Sailing Photo of the Week - Volvo Ocean Race in Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa - After breaking the 24 hour monohull record last week, it was no surprise when the Volvo Ocean Race yacht Ericsson 4 was first to sail over the leg one finish line in Cape Town on Sunday. Sailed by an international crew, the team completed the 6,500 mile journey from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town in just 21 days.

Brazilian skipper Torben Grael said this about his teams victory: “It’s really fantastic to be here. It was a great trip with lots of speed and I am very happy with what we have achieved. I think we had PUMA in sight for about 70 per cent of the race and I am very glad that we were ahead at the scoring gate and at the finish. It feels great to win.”

This is the 10th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, which started from Alicante in Spain on October 4th. During the course of the 9 month around the world race, the crews will visit 11 ports, and sail around 37,000 nautical miles.

Volvo Ocean Race Leg One Finishing Order into Cape Town

1. Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael/BRA)
2. PUMA USA (Ken Read/USA)
3. Ericsson 3 SWE (Anders Lewander/SWE)
4. Green Dragon IRL/CHN (Ian Walker/GBR)
5. Telefónica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking/NED)
6. Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT)
7. Delta Lloyd IRL (Ger O’Rourke/IRL)
8. Telefonica Black (Fernando Echavarri/ESP)

Volvo Ocean Race Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)

1. Ericsson 4: 14 points (FINISHED)
2. PUMA: 13 points (FINISHED)
3. Green Dragon: 11 points (FINISHED)
4. Telefónica Blue: 10 points (FINISHED)
5. Telefónica Black: 6 points (FINISHED)
6. Ericsson 3: 5 points (FINISHED)
7. Delta Lloyd: 4 points (FINISHED)
8. Team Russia: 4 points (FINISHED)

Read more about the Volvo Ocean Race:

• Volvo Ocean Race (all articles, photos and videos about the Volvo Ocean Race)
• Sailing Photo of the Week - Volvo Ocean Race
• Volvo Ocean Race - Worthy of the Hype?
• New 24 hour monohull record - Ericsson 4
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