SAYULA II ADVENTURE GRAND LOUIS KRITER GUIA GREAT BRITAIN II SECOND LIFE CSERB BRITISH SOLDIER TAURANGA COPERNICUS 33 EXPORT OTAGO PETER VON DANZIG PEN DUICK VI BURTON CUTTER JAKARANDA CONCORDE PEN DUICK III KING’S LEGEND TRAITÉ DE ROME DISQUE D’OR ADC ACCUTRAC GAULOISES II ADVENTURE NEPTUNE B&B ITALIA 33 EXPORT TIELSA GREAT BRITAIN II DEBENHAMS JAPY-HERMES HEATH’S CONDOR FLYER CHARLES HEIDSIECK III KRITER XI DISQUE D’OR III OUTWARD BOUND XARGOIII MOR BIHAN BERGE VIKING ALASKA EAGLE EUROMARCHE CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND SKOPBANK OF FINLAND ROLLYGO TRAITÉ DE ROME CROKY FCF CHALLENGER UNITED FRIENDLY G - WALROSS III BERLIN LICOR 43 ILGAGOMMA UR THE EUROPEAN UNI. BELGIUM 33 EXPORT GAULOISES B H III LA BARCA LABORATORIO SAVE VENICE VIVANAPOLI SCANDINAVIAN SWEDISH ENTRY N A BUBBLEGUM L’ESPRIT D’EQUIPE PHILIPS INNOVATOR FAZER FINLAND UBS SWITZERLAND E RUCANOR TRISTAR FORTUNA LIGHTS LION NEW H G ZEALAND DRUM EQUITY & LAW COTE D’OR T U SHADOW OF SWITZERLAND NORSK DATA GB

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AINHOA SANCHEZ/VOLVO OCEAN RACE SANCHEZ/VOLVO AINHOA HISTORY IN THE MAKING RICK TOMLINSON and Volvo Ocean Races. It was a huge and boats from previous Whitbread Alicante, Spain, to bring together crews In 2011, an event was organised in Legends lead the way and a 1973-74 race tie was a ‘must long forgotten attics and worn proudly Old crew clothing was dug out from each other for over 30 years. an emotional time. Some had not seen Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race. It was Alicante, just days ahead of the start of of the globe and gathered together in previous races came from all corners success. Over 600 veterans from event with his family, two of whom had Mexican Ramon Carlin, came to the Even the winner of the very first race, whom people had only ever read about. was swarming with sailors, most of sold out in a single day and the dock caps, designed especially for the event, have’ item. Legends polo shirts and 2 and Fisher & Paykel. Sleek sloops sloops Sleek &Paykel. Fisher 2 and boats. Great ketches like Steinlager were there in person and so were their that year were in awe. Their heroes The crews of the Volvo Ocean Race sailed with him on Sayula II. Nothing will Nothing ever stop men and women from wanting to race around the world. world. It ofis because the Volvo Ocean Race that a newis generation waiting for the chance to test themselves. themselves. to test chance the for waiting in June 2018. Race from Gothenburg to The Hague race the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Gothenburg and this time, to actually Ocean Race, are invited to gather world in the Whitbread or the Volvo have raced aroundpreviously the Now, seven years on, boats, which and and his big red ketch. during the famous battle between F&P side of the tablechart back in 1989, aviators, which had been lost down the Skipper Grant Dalton even found his like Charles Jourdain and Rothmans. GRANT DALTON

PPL PHOTO AGENCY a Legends Race taking place on celebrates 45 years of history with This year, the Volvo Ocean Race honour. to heritage and history, which we are proud The Volvo Ocean Race has an incredible racetrack, the searing heat of first boats made the planet their 45 years have passed since the closer to its original Although DNA. for this edition, the race draws traditional Southern Ocean legs With the return of two long and Ocean 65s, the raceboats of today. the same port alongside the Volvo a fleet of historic boats lined up in to race. It will be fantastic to see invited to come to Gothenburg, Ocean Race, as it is today, are Round the World Race or the Volvo world in either The Whitbread boats that have raced around the To recognise this milestone, famous June 2018. from Gothenburg to The Hague in the final leg of the 13th edition, 1989-90 on British Satquote Defender in Competed in The Whitbread CEO, Volvo Ocean Race Mark Turner inhistory the making! start line once again. After all, it’s incredible, historic boats cross a We look forward to watching these Gothenburg and The Hague. this inaugural Legends Race in this that we will celebrate during But it’s also amazing – and it’s all hour after hour, day after day. incredibly testing. Just hard work, same and, sometimes, the race is the Southern Ocean are still the the Doldrums and icy wastes of Racetrack

That’s what The Whitbread is all about. Sticking it out in bad times as well as good, and taking it one leg, one day, and then even one

watch at a time. SKIP NOVAK, SKIPPER, DRUM, 1985-86 KOS The Race

• The race will start 45 minutes ahead of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet, on the same start line.

• Live interviews with the crews will preceed an official docking out ceremony as the boats leave for the start.

• Fans will be able to follow the start on spectator boats on the water or watch live coverage on the giant screens in the Race Village.

• Regular updates and live data from the Legends fleet will be posted throughout the race.

• In The Hague, there will be an on-water welcome to honour the boats and a reception in the Race Village as well as a prizegiving. BARRY PICKTHALL/PPL BARRY Provisional Programme of Events

• The Legends Race will be part of the official programme in Gothenburg and The Hague.

• An open boat programme will run daily with dockside history boards and crew onboard telling the stories of the boat.

• Hospitality offers from each host city will be available with the possibility of charter sailing. Gothenburg Race Village programme 14-21 June 2018 • A Parade of Sail will be held in both cities, with live presentations of the boats and music appropriate to the era of the boat. Legends Race start 21 June 2018 • At each port there will be an array of social events. In Gothenburg there will be a Whitbread bar with a Legends exhibition, and in The Hague Race Village programme The Hague, there will be a celebration when the boats finish and 24-30 June 2018 also an official prizegiving. PPLMEDIA.COM The Winners’ Circle

1973-74 Sayula II Ramón Carlin

1977-78 Flyer Cornelis van Rietschoten

1981-82 Flyer Cornelis van Rietschoten

1985-86 L’ E sprit d’ Equipe Lionel Péan

1989-90 Steinlager 2 Peter Blake

1993-94 NZ Endeavour Grant Dalton

1993-94 Yamaha Ross Field

1997-98 EF Language Paul Cayard

2001-02 illbruck John Kostecki

2005-06 ABN AMRO ONE Mike Sanderson

2008-09 Ericsson 4 Torben Grael

2011-12 Groupama Franck Cammas

2014-15 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Ian Walker THOMAS LUNDBERG/PPL More Information

To find out more about entry to the A skipper should be somebody who Volvo Ocean Race Legends race, please contact: has knowledge of everything – sails, the boat, trimming and, most important, Marie Båge Project Manager the people.

[email protected] Tel: +46 (0)701 433 455 www.volvooceanrace.com/en/ the-legends-race.html

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