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Gosport Marina to host Volvo Ocean Race teams

10 Jul 2017

The fleet at the start of Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Auckland (NZL) to Itajai (BRA), in 2015. Image courtesy of Ainhoa Sanchez / Volvo Ocean Race

Premier’s Gosport Marina will host the Volvo Ocean Race yachts, Volvo Ocean 65s, in the week ahead of the Rolex Fastnet Race.

From 31 July to 6 August, the teams competing in the 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race and Rolex Fastnet Race will make use of Gosport Marina’s facilities, deepwater basin and easy access to the Solent, plus the onshore technical facilities at the marina’s specialist boatyard Endeavour Quay.

Volvo Ocean Race boatyard logistics manager, Abby Ehler, said: “The Rolex Fastnet Race will be the first time the Teams line up against each other, so it was important to accommodate the fleet together in the build up to the race. Gosport Marina was our first choice…it’s the traditional home of ocean racing.”

The original version of this story cited 8 boats would be docked in Gosport, however, the 8th Volvo Ocean Race team has yet to be announced.

via Boating Business | Gosport Marina to host Volvo Ocean Race teams.