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	<title>The Finest Yachts and The Boating Lifestyle in India…and All Over the World. &#187; Volvo Ocean Race</title>
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		<title>PUMA&#8217;s &#8220;il mostro&#8221; &#8211; up for sale</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PUMA Ocean Racing&#8217;s Volvo 70 &#8220;il mostro&#8221; is up for sale as the team build a new boat for the 2011-12 edition of the race

PUMA&#8217;s il mostro finished 2nd in the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race. Since  this amazing feat, the boat has steadily been updated while being used  as a training platform for PUMA Ocean Racing during the summer of 2010.  During that summer il mostro placed 2nd in the Newport-Bermuda Race  under ORR. il mostro also has a IRC rating but has never raced offshore ...


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		<title>VOLVO OCEAN RACE: Green Dragon aiming for podium</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ericsson 3 had increased its lead over sister ship Ericsson 4 to 80 miles &#8211; a gain of 30 miles overnight. PUMA was third at 160, also losing to the leader.

For Green Dragon, it is a case of treading warily, according to skipper Ian Walker. But at least the topography is easy on the eye. &#8220;We are threading our way through some outlying islands and reefs just off the northern edge of the Falkland Islands,&#8221; he said. &#8216;It&#8217;s an incredible sight. These are quite steep islands with clouds popping off ...


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		<title>Volvo Ocean Race Kochi Stopover &#8211; A Great Success</title>
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&#8220;India is a safe destination&#8221; says Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni.
The gates opened and they came in the thousands, upwards of  50,000 every day and doubling that on a public holiday. All up, nearly a million people came to enjoy the 14 day stopover in Cochin the first Asian and Indian Stopover ever in the history of the Volvo Ocean Race.
Today, at the departure ceremony and the start of Leg 3 of the Race from Cochin to Singapore the chief guest Smt  Ambika Soni, ...


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		<title>Volvo Ocean Race &#8216;08 : RACE DAY @ KOCHI&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gates opened and they came in the thousands. Some two hours later the queues to get into the race village are still snaking for hundreds of metres down the road.
When the time came for the sailors to be paraded through the crowds and down to the pontoons, it made for one of the most spectacular departure ceremonies this event has ever seen.

The Indian people, while unfamiliar with this race and its history, have shown incredible enthusiasm on this first visit to Asia. They pressed deep into the passage walked ...


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		<title>Volvo Ocean Race &#8216;08 Kochi &#8211; Its Party Time!!</title>
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The India Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race has seen ten days of celebrations and activities, showcasing the artistic wealth of Kerala and India through a wide range of classical, folk and ritual art forms. India&#8217;s musical geniuses namely Fazal Qureshi, Mattanur Shankaran Kutty, Hariharan and Louis Banks mesmerized visitors with their grand musical ensemble at the Cochin  Race Village last week.

Visitors who were at the race village yesterday were treated to an instrumental music programme by Ramesh Thampuran&#8217;s band Whirlwind and Thunder at 6 pm.  More than twenty-two ...


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		<title>KOCHI Volvo Ocean Race &#8216;08 : Nothing Short of a Miracle&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2nd Leg of the Volvo Ocean Race &#8216;08 is the first time in this prestigious and ultimate race that the race has visited Asia.
The Ericsson 4 team reached first (as earlier posted on this blog) amidst tough wind and water conditions where many boats succumbed damages while underway.

One-by-one the teams are expected to assemble at the new infrastructure specially set up for the Volvo Ocean Race&#8217; Kochi leg.

THE NEW VOR&#8217; 08 INFRASTRUCTURE
The view from the top floor of the Cochin Port Trust building is spectacular, staring out from its ...


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		<title>Volvo Ocean Race Stop Over &#8211; Kochi Preparations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Almost all the teams have arrived or soon will be arriving in Kochi (India) as the 2nd leg stopover of the 37,000 nautical mile ocean race. The 8 teams will be receiving a low key welcome due to the recent terror attacks that took place in India. Yachts that were to arrive on the 3rd Dec to the 13th of Dec have been provided with berthing facilities. Some of the families of the team members have already been in Kochi for over a week now.

Events &#8211; 
There will be a ...


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		<title>&#8216;Ericsson 4&#8242; Team Comes 1st in 2nd Leg (kochi) Of Volvo Ocean Race</title>
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The VOR (Volvo ocean race) 2008/2009 has arrived into India. The much awaited international race has accomplished its 2nd leg successfully along with some hiccups during the voyage. The sailing yachts have reached Kochi (India) and the ones out of the 8 teams that made it 1st from the port of South Africa is the &#8220;Ericsson 4&#8243; team which is led by Brazilian Olympic gold medalist skipper Torben Grael. The other team to have made it to the Kochi port is the Telefonica Blue team who will soon be accompanied ...


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		<title>Volvo Ocean Race &#8211; More than 32 International Sponsors already Set to Sail&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 7 super sail-boats already a part of the World&#8217;s most premier ocean-race&#8230;a flurry of 32 companies have already confirmed their participation in this mega-race.
With a strong contingency of communications and apparel companies&#8230;the pace of the race will definitely be fast and furious as competing corporates take their battle from land to the oceans.Commenting on Ocean Racing being the next logical step for Volvo, Head of Sport Sponsorship and Global Events at AB Volvo &#8211; Tony Larsson says &#8216;Volvo has been involved in sports for many years. We have always ...


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		<title>Volvo Ocean Race &#8211; The REEL Story !</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This would make an interesting read&#8230;
For the first time in the history of the Volvo Ocean Race, and the history of the sport&#8230;a dedicated Media Crew Member will be on-board all the boats praticipating in the Volvo Ocean Race.
The dedicated Media Crew Member on board each boat will be taking the 2008-09 event into a new sporting dimension by capturing the drama, the conflict and the daily challenges of sailing 37,000 miles around the world. WHAT&#8217;S ON ?
Most of these Media Crew Members would be not from a sailing background ...


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		<title>Puma Racing : The LEAPING CAT of the Volvo Ocean Race</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RED &#38; BLACK &#8211; the livery of some of the hottest and meanest looking machines on the roads (we all absolutely love the McLaren F1 car&#8230;dont we?)&#8230;and NOW&#8230;PUMA&#8230;one of the world&#8217;s most love brands enters the World of Ocean racing in the Volvo Ocean Race with it&#8217;s LEAPING CAT &#8211; il Mostro ! 
Five months before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, PUMA Ocean Racing had its new racing boat christened â€œil Mostroâ€ by Oscar-nominated actress Salma Hayek in a waterfront ceremony at the Institute of Contemporary Art ...


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