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• Volvo Ocean Race

  Franck Cammas wins the sprint into Abu Dhabi

  
  Team Telefónica secured overall victory in Leg 2 with a strong second place but there was joy too for Groupama sailing team on Wednesday as they notched their first win of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, snatching top spot ahead of their rivals in the dying moments of the sprint into Abu (...)
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 4 January 2012
• Volvo Ocean Race

  Franck Cammas : "you really have to take initiatives and not constantly stick to the pack if you want to win"

  
  Finishing in fourth place this Tuesday morning at 3h04’19 (UTC), the crew of Groupama 4 were understandably frustrated after a fine tactical coup which had taken them up into the lead of the fleet on entering the Doldrums. Franck Cammas reviews the past intense fortnight at sea in what proved to be a complicated (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 27 December 2011
• Volvo Ocean Race

  Iker Martínez’s crew wins leg 2 in Abu Dhabi 117 seconds ahead of Chris Nicholson’s team

  
  Team Telefónica will charge into 2012 as leaders of the Volvo Ocean Race after snatching victory over CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand in a thrilling finish to the first stage of Leg 2 from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi.
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 26 December 2011
• Volvo Ocean Race

  Volvo Ocean Race course altered due to piracy problems in the Indian Ocean

  
  The escalating security problem caused by piracy in the Indian Ocean has forced Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 organisers to redraw the second and third leg routes in the 39,000 nautical mile round-the-world challenge.
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 18 August 2011
• Rolex Fastnet Race

  Ian Walker set a monohull record for the Rolex Fastnet Race

  
  Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Azzam held off a relentless challenge from Groupama 4 to lead home the three Volvo Ocean Race boats and set a monohull record Record #sailingrecord for the Rolex Fastnet Race.
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 16 August 2011
• Sailing Arabia

  Bertrand Pacé wins 1^st Sailing Arabia-The Tour

  
  The fleet of six boats, which between them represents 4 nations, has travelled an incredible 1,064 kilometers since they left Amwaj Marina in Bahrain, and it was not until they crossed the finish line in front of the crowds at The Wave, Muscat that French team of Team New Caledonia emerged as the (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 13 February 2011
• Louis Vuitton Trophy

  Kiwis Victorious at Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai

  
  Racing in its second home, Emirates Team New Zealand won the Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai, defeating the USA’s BMW Oracle Racing in two straight races.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 28 November 2010
• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

  Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir Bin Hendi clinch a tenth World title

  
  Defending World Champions Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir Bin Hendi produced a Championship winning drive to clinch a tenth World title for Dubai’s Victory Team, winning a dramatic and incident filled race 2 of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with two separate incidents involving Victory 2010 and a collision between Skydive Dubai and Negotiator, (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 27 November 2010
• Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012

  Ian Walker : "a fantastic opportunity to build a winning team"

  
  Two-time Olympic medallist, Ian Walker of Great Britain, has taken the helm as skipper for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race title pursuit, as the emirate’s newest sporting outfit readies for the ’Everest of Sailing’. Appointed by the team’s backer, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), Walker will (...)
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 2 August 2010

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