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Credit: | Dave Kneale/Volvo Ocean Race |
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Edition: | 2008-2009 |
Caption: | For EDITORIAL USE only, please credit: Dave Kneale/Volvo Ocean Race..In-port racing in the Volvo Ocean Race was postponed in Qingdao, China today, as deep fog descended on the race track. With little wind to speak of, it the Race Committee officially abandoned racing for the day 1610 local time (0810 GMT)..Although the weather forecast is for little improvement, the third in-port race in the Volvo Ocean Race has been rescheduled for tomorrow, replacing the scheduled Pro-Am race day. The start time will be published on www.volvooceanrace.org . ..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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Original Filename: | VOR13534.jpg |
Date Created: | Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 GMT 2009 |
Size: | 1.77 MB; 4288 x 2848 pixels; 363 x 241 mm (print at 300 DPI); |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Notes: | For EDITORIAL USE only. Please credit correctly. For commercial enquiries please email images@volvooceanrace.com |
Categories: | Best of 2008-09 |
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