For EDITORIAL USE only, Gabriele Olivo/Telefonica Blue/Volvo Ocean Race Jordi Calafat and Xabier Fernandez checking out the repair on the A2 sail on leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin, India The Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain, on 4 October 2008, it will, for the first time, take in Cochin, India, Singapore and Qingdao, China before finishing in St Petersburg, Russia f