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Teams Talk Basics With Weeks Till Volvo Ocean Race Start

26th August 2014
Teams Talk Basics With Weeks Till Volvo Ocean Race Start

#VOR - Over on the official Volvo Ocean Race website, Jonno Turner comments on some of the latest scuttlebutt among the seven teams that will compete in the next edition of the race, which sets sail in just 39 days' time.

The gossip comes two weeks after the final entry was confirmed in the form of Denmark's Team Vestas Wind, skippered by six-time world champion Chris Nicholson.

They go into the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race at a distinct disadvantage with less than two months to make all their preparations for the first in-port race in Alicante.

But maybe their 'dark horse' prospects will pay off when the fleet takes off on their gruelling nine-month voyage.

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MacDara Conroy

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