, 2011: |
A tale of two races as Leg 1 unfolds. More... |
| Wed Nov 9, 2011: |
Cammas gambles high on split from the fleet. More... |
| Tue Nov 8, 2011: |
Seeking trade winds - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Tue Nov 8, 2011: |
China's Team Sanya retire from first leg of Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Tue Nov 8, 2011: |
Abu Dhabi eye unexpected chance to catch up with fleet - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Mon Nov 7, 2011: |
Team Sanya suffers hull damage in Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sun Nov 6, 2011: |
Abu Dhabi launch repair operation after dismasting. More... |
| Sun Nov 6, 2011: |
Abu Dhabi breaks mast on first night - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sun Nov 6, 2011: |
CAMPER shines as teams face trouble. More... |
| Fri Nov 4, 2011: |
Heading for a first night ordeal - Volvo Ocean Race. More... |
| Sun Oct 30, 2011: |
Abu Dhabi wins thrilling Volvo Ocean Race opener. More... |
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