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HISTORY IN THE MAKING

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Nothing will ever stop men and women from wanting to race around the

world. It is because of the Volvo Ocean Race that a new generation is

waiting for the chance to test themselves. GRANT DALTON

In 2011, an event was organised in Alicante, Spain, to bring together crews and boats from previous Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Races. It was a huge success. Over 600 veterans from previous races came from all corners of the globe and gathered together in Alicante, just days ahead of the start of Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race. It was an emotional time. Some had not seen each other for over 30 years.

Old crew clothing was dug out from long forgotten attics and worn proudly and a 1973-74 race tie was a ‘must

have’ item. Legends polo shirts and caps, designed especially for the event, sold out in a single day and the dock was swarming with sailors, most of whom people had only ever read about. Even the winner of the very first race, Mexican Ramon Carlin, came to the event with his family, two of whom had sailed with him on Sayula II.

The crews of the Volvo Ocean Race that year were in awe. Their heroes were there in person and so were their boats. Great ketches like Steinlager 2 and Fisher & Paykel. Sleek sloops

like Charles Jourdain and Rothmans. Skipper Grant Dalton even found his aviators, which had been lost down the side of the chart table back in 1989, during the famous battle between F&P and Peter Blake and his big red ketch.

Now, seven years on, boats, which have previously raced around the world in the Whitbread or the Volvo Ocean Race, are invited to gather Gothenburg and this time, to actually race the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Gothenburg to The Hague in June 2018.

Legends lead the way

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The Volvo Ocean Race has an incredible heritage and history, which we are proud to honour.

This year, the Volvo Ocean Race celebrates 45 years of history with a Legends Race taking place on the final leg of the 13th edition, from Gothenburg to The Hague in June 2018.

To recognise this milestone, famous boats that have raced around the world in either The Whitbread Round the World Race or the Volvo Ocean Race, as it is today, are invited to come to Gothenburg, to race. It will be fantastic to see a fleet of historic boats lined up in the same port alongside the Volvo Ocean 65s, the raceboats of today. With the return of two long and traditional Southern Ocean legs for this edition, the race draws closer to its original DNA. Although 45 years have passed since the first boats made the planet their racetrack, the searing heat of

the Doldrums and icy wastes of the Southern Ocean are still the same and, sometimes, the race is incredibly testing. Just hard work, hour after hour, day after day. But it’s also amazing – and it’s all this that we will celebrate during this inaugural Legends Race in Gothenburg and The Hague.

We look forward to watching these incredible, historic boats cross a start line once again. After all, it’s history in the making!

Mark TurnerCEO, Volvo Ocean Race

Competed in The Whitbread on British Satquote Defender in 1989-90

Racetrack

That’s what The Whitbread is all about.

Sticking it out in bad times as well as good,

and taking it one leg, one day, and then even one

watch at a time. SKIP NOVAK, SKIPPER, DRUM, 1985-86

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The Race

• The race will start 45 minutes ahead of the Volvo

Ocean Race fleet, on the same start line.

• Live interviews with the crews will preceed an official

docking out ceremony as the boats leave for the start.

• Fans will be able to follow the start on spectator

boats on the water or watch live coverage on the giant

screens in the Race Village.

• Regular updates and live data from the Legends fleet

will be posted throughout the race.

• In The Hague, there will be an on-water welcome to

honour the boats and a reception in the Race Village

as well as a prizegiving.

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Provisional Programme of Events

• The Legends Race will be part of the official programme in

Gothenburg and The Hague.

• An open boat programme will run daily with dockside history

boards and crew onboard telling the stories of the boat.

• Hospitality offers from each host city will be available with the

possibility of charter sailing.

• A Parade of Sail will be held in both cities, with live presentations

of the boats and music appropriate to the era of the boat.

• At each port there will be an array of social events. In Gothenburg

there will be a Whitbread bar with a Legends exhibition, and in

The Hague, there will be a celebration when the boats finish and

also an official prizegiving.

Gothenburg Race Village programme

14-21 June 2018

Legends Race start

21 June 2018

The Hague Race Village programme

24-30 June 2018

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1973-74 Sayula II Ramón Carlin

1977-78 Flyer Cornelis van Rietschoten

1981-82 Flyer Cornelis van Rietschoten

1985-86 L’Esprit d’Equipe Lionel Péan

1989-90 Steinlager 2 Peter Blake

1993-94 NZ Endeavour Grant Dalton

1993-94 Yamaha Ross Field

1997-98 EF Language Paul Cayard

2001-02 illbruck John Kostecki

2005-06 ABN AMRO ONE Mike Sanderson

2008-09 Ericsson 4 Torben Grael

2011-12 Groupama Franck Cammas

2014-15 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Ian Walker

The Winners’ Circle

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To find out more about entry to theVolvo Ocean Race Legends race,please contact:

Marie BågeProject Manager

legends@volvooceanrace.comTel: +46 (0)701 433 455www.volvooceanrace.com/en/ the-legends-race.html

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A skipper should be somebody who

has knowledge of everything – sails, the

boat, trimming and, most important,

the people. CONNY VAN RIETSCHOTEN

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