For EDITORIAL USE only,please credit: Guy Salter/Ericsson 4/Volvo Ocean Race....Dave Endean and Joao Signorini celebrate on Ericsson 4 as they set a new 24 hour record....At 1310 GMT 29/1008,Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) obliterated the 24-hour record run for a monohull when the team recorded a run of 593.23 nautical miles.....The previous record (562.96 nm) was set by ABN AMRO TWO/Sebastian Josse/FRA during leg two of the previous Volvo Ocean Race in 2006. The new mark is subject to ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council. ....PUMA (Ken Read/USA),in second place,has covered 561 nm,just short of ABN AMRO TWOÕs record. The new mark translates into an incredible average speed of 24.71 knots in conditions not best suited for a record-setting run.....The Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain,on 4 October 2008,it will,for the first time,take in Cochin,India,Singapore and Qingdao,China before finishing in St Petersburg,Russia for the first time in the history of the race. Spanning some 37,000 nautical miles,visiting 11 ports over nine months,the Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean yacht race for professional racing crews.....For all media enquiries please contact Lizzie Ward on +44 (0)1489 554 832 or email <A HREF=\\"mailto:lizzie.ward@volvooceanrace.org\\">lizzie.ward@volvooceanrace.org</A>. For all photographic enquiries,please contact Tim Stonton on +44 (0)1489 554 867 or email <A HREF=\\"mailto:tim.stonton@volvooceanrace.org\\">tim.stonton@volvooceanrace.org</A>. For further images,please go to <A HREF=\\"http://images.volvooceanrace.org\\">http://images.volvooceanrace.org</A>
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