2008–2009 Volvo Ocean Race

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2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race
Volvo Ocean Race logo
Edition 10th
Dates 4 October 2008 – 26 June 2009
Competitors 8
Yachts Volvo Open 70

The 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race was a yacht race held between 4 October 2008 and 27 June 2009—the 10th edition of the round the world Volvo Ocean Race.

The eight participating boats made ten stops in nine countries around the world. The first offshore leg of the 2008–09 Race started in Alicante, Spain, on 11 October 2008, with the in-port race having been held seven days earlier. A total of ten legs created the route, with seven in-port (IP) races held at various cities around the world. Unlike previous editions, the route crossed the Strait of Malacca at the Malay Archipelago, instead of Cape Leeuwin south of Australia. The boats covered 37,000 nautical miles (69,000 km) in the course of their journey.[1] The chief executive of the 2008–09 race was Knut Frostad.[2]

On 15 June 2009, Ericsson 4, skippered by Torben Grael, finished third on leg 9 from Marstrand to Stockholm, Sweden. With their third-place finish, they were able to secure overall victory. [3] Ericsson 4 covered the 42,500 miles (68,400 km) of the race in a time of 127 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes, 21 seconds.[4] Ericsson 4 completed the race with 114 ½ points, whilst Puma ended with 105 ½.[5] Afterwards Kochi was described as a "memorable" port but Galway was the best.[6]

Participants

File:Volvo Ocean Race 2009a.jpg
Ericsson 3 and Ericsson 4 in Stockholm
Team & Boat name Sail no. Flag Design Firm Builder Skipper
Ericsson Racing Team
Ericsson 3 – Nordic crew		 SWE 3  Sweden Juan Kouyoumdjian Killian Bushe Magnus Olsson (Leg 4- )
Anders Lewander (Leg 1–3)
Ericsson Racing Team
Ericsson 4 – International crew		 SWE 4  Sweden Juan Kouyoumdjian Killian Bushe Torben Grael
Green Dragon Racing Team
Green Dragon		 IRL 888  Ireland
 China		 Reichel/Pugh McConaghy Boats Ian Walker[7]
Puma Ocean Racing Team
Il Mostro		 USA 1948  United States Botin Carkeek Goetz Custom Boats &
Customline Yachts		 Ken Read
Team Delta Lloyd
Black Betty		 NED 1  Netherlands Juan Kouyoumdjian Killian Bushe Roberto Bermúdez(Leg 2- )
Ger O'Rourke (Leg 1)
Team Russia (Sponsor: WDCS)
Kosatka		 RUS 1  Russia Humphreys Yacht Design Green Marine Andreas Hanakamp
Telefonica Blue
H.R.M. Elena		 ESP 12  Spain Farr Yacht Design King Marine Bouwe Bekking
Telefonica Black
H.R.M. Cristina		 ESP 11  Spain Farr Yacht Design Southern Ocean Marine Fernando Echávarri

Budgets

Ericsson's budgets were €50 million, whilst Puma's budget was approximately €20 million.[8] By comparison, the joint Irish and Chinese team, Green Dragon, received €8 million from the Irish government and €4 million from China.[8]

Team websites

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Route

Summary

File:VolvoOceanRace.png
Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009 Route Map.
Event Starting date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner Second Third
IP Race 1 4 October 2008 Spain Alicante - Telefonica Blue Telefonica Black PUMA
Leg 1 11 October 2008 Spain Alicante South Africa Cape Town 6,500 Ericsson 4 PUMA Green Dragon.[10]
Leg 2 15 November 2008 South Africa Cape Town India Kochi 4,450 Ericsson 4 Telefonica Blue Ericsson 3
Leg 3 13 December 2008 India Kochi Singapore Singapore 1,950 Telefonica Blue Puma Ericsson 3
IP Race 2 10 January 2009 Singapore Singapore - Ericsson 4 PUMA Telefonica Blue
Leg 4 18 January 2009 Singapore Singapore China Qingdao 2,500 Telefonica Blue PUMA Ericsson 4
IP Race 3 7 February 2009 China Qingdao - Ericsson 4 Telefonica Blue PUMA
Leg 5 14 February 2009 China Qingdao Brazil Rio de Janeiro 12,300 Ericsson 3 Ericsson 4 PUMA
IP Race 4 4 April 2009 Brazil Rio de Janeiro - Telefonica Blue PUMA Delta Lloyd
Leg 6 11 April 2009 Brazil Rio de Janeiro United States Boston 4,900 Ericsson 4 Ericsson 3 Telefonica Blue
IP Race 5 9 May 2009 United States Boston - Telefonica Blue Ericsson 4 Delta Lloyd
Leg 7 16 May 2009 United States Boston Republic of Ireland Galway 2,550 Ericsson 4 PUMA Green Dragon
IP Race 6 30 May 2009 Republic of Ireland Galway - PUMA Ocean Racing Telefonica Blue Telefonica Black
Leg 8 6 June 2009 Republic of Ireland Galway Sweden Marstrand 950 Ericsson 4 PUMA Green Dragon
Leg 9 14 June 2009 Sweden Marstrand Sweden Stockholm 525 PUMA Ocean Racing Ericsson 3 Ericsson 4
IP Race 7 21 June 2009 Sweden Stockholm - Telefonica Blue PUMA Telefonica Black
Leg 10 25 June 2009 Sweden Stockholm Russia Saint Petersburg 370 Telefonica Black PUMA Telefonica Blue

