Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 | PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG Propulsion

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PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG Propulsion

PUMA Ocean Racing, which turned heads on and off the water in the 2008-09 race, has returned for the next edition, again under the leadership of Ken Read.

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News

25 Aug 2011

What to do when you can't keep your boat afloat

This is not your regular session in the pool. It's windy, wavy, stormy and the life rafts are on hand. Welcome to day two of the Volvo Ocean Race safety course.
23 Aug 2011

Rivals to the rescue

Fire! Fire! Fire! The instructor’s voice rings out at the South Shields Ocean Safety Centre, in England, where Groupama sailing team and PUMA Ocean Racing are following a two-day offshore safety course.
22 Aug 2011

Skippers assess strategy after course changes

Taking on a challenge like the Volvo Ocean Race means being ready for just about anything, so while the threat of piracy has led to course changes for Legs 2 and 3 the teams are relaxed about how their…
19 Aug 2011

Why sail strategy could hold key to victory

With no one team looking likely to deliver any significant raw speed advantage straight out of the blocks, the 2011–12 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race looks set to produce some of the closest racing ever.
19 Aug 2011

Skippers applaud anti-piracy course changes in Volvo Ocean Race

Course changes to the second and third legs of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, made in response to the escalating piracy problem in the Indian Ocean, have received a positive reaction from the competing skippers.
11 Aug 2011

Break it now, don't break it during the race

PUMA Ocean Racing are back from a couple of weeks off and really letting it rip in training. Skipper Ken Read describes in his latest blog the team's philosophy of break it now, don't break it during the race.
10 Aug 2011

Around the world in 80 days

As the countdown to the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 hit 80 days, we couldn’t resist the headline! Like Jules Verne’s hero Phileas Fogg, the sailors are getting ready to leave for a round the world trip.
4 Aug 2011

Lanzarote lures Volvo Open 70s

Most people know Lanzarote as a holiday destination but five teams have chosen the island as a training base in the last two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race alone, so there must be more to the island…
3 Aug 2011

Why does this sport have to be so hard?

Ken Read's PUMA Ocean Racing team lived the extremes of speed during their overall IRC victory in the Transatlantic Race.
26 Jul 2011

Juan K – three methods for three projects

Argentina's Juan Kouyoumdjian designed three Volvo Open 70s for 2011-12. Three boats, three teams, three nationalities -- and three different approaches, as he explains.