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Belfast to bid for VOR

17th October 2008

Only a week into the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) and Ireland's new-found love affair with world offshore sailing is to continue as Belfast prepares to bid for stop-over port status in the 2011 edition of the race. The news comes this morning in the Irish Times sailing column here.

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