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The route also included seven ‘scoring gates’ (at Fernando de Noronha, Mauritius, Pulau Weh, Indonesia, Latitude 36S, Cape Horn, Fernando de Noronha and St John's, Newfoundland). Yachts scored 'half-points' at these gates, the same as for the in port races.

File:VOR2008 Telefonica Blue.jpg
Telefonica Blue in Alicante, Spain.

Stopovers

Cape Town

Ericsson 4 won leg one of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Alicante, Spain, to Cape Town in South Africa in a time of 21 days, 17 hours and 54 minutes.[12]

Kochi

The second leg of began on 15 November 2008, with the sailors avoiding pirates off the coast of Somalia on their way to India.[12]

Singapore

Telefonica Blue won leg three of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Kochi, India, to Singapore in Singapore.[13] Puma Ocean Racing finished in second place, whilst Ericsson 3 and Ericsson 4 finished in third and fourth places respectively.[13] The race was described as very close, with the top four boats finishing the race within twenty minutes of each other.[13] The race took ten days to complete, ending on 22 December 2008.[13]

Qingdao

Telefonica Blue won leg four of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Singapore in Singapore to Qingdao, China.[14] Puma Ocean Racing finished in second place, whilst Ericsson 4 finished in third place. Telefonica Black, Ericsson 3 and Delta Lloyd all withdrew to sail to the Philippines and Taiwan for repairs.[14] The leg lasted from 18 January until 29 January 2009.[14]

Rio de Janeiro

Ericsson 3 won leg five, the longest leg at 12,300 miles (19,800 km), of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Qingdao in China to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, in a time of 40 days and five hours, arriving on 26 March 2009.[15]

The teams left for Boston in the United States on leg five, which began on 11 April 2009.[15]

Boston

The boats arrived in Boston in late April, with an in port race on 9 May. Leg 6 was won by Ericsson 4 at 21:05 GMT, 26 April 2009 after 15 days, 10 hours and 31 minutes of sailing

Galway

Ericsson 4 won leg seven of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Boston in the United States to Galway, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a time of seven days, 10 hours, 33 minutes and 51 seconds.[16] Puma Ocean Racing finished in second place, one hour behind.[16] Green Dragon finished in third position, whilst Telefonica Blue finished in fourth place.[16]

Fáilte Ireland West sponsored the two-week Galway Stopover.[17] It was expected that 140,000 people would visit Galway during the Stopover but the final total significantly outnumbered half a million, with some early reports suggesting that over 600,000 people had come to Galway to view the boats.[17][18][19] €43 million was the economic total predicted for Galway from the events but the final total was anticipated to be over €80 million.[17] Figures released the following November suggested the total was just under €56 million.[20] The atmosphere and support in Galway was described positively.[21]

At least 50,000 people watched the seven yachts leave Galway on Leg 8 of the race.[17] Irish President Mary McAleese made a public speech before the sailors took off, noting their "extraordinary skill and resilience" which had "inspired all of us".[19] Liu Biwei, China's ambassador to Ireland, spoke of how he favoured the Irish-Chinese pairing, and the fleet received several blessings.[19] The sailors reported of the enjoyment they had in Galway, with Puma skipper Ken Read describing it as "the best stopover I have ever been involved with" saying he would return the following year after enjoying his time on the golf course and declaring that there was "something about Ireland and myself that seem to like each other".[22]

Galway is expected to compete again for a stopover during the next race, with other Irish destinations such as Belfast and Dún Laoghaire expected to compete also.[18]

Marstrand

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Marstrand, finish of leg eight and start of leg nine.

Ericsson 4 won leg eight of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Galway to Marstrand in Sweden in a time of 12 hours and 57 minutes, their third consecutive victory and fifth overall[23] Puma finished in second place and Green Dragon finished in third place.[1][23] It was Green Dragon's second successive podium finish[24] and, although they finished third, they had led for most of the race.[25]

The boats left Galway Bay, journeying southward along the west coast of Ireland.[26] They then travelled in a south-easterly direction across the Irish Sea to south England, moving in an eastwards direction up the English Channel.[26] The teams then travelled up into the North Sea until arrival at the Baltic Sea.[26]

Stockholm

Puma won leg nine of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Marstrand to Stockholm in Sweden, their first win in the race. The third place for Ericsson 4 was enough for the team to also win the overall race at this point, leading to comparisons with the victor of the previous race, Mike Sanderson and ABN AMRO One, who won at the end of leg seven in Portsmouth, England, in 2006.[27]

