The Ocean Race postpones next start
Ocean Navigator|September - October 2020
THE OCEAN RACE, A CREWED RACE AROUND THE WORLD THAT has held two other names and sponsors since its inception (Whitbread Round the World Race, Volvo Ocean Race), has announced that the 14th running of the race originally scheduled to start in October 2021 will be pushed back one year to October 2022.
The Ocean Race postpones next start

The competition, sailed aboard VO65 and IMOCA 60 classes, will still start in Alicante, Spain, and end in Genoa, Italy, but will conclude in the summer of 2023. The route will stay unchanged and will include stops in Cabo Verde, Cape Town, Shenzen, Auckland, Itajai, Newport, Aarhus and The Hague.

This story is from the September - October 2020 edition of Ocean Navigator.

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