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Volvo Ocean Race - Vestas 11th Hour Racing VOR entry announcement live

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com on 21 Mar 2017
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See Vestas 11th Hour Racing announce their entry as the fourth boat in the Volvo Ocean Race.

The announcement is being made in Newport RI at 10.00am EDT or 3.00pm CET. This now replay coverage starts at 27m50secs into the video clip, and begins with some laudatory comments about the Newport RI stopover. Then the announcement of the Vestas 11hour Racing entry begin at 37m 10 secs into the video.

Vestas 11th Hour Racing becomes the fourth entry in the 2017/18 edition of the Round the World race over a 45,000nm course.

Volvo Ocean Race Announcement

Posted by Vestas 11th Hour Racing on Tuesday, March 21, 2017


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