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Volvo Ocean Race- First Volvo 65 blasts to Lanzarote + Video

by Sail-World on 10 Oct 2013
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com

Top international yachting photographer, Rick Tomlinson, caught the first Volvo Ocean 65 as she blasted to her training base on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

Team SCA will be sailed by an all-female crew in the upcoming Volvo Ocean race which gets underway in less than 12 months time.

On this sea trial, Team SCA is being sailed by a mix of an all-woman crew and their male coaches



October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com


October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com


October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com


October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com


October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com


October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com


October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com


October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com


October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com


October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com
October 4 2013 - Team SCA sailing trials in the English Channel © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com

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