Round the World Regatta Volvo Ocean Race (32 photos)

Round the World Race continues ocean yachts Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. This regatta, with the participation of eight teams, divided into ten stages, with a total length of 37 thousand nautical miles. During the race, Volvo Ocean Race is scheduled for 9 months to visit 11 ports (Alicante, Cape Town, Cochin, Singapore, Qingdao, Rio de Janeiro, Boston (these steps are already completed), Galway, Marstrand, Stockholm, St. Petersburg). In the regatta attended 70 yacht racing class length 21, 5 meters with a crew of 11 people. At a time when ships are in port, port races are held, as well as entertainment for the locals. On Saturday, May 9, the last race in the port of Boston, and later, on May 16 to begin the seventh stage of the race, during which participants will go to the next port - Galway, Ireland. Final race will be held in late June in St. Petersburg.
In this collection assembled Oscar Kilborga photo, photographer Ericsson Racing team with almost 15 years of experience as a photographer on sailing ships.





The Russian team catches yacht Ericsson E3 during a race in the port of Alicante, Spain. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Yacht ABN AMRO ONE out of Port Phillip Bay. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Ericsson team during a training swim in Lanzarote, Spain. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Skipper Torben Grael (Torben Grael) (Brazil) from the yacht Ericsson 4. Against the background can be seen scolding Ericsson 4 boat team Dragon. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Tanks Phil Jameson (Phil Jameson) (Avtralii) at a height of 25 meters mast checks during the race in the port of Qingdao, China. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Trial swim in the misty waters of Qingdao, before one of the longest stages in the history of circumnavigation Volvo - of 12 thousand nautical miles from China to Brazil. (Oskar Kihlborg)



The tank Dalso Anders (Anders Dahlsjo) (Sweden) and Stefan Mayralf (Stefan Myralf) (Denmark) change the sail in the ocean spray. This - the usual routine for tanks. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Helberg Jimmy (Jimmy Hellberg) checks the keel before the swim test in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Steering Team Ericsson 3 Thomas Johansson (Finland). (Oskar Kihlborg)



Chinese fishing nets in Cochin, India. Picture taken from one of the yachts Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Phil Jameson (New Zealand) on board Ericsson 4 off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. (Oskar Kihlborg)



In the first rays of the rising sun, tired but happy crew of the yacht Ericsson 3 arrives in Rio de Janeiro. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Pirates of the Caribbean ship captain Paul Kayarda (Paul Cayard) (USA) off the coast of Melbourne. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Captain Magnus Olsson (Magnus Olssonn) from the yacht Ericsson 3 in Qingdao. Mangus stayed in Taiwan due to breakdowns and repairs and arrived 8 hours later. But, nevertheless, Magnus won the next 44-day stage of the race to Rio de Janeiro. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Ericsson 4 boat moored to the dock in Cochin the night before the start of the third stage of the regatta from Cochin to Singapore. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Sailors say goodbye to the family at the dock before the start of the fourth stage of the race in Singapore. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Beginning of the third stage of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cochin, India to Singapore. (Oskar Kihlborg)



The beginning of the regatta Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 in Alicante, Spain. The picture shows the yacht Ericsson 4 is ahead of the fleet in the Mediterranean. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Ships Ericsson 4 in Lanzarote. On the mast with a camera - Guy Salter (Guy Salter), a representative of the media on board. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Ships Ericsson 3 during a race in the port of Alicante, Spain. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Dark clouds vystretili boat Ericsson 3 in Rio de Janeiro that came after the first 44-day phase of the regatta from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Ericsson 3 team trains in Rio de Janeiro. On the background can be seen the Sugar Loaf head and Corcovado. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Ericsson 3 celebrating the victory in the fifth stage of the circumnavigation Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Statue of Christ the Savior. Against the background of yachts can be seen departing the sixth stage of the regatta from Rio de Janeiro to Boston. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Yacht Ericsson 3, arriving at the port of Qingdao, China. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Reflection in waves yacht Ericsson 3, which arrived a few hours after the start of the fifth stage of the race from Qingdao, China to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Two vessels Ericsson 3 and 4 in Lanzarote, Spain before the race. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Ericsson 3 team took 6th place in the port during the race in Singapore. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Son navigator Jules Salters (UK) Fred tries to moor the ship at the dock father Boston harbor. (Oskar Kihlborg)



Ericsson 4 team came first in Boston, winning the sixth stage of the regatta Volvo Ocean Race. From left to right: Horacio Carabelli (Horacio Carabelli), skipper Torben Grael (Torben Grael) and Joao Signorini (Joao Signorini). (Oskar Kihlborg)



Ships Ericsson team in the Southern Ocean after the start of the fourth stage of the Volvo Ocean Race, in Wellington via Cape Horn to Rio de Janeiro. (Oskar Kihlborg)

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