Douglas Hannay

The Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012,
named ‘The world’s toughest sailing event’,
9 months, round the world, 9 offshore legs…
Alicante to Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, Itajai, Miami, Lisbon, Lorient & Galway has now been sailed by 6 Teams, whom all sailed through four oceans and five continents on some of the world’s fastest sailing monohulls. The race began in Alicante, Spain in October 2011and arrived into Galway, Ireland, 3 July 2012.

1st Place overall was GROUPAMA, congratulations!

2nd Place overall was CAMPER, who were also 1st across the line into Galway, congratulations!
With just one more scoring opportunity to be sailed, the final in-port race on Saturday 7 July, CAMPER just needed to cross the finish line to hold onto 2nd Overall, and that they did!

Here’s how they finished overall…
They all WON… just for making it as far as they did, a most extraordinary race it was.
Points…
1. Groupama 1st with 253
2. CAMPER with Emirates Team NZ with 231
3. PUMA Ocean Racing BERG with 226
4. Team Telefónica with 213
5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing with 131
6. Team Sanya with 51

The Volvo Ocean Race

Back in 1973-74, the first race took place as the Whitbread Round The World Race, testing the crews against some of the most ferocious elements that man can encounter. Until today, it remains an extraordinary race, and once seen, will never be forgotten!

Shooting the Volvo Ocean Race, during it’s stop over Leg here in Auckland, here’s some of the shots I captured in March 2012 & to all of you at The Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012, thank you!

DouglasHannayPhotography.com for the pics
& to the source of this all and to follow it Live…
The Volvo Ocean Race

The Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 5… Auckland, NZ to Itajaí, Brazil
has been won by Puma Ocean Racing by Berg… congratulations!
Arriving on the 6th April at 19:09:51 UTC… they were 1st across the line!
Arriving 12 minutes later, in 2nd place was
Team Telefónica… congratulations to you all!

Leg 5 of the VOR has proven for many to be the most difficult ever experienced, on that expanse of sea, in its history, and for any of the boats still hoping to make it across the line, either sailing or by being shipped… congratulations to you
most extraordinary men of the Sea.

Third place was taken by Groupama, after carrying out repairs in Punta del Este.

Fourth place was taken by Camper with Emirates Team NZ, adding 15 points to their score, after repairs on its bow in Puerto Montt, and the long sail to finish in Itajaí to join the rest of the fleet.

Retired from Leg 5…
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing retired from leg 5 & will be shipped to Itajaí.
Team Sanya retired too & is presently being shipped to Savannah, then hoping to sail to Miami to continue racing.

Itajaí, Brazil… what a journey it has been, and still continues for some,
just to get across the line to gain those additional few valuable points available!!!
There’s a whole lot of passion and dedication involved in this racing! Well done everyone!

The Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, late last night on
Saturday, with Groupama Sailing Team 1st across the line… congratulations!

Sunday’s excitement today saw the boats arrive in this order…
2nd: PUMA Ocean Racing by BERG
3rd: Team Telefónica
4th: CAMPER with Emirates Team NZ
5th: Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing
6th: Team Sanya

Congratulations to You all on Leg 4, of the 4600 nm race from Sanya to Auckland!

This completes 21,750 nm, so far, of the 39,270 nautical-mile race around the world.

The 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race began in Alicante, Spain on the 29th October 2011
and there’s still a ways to go yet…