Saint Petersburg

Telefonica Black won the last leg of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Stockholm to Saint Petersburg, covering the 400 miles (640 km) in a time of 1 day, 12 hours and 41 minutes.[4] Puma Ocean Racing had led the race for most of the way.[4] Ericsson 4,[28][29] finished in third place.[4]

Stealth play

This race featured "Stealth play", a tactic that allowed a crew to hide its position from its competitors for a period of 12 hours. It was designed to add a tactical dimension to the race, whereby a team might opt to make a break from the fleet without the rest of the competitors knowing what they are doing and where they are on the race track. The ploy can first be used on leg one, leg two, leg five, leg six and leg seven. If it is not used on one leg, it cannot be accumulated for use on a following leg.[30]

Leg Results

# Boat Leg 1
Spain
South Africa		 Leg 2
South Africa
India		 Leg 3
India
Singapore		 Leg 4
Singapore
China		 Leg 5
China
Brazil		 Leg 6
Brazil
United States		 Leg 7
United States
Republic of Ireland		 Leg 8
Republic of Ireland
Sweden		 Leg 9
Sweden
Sweden		 Leg 10
Sweden
Russia		 Total
1 Ericsson 4 11.5 12 9 6 14.5 11.5 11 8 6 4 93.5
2 PUMA Ocean Racing 10 5 9.5 7 12 7.5 10.5 7 8 7 83.5
3 Telefónica Blue 6 9 11.5 8 8.5 10 9 5 2 6 75
4 Ericsson 3 4.5
PEN		 9.5 8
PEN		 4 15.5 8.5 4.5 2 7 5 68.5
5 Green Dragon 9 5 4.5 5 9.5 3 7 6 4 3 56
6 Telefónica Black 3.5 6.5 6 2
DNF		 0
DNS		 6 5 3 5 8 45
7 Delta Lloyd 3 3.5 1.5 2
DNF		 0
DNS		 6 5.5 4 3 2 30.5
8 Team Russia 3.5 3.5 3 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 10

In-Port Race Results

# Boat IP1
Spain		 IP2
Singapore		 IP3
China		 IP4
Brazil		 IP5
United States		 IP6
Republic of Ireland		 IP7
Sweden		 Total
1 Telefónica Blue 4 3 3.5 4 4 3.5 4 26
2 PUMA Ocean Racing 3 3.5 3 3.5 1.5 4 3.5 22
3 Ericsson 4 2.5 4 4 2.5 3.5 2 2.5 21
4 Telefónica Black 3.5 2.5 0
DNS		 2 2 3 3 16
5 Delta Lloyd 1 1 0
DNS		 3 3 1.5 1.5 11
6 Green Dragon 2 2 2.5 1.5 1 1 1 11
7 Ericsson 3 0.5
PEN		 1.5 0
DNS		 1 2.5 2.5 2 10
8 Team Russia 0.5 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0
DNS		 0.5

Overall Results

Pos Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA
(Metres)		 Skipper Points
1 SWE 4 Ericsson 4 Sweden Sweden Juan-K Volvo Open 70 21.49 Torben Grael 114.5
2 USA 1948 PUMA Ocean Racing United States United States Botin Carkeek Volvo Open 70 21.49 Ken Read 105.5
3 ESP 12 Telefónica Blue Spain Spain Farr Volvo Open 70 21.49 Bouwe Bekking 981
4 SWE 3 Ericsson 3 Sweden Sweden Juan-K Volvo Open 70 21.49 Anders Lewander
Magnus Olsson		 78.5
5 IRL 888 Green Dragon Republic of Ireland Ireland
China China		 Reichel Pugh Volvo Open 70 21.49 Ian Walker 67
6 ESP 11 Telefónica Black Spain Spain Farr Volvo Open 70 21.49 Fernando Echávarri 582
7 NED 1 Delta Lloyd Netherlands Netherlands Juan-K Volvo Open 70 21.49 Ger O'Rourke
Roberto Bermúdez		 41.5
8 RUS 1 Team Russia Russia Russia Humphreys Volvo Open 70 21.49 Andreas Hanakamp 10.5
References:[31][32]
Notes

^1 – Telefónica Blue were penalised 3 points from their overall score for a rudder change after Leg 4.
^2 – Telefónica Black were penalised 3 points from their overall score for a rudder change after Leg 1.

Records

During Leg 1 "Ericsson 4", skippered by Torben Grael, broke the monohull 24 hour distance record when he sailed 596.6 nmi (1,104.9 km), an average of 24.85 kn (46.02 km/h).[33][34]

Pictures

  • Stopover Stockholm 2009
  • Volvo Ocean Race 2009b.jpg

    Ericsson 3 and Ericsson 4

  • Volvo Ocean Race 2009d.jpg

    Puma and Green Dragon

  • Volvo Ocean Race 2009e.jpg

    Delta Lloyd

  • Volvo Ocean Race 2009f.jpg

    Telefonica Black

References

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  33. ↑ WSSRC – 24 Hour Distance Records
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