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Legends Regatta Information
1 Nov 2011 The great and the good from the 38-year history of the Volvo and its predecessor Whitbread races are already putting the first week of November 2011 in their diaries, following the announcement of the Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta and Reunion to be held in Alicante 1 – 5 November 2011.
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Legends Regatta to get taste of 'Adventure'
25 Jul 2011 The Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta will have another link to the first edition of the Whitbread in 1973-74 with 'Adventure' to be represented by her sister ship 'Dasher'.
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Traité de Rome latest Legends entry
21 Jun 2011 Two-time Whitbread entry, Traité de Rome, will fly the EU flag at the Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta and Reunion this November.
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Legends entry sponsors scholarship
26 May 2011 It is 30 years since the Swan 57 Berge Viking took part in the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1981-82, becoming the first Norwegian entry and sailing with a fully Norwegian crew.
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Novak latest Legends Ambassador
23 May 2011 Skip Novak, skipper of Whitbread 1985-86 entry, Drum (famously owned by British rock star Simon Le Bon), is now an Ambassador to the Volvo Ocean Race Legends.
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French yachting dynasty enters Legends
3 May 2011 The French Viant family will charter Gauloises III (1981-82) to enter the Legends regatta in November. This is a new chapter for a clan whose name is part of the history of the first three Whitbread races.
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Steinlager 2 to race in Legends
26 Apr 2011 The iconic Steinlager 2 will be joining the celebrations this November in Alicante, at the Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta and Reunion. Legendary Kiwi skipper Sir Peter Blake helmed the maxi to success and fame in 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race,…
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Magnus Olsson supports Legends Reunion
18 Mar 2011 Six-time race veteran, Magnus Olsson will be an Ambassador to the Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta and Reunion, to be held in Alicante 1-5 November this year. Olsson joins fellow Ambassadors Lady Pippa Blake and Sir Chay Blyth CBE, BEM.
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Charles Jourdan ready to race
16 Feb 2011 Refitted and ready to go, the immaculate Charles Jourdan is heading to Alicante this November to race against others in the Volvo Ocean Race Legends, the first official regatta and reunion.
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Norwegian Berge Viking at Legends
31 Jan 2011 Past Whitbread competitor, Berge Viking, will be in Alicante to take part in the Legends Regatta and reunion this year